happy MONDAY! ok, i’m probably chugging my 3rd cup of coffee at this point while 4 babes 3 + under are running a muck around us {we’re watching my best friend’s sweet babe!} and trying to cross a million things off my to-do list at a time.
it was a super busy weekend full of lots of love, fun + a handful of trying ‘mama’ times.
zach’s still on summer break so we had swimming lessons friday morning before heading to my grandparents for a long overdue lunch with them. we don’t see them nearly as much as i wish we did, but the time with them is always so fun {my poppa is who miller is named after} and the kids just adore them. we left in time for what was supposed to be naps but we dodged some storms and snapped some pics instead, with the promise of ice cream afterwards at mammaw + pappaw’s {zach’s parents}.

on saturday, zach and i celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary and while i had grand plans for a whole blog post dedicated to just that… life. we had a blast all day, laughed so hard my abs + cheeks hurt and had SO much fun all day. my sister + brother-in-law watched the kids all day +over night making for some awesome memories for them as well. our marriage has gotten stronger over the last 6 years and i can honestly say we tick better now than we ever have. of course, we’re not perfect… our stubbornness gets the best of us sometimes and my over-emotional self can lead to some ugliness, i think i can speak for both of us when i say we are more in love now than ever.
happy 6 years, babe.

my sister asked if we wanted to head to the zoo sunday after i picked the kids up and i’ll never turn down the chance so we all headed down for a fun day! it turned out to be the hardest day i’ve ever had at the zoo with them and i’d be lying if i painted this super pretty picture of how our day went. it was pretty full of attitude, full on tantrums in the bathroom and tears… while it wasn’t terrible because really, 4/5 kids had a really good time, it totally bummed me out. after all the kids napped in the car, i thought we could rally for a twins club event…but, the ugly face of tantrums showed it’s face again at the grocery store {literally didn’t even make it in the door} so i threw up my white flag and headed home…. in tears. i always love to keep things light hearted here, but to say sunday was this sunshiny, awesome day just wouldn’t be true…we all certainly have those rough times in motherhood…and yesterday was one of them!

piper update

it’s been months since i’ve updated about piper and someone sent me a message the other day asking how she was doing and i realized i never really updated after asking for prayers in january. in short, piper had been having dizzy spells {that we called ‘events’} that had progressively gotten worse and while we had ruled out virtually everything from brain tumors to heart conditions and she had received any and every single test she could possibly have, they were still occurring, still very scary to watch {and for her to experience} and we had no answers. her 24 hour EEG had come back with abnormalities so we headed in for a 3 day study…which also came back abnormal. our medical team {from our pediatrician to neurologist} was amazing and we had finally landed on what they thought was epilepsy, but with a 10% margin of uncertainty. we went for a 3rd opinion from an epileptic specialist in columbus and we settled on waiting on a couple of months, scheduling another EEG for july 24th {tomorrow} and we would have a final answer. it seemed like so long to wait but i am SO thankful for the wisdom and intelligence of our team. since then, i am so thankful to say that piper hasn’t had a single event. as fast as they came on, they started to happen, they started to fade out and as life got crazy, it just became our new normal.

a few days would go by and zach or i would randomly say, ‘ya know, piper hasn’t had an event in awhile, has she?’…the days turned into weeks and here we are, about 2.5 months without an event…..praise GOD. we cancelled her EEG for tomorrow and are thanking Him for our health, doctors and praying for the families that are on a different medical path. it was some of the most stressful months but here we are and everyone is healthy as can be!

the most heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone who has prayed for piper + our family, reached out to check in on her, and offered words of encouragement as we navigated all of the tests and appointments. we truly are so blessed and this community was so gracious to us when we needed it most.
THANK YOU!