Wordless {ish} Wednesday - Take Me Out To the Ballgame!

Layla has been singing the old tune, 'Take me out to the Ballgame' a lot, a lot this week.  And you know....I am thinking it is about time for another ballgame! 

  

{all images above via we heart it}

{circa 2009}

{she's an excellent Astro's fan!}

{She looks ALL baby here to me! And check out those teeth!?!}

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Hallelujah!!!!!!! Heart Edition!!!!!!!!!

In case you could not tell by the title of the post....

We received THE BEST news possible this morning for Miss Layla.  And it is cause for CELEBRATION!!!!!!!!

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Needless to say, we are surfin' on Cloud 9....

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Jumpin' for Joy!!!!

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Counting our blessings and so thankful all of our (your) wishes paid off!

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GOD IS GOOD!!!!  All the time.

All the time.  GOD IS GOOD!!!!

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I wanna scream from the mountain tops to praise HIM!

{and have a nice ass like that while doing it! ha.}

Layla is a normal child.  (Yeah, whatever normal is?  That always makes me laugh and perplexes me at the same time!)  She has a healthy heart.  That has PAC's ~ Preventrictular Atrial Contractions.  And a lot of them.  But, none that should cause her any harm. 

She is free to do anything any other - perfectly normal - child does!!!!! 

Like jump rope...

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Play hopscotch...

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Really, anything her sweet heart desires.  We check up with the electrophysiologist when she is 5...in a year in a half!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Whoo hoooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I feel like we have a new lease on life. I feel alive again.  I feel the spirit and spark in my soul again.  I had lost it.  But, it is back and I am not taking precious health for granted!  It is a blessing.

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I cannot begin to thank you all enough.  Truly.  Your love, support, prayers...all of it!  I couldn't have made it to this point without all that.  All of YOU!!!!

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To everyone going through hard and uncertain time.  (I know we all do.)  Just remember this...

HOPE FLOATS!!!!! 

{It really does!}

So, never EVER give up HOPE!!!!!

Don't give up on it...

Take me out to the ball game

Layla attended her very first professional, national league baseball game on Saturday. We had a wonderful time. And to top it off - the Astros beat the Detroit Tigers 7 -1!!! Go 'Stros!!!!

Here was our view of Minute Maid Stadium as we approached for the 6:05 pm game!

I am pretty impressed with this shot below...pretty nice!

(You cannot tell by the look of it, but it was 102 degress out...whew!)

Welcome to Enron Field! Oops, I mean Minute Maid Park. (Old habits die hard.)

And here we are...

We met up with my older sister, Michele, and her husband, Brad, who were in town for the game. They stayed with us on Friday night, and we had a very nice visit, that doesn't happen often. At least not often enough!!!

Layla was not very interested in the ball game when we first arrived...

...she was more interested in the cute teenage couple behind us.

But soon the action picked up and the crowd was going wild!!!

And that is when Layla took notice and started hootin' and hollerin'!

Her favorite part of the game was when the Train would blow his horn. Choo-choo!!!

And luckily that was often. Astros - 7. Detroit - 1.

As we were headed back home...that was our seventh inning stretch...we mad a stop to snap a memorable picture atop the concrete baseballs lining the street.

The hard part was making Layla get OFF of the baseballs. We sat there for 10 minutes.

I was finally able to coerse Layla into dismounting the ball and she was fast asleep for the night about 15 minutes later. What a day?!?