11 Months Old

Oakley is now 11 months old and is doing so good. We are enjoying watching her grow so much. She is getting very close to walking. She will hold on to things in the living room and walk around, she does very good, but still hasn't got the nerve to turn loose yet. As far as health Oakley is still doing great, she goes for her 1 year check up next month. She is still very small and petite, but we were told when she was born that she probably always would be. Sorry it has been so long since we updated, but because of our computer crashing at home only able to update this at work when I have time and lately we have been very busy. Hope to have new pictures coming soon. Hope everything is going well with each of you that keep up with Oakley's Blog.

Oakley 9 months of pure Joy!!

I haven't post in a long time Brian has been trying to do up dates every now and then.
Our home computer is shot and Oakley and her brothers keep me so busy that I just haven't had time.
Today is the first day that I have taken a few minutes to look at all the babies that I have followed for
so long to see how they are thriving. NAYELIA continues to be an inspiration.
I still can't believe that the survival rate is 50% it seems like it should be so much lower. I see so
many sad out comes over the miracles.

It is without a doubt that each day that I wake up I know that we are blessed with a miracle in our lives.
We went for Oakley's 9 month check up last Friday. She only weighs 14 lbs 2 oz she actually dropped off
the growth chart. The pediatrican assured me that she is healthy and not to worry. That she is just
going to be petite. He told me that in all his years he has never seen a CDH baby do as well as our
Oakley. He also said that he hoped that we knew this Holiday season we have a true Miracle.
Oakley is pulling up and starting to cruise around the furniture holding on. She is not crawling but her
brother Peyton never crawled, I don't think he ever walked he just started out running and hasn't stopped yet!
All three boys are such a huge help daily. I hope that everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving next week.
I promise to try and post some pictures soon.

With Love,
Sheree (Oakley's mom)

8 Month's of pure joy

Oakley continues to do well, she amazes us each and every single day. She was very hyper this morning playing with her big brothers. She is still very small for her age but this was expected. We estimate that she weighs around 14 pounds, I could be off a little. She enjoys being read to and also loves the TV show sesame street. Our boys love her so much and she loves each one of them and she will just laugh at them when they are playing with her. As far as the CDH we have had no complications since Oakley has been at Home. We still are very thankful to all the Surgeons / Doctors / and Nurses that helped take care of our little miracle and we know that each one of them played their own special part in helping our little girl become healthy. We are very thankful to have our little blessing and never will forget the ordeal that we went through. So always keep faith you never know when you will be blessed.

Brian Irvin
(Oakley's Daddy)

Still Doing Good

Oakley is now 7 1/2 months old and is doing great. She is around 13 pounds which is small, but the doctors say that she may always be small and petite. She likes to lay on a blanket in the floor and she rolls all over the place trying to get things. She had to go for her 6 month checkup a few weeks ago with her surgeon and everything continues to be fine. We have had little to no complications with our little miracle. We had to attend my Grandfathers funeral this past week and we had many people that just wanted to meet Oakley, because she had been on there prayer list at Grandads church, but they had never met her. We thank God first for our miracle and everyone that said a prayer for our blessed little girl. She is proof that prayers are still answered. Our computer at home crashed so it is very hard for us to keep the blog updated like we should, and we apologize for this. If you are new to our Blog and you are going through the CDH nightmare our hearts are with each of you and we pray that you never give up hope and that you stay close to God and believe in the miracle of prayer. May God bless each one of you and your family.

Love, Brian Irvin

6 months old

Oakley turned 6 months old today and she is doing great. She is the queen of the house and I think that she knows it. She loves to lay on her stomach, when we lay her in her baby bed she immediately roles to her stomach and then just stares at you. She has been a blessing and we know this and we thank God for all of it. We know that without him none of this would be possible. Oakley continues to amaze us each day at what a wonderful baby she is. Oakley is still very petite and probably always will be, she weighs a little more than 11 pounds now. Oakley is a wonderful sleeper and only cries when it is time to eat. Our family has been blessed and we all know this and will never take our little miracle for granite. We thank each one of you that have read about our child and have prayed for her. We continue to pray each day for any of you that are going through CDH with your child, may God bless each one of you like he has blessed us.

Brian Irvin and Family