13 months 3 days

Oakley is 13 months 3 days old. She is doing so much. Her favorit words are uh oh. Anytime she drops something or if someone else does something that she thinks is a no no she will say "uh oh". She is always so happy.
It is like she knows that she is a little Blessing. Oakley took 15 steps across the kitchen floor this week but still hasn't just let go, we know that she can but we are not pushing her. Brian and I know she will walk on her time. She loves being outside we had a few pretty days where we could enjoy the sunshine but then the rain came and the weather turned cold again.
Oakley would stand at the window and cry outtide.
I have been trying to teach Oakley some baby signing.She can do the sign for Thank you and More. I work with special needs children at school and Oakley has amazed me at how fast she has picked up on these in such a short time.
We have weathered the winter without any major sickness, we have faught with the dreaded ear infections and one cold. (Knock on Wood)!!
Oakley had her last RSV shot the end of Feburary so we are trying to stay out of crowed places until after Easter (per doctors orders). We do take Oakley to church every Sunday but our congragation is great they know to admire her from a distance because they know what she has gone through.
We are Blessed that my mom and dad are able to keep Oakley for us. I'm not sure who spoils her more Grandma or Papa.

Christopher and Peyton are playing Spring Baseball, Peyton also plays on a Travel Ball team. His team is ranked #1 in the state of Georgia for their divison "GO HITTERS"!! Christopher got Braces today. I think that he is in a little more pain than he ever thought that he would be.
Auston had them 2 years ago and has really enjoyed aggravating him.
Auston is a sophmore in high school so school work and video games are keeping him busy. All 3 boys love Oakley so much and she will light up the room when she see's any one of them.

Sheree (Oakley's mama)

Oakley's One

On February 12, Oakley turned one year old. Oakley is doing great with no complications from her CDH. She had her one year check up with her surgeon and everything is fine. She is taking four or five steps at a time now and has great balance. We took her to Baby Land General and she adopted her first Cabbage Patch Baby for her birthday, the doll is bigger than Oakley. Oakley still weighs around 15 pounds and is very petite. Oakley loves all three of her big brothers very much and is very much spoiled by each of them. We have to keep an eye on Oakley at all times, because she is very curious and is into everything. She likes to help her Mommy do laundry as Mommy folds the clothes and puts them in the basket Oakley pulls them out and inspects them. Oakley loves music and loves to dance. We are very blessed and we know this everyday with Oakley. Every morning when she wakes up she has the most beautiful smile on her face, she is the happiest baby that I have ever seen. Sorry we haven't posted more, but finally we did get a new computer yesterday so Sheree can start back keeping everyone posted. We are greatful to each one of you that have prayed for and continue to pray for Oakley, may God bless each one of you.

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)