Halle has been doing the best we have ever seen her!  She is starting to be awake SO much more and she wants to look around and explore her surroundings.  Best of all, she is smiling so much more! Hans and I have been sitting her up more and she has been much more engaged.  Even better news is that we haven’t seen a seizure in weeks!  Before, she was having them daily.  She is not done with the injection medication completely quite yet, she will be officially done Saturday.  We aren’t doctors and haven’t had a test to see if the medication has worked based on the EEG but we are happy with what we have been observing.  We couldn’t be more happy to be done giving her the injections and return to a more normal life where she can be around others and we can leave the house with her and have her big brother home with us! 

I haven’t posted in a little while and I could say it’s for a lot of different reasons, but the truth is that I’ve just been having a very very hard time. Sometimes it’s difficult to know what to say or how to talk about it.  I have always had an outgoing and bubbly personality, lately I have had fewer words.  The magnitude of my emotions is harder to put into words.  My emotions also change so frequently.  

In trying to find this new balance of emotional strength and happiness, I am reminded by my partner every day how special and loved I am.  Hans lifts me up and always puts me on a pedestal to our children and to others around us when talking about me.  He never wants me to feel like I am not enough, and is diligent every day to give me undivided attention and love. 

These situations and storms that we are put through are brutal.  They test every bit of us down to our very core. But isn’t it so beautiful to have someone who sees you through your hardest times? Someone who sees you at your worst and wants to be next to you going through it all with you?  God puts us through things for so many different reasons.  And most of the time these reasons are not immediately apparent.  But sometimes I think he puts us through these storms to show us all of the good in the world and in OUR worlds.  

We are so grateful to have support and love from those around us and to have people who follow Halle’s journey and want to know how she’s doing.  Thank you for your continued prayers for us, we feel the love and support in so many ways. 

With love,

Hans & Kimberly