Sadbh's update - day 125

Sunday was a very busy and exciting day for Sadbh.

A large group of family and friends turned out to the Immaculate Conception Church on First Hill in Seattle for the baptism of Sadbh and her cousin Josh.

Shortly after the sermon started, both children fell asleep, however, as soon as Fr. Fabian blessed them with holy water, their eyes shot open and the look of surprise on both of their faces was fantastic.

I was nervous that Sadbh might get fussy as it was getting very close to lunch time, but she stayed very calm throughout the sermon.

We were able to sneak her a bottle during communion, and this kept her content and more importantly, kept Princess Angry Bird away.

After mass, we held a reception at our house afterwards and our friends Lydia, Theresa, Orla, Hailey and Kathi put together the most delicious food for all our guests.

I have to admit, I am seriously blessed with some of the greatest friends that anyone could have. These amazing women worked so hard to feed all our guests, and they wanted nothing in return.

Thank you all so much!!!

It seemed to be a great way to spend the afternoon, surrounded by wonderful family and friends. It’s moments like this that I consider myself so fortunate, and it helps to erase all the hardship that we have been through over the past few months.

So many others helped with the organizing of the reception, Yuki, Hailey, Katie’s aunt Cammie, my parents, Dan and Trish, Ger and Ann. We are so lucky.

With all the excitement throughout the day, we ended up having a very tough time getting Sadbh to sleep for her trach care.

We finally managed to get her into a deep sleep, and as soon as we had her trach ties removed, she woke up and got very fussy.

In the early days when we had to deal with this, it created a lot of stress for both Katie and I. Since we are now both fairly expert at changing Sadbh’s trach ties, we were able to deal with the situation and got the job done, although it took a little bit longer than usual.

Sunday evening was very relaxed and I think it was the earliest that everyone got to bed in a long time.

I also want to thank Sev for taking photos of the baptism and reception, and all the photos from the wedding on Friday.

New Photos.

Photos from June 14th.

Take care,

Wayne, Katie and Sadbh.