Today marks Maizy aka Maize Dawg's 1st birthday! One year ago today Team Ferrell was blessed with a strong little girl with a broken little heart. What year it has been for our family. As many if all of you know, we found out about Maizy's heart problem just shortly before she was born, and we also found out that we would need to deliver in KC at Children's Mercy. So last summer was spent living at The Ronald McDonald house while Maizy wowed everyone with her strength and courage. Shortly after she was born she had her open heart surgery and the rest is history. Since the surgery she's had an angioplasty to open up the area where they stitched in the donor tissue due to a little scar tissue build up. But other than that Maizy has continued to get stronger and healthier everyday!
The teeny tiny little girl with a feeding tube in her nose, now spends her days eating, jabbering and rolling all over the house. She also spends a lot of time trying to grab hold of Piper's hair, Maizy loves Piper very much, she also loves pulling Piper's hair. She sure does light up when she grabs a hand full of curls and yanks. Every once in awhile we get a little squeal from her as she yanks with all her might! Piper is a good sport, but she also gets her revenge in the form of wanting to play with whatever object Maizy has in her hand at any given time. It could be a live grenade and by God Piper is playing with that damn thing!
To all of you who have prayed, called, written, commented on the blog or facebook, or simply sent good vibes, mojo, karma, etc, I thank from the bottom of my heart, our whole family does. So many people have helped us in so many ways over this last year, especially when we were in KC. So to all of you to numerous to mention I say we love you all!
Also I want to thank Piper and Traci those two have been my rock. When times were tough in KC and I was worried about Maizy I always had Piper doing something crazy, or wanting to walk to the coffee shop, and never batting an eye at the unfamiliar place and circumstances she was apart of (I wish I could be so accepting and laid back) and I always had Traci to lean on. While I may not tell Traci this I couldn't have done it without her...well...literally I couldn't have done it without her...she gave birth to Maizy...I can't do that.
But in all seriousness the three girls I have been blessed with have made me the man I am today, I am ten-fold the person I was 10 years ago. Traci's patience, Piper's lunacy, and Maizy's constant infectious smile make my day better every single day of my life. I love them with all my heart, I am truly a lucky man. And to Maizy who overcame a 1% odd of making it out of the first trimester, I thank you for being a fighter, I thank your mom for being a fighter and an amazing mother, and I thank God for allowing me to be apart of all of your lives. And Maizy just like I told you right after you were born, and also whispered in your ear this morning, it still rings true today and everyday after "You fight like hell."
Happy Birthday Amazing Maizy we all love you!
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