Life as we know it

This is a bit late, but I think everyone knows how summertime can be with a two-year-old, busy! We had our Great Strides walk for Cystic Fibrosis on June 8th and it was an incredible turnout!  Last year we had 22 walkers, this year we had about 55!  Last year we raised 1,400 dollars, this year we raised over 4,000!  So awesome to see how much we were all able to give to a great cause that will go towards the research of CF so there can be a cure one day.  Our Wonderful team this year in our "For the Love of Zoie" shirts   Enjoy these pictures from the walk that day   I ran into Pam Eaton the other day, my second grade teacher, and told her about Zoie's CF.  She told me she had a student who had it, who is now 30 some, just got a double lung transplant and is doing incredible.  It's so neat to hear stories like that, and it makes fighting CF that much easier when you hear of good outcomes.  Thank you from

Derik and I get a lot of reality checks. Some are very eye opening, others you can brush off. Usually when it comes to Zoie all, they are very eye opening . Its as if God is saying, "hey don't get too comfortable over there." I wish he would let us stay comfortable . Now when I write these posts, im writing to share. Some may call it being vulnerable .... I call it opening up, putting my thoughts on paper, asking for prayer, and hopefully in the meantime helping people who may eventually be put in a similar situation wondering what to do. We had been on a four month waiting list with the feeding/speech/other clinic at children's. If you didn't already know they are all intertwined :-) I was nervous for today, it's always tough meeting with a new clinc seeing as we hadalready see three others. If you want to be intimidated, go see the feeding clinic. Six different specialists watching how you feed your daughter, drilling you with questions, and expressing co