It began in January with me pregnant and extremely sick with HG. (For those of you not familiar with HG, I encourage you to google the HER foundation and read more about it). That lasted for two months where I pretty much spent the entire month of February confined to the 3rd floor of Rush Hospital, when finally on March 1, 2011 our baby girl, Miley Gayle Swancey made her apperance in to the world!
6lbs 11oz
We finished up March with Memphis turning 2, and then April rolled around with some of the wildest weather this area has seen in a really long time.
Tornado roared through Enterprise
We made it through May with very little drama -- and then came June. This is when our lives seemed to completely unravel. The month began with me having a biopsy done and a cancer scare. I found out I had to have a hysterectomy ASAP for something that would potentially turn into cancer if not treated soon. Then, just 14 days before surgery, my husband lost his job, and we lost our health insurance. This summer wasn't a summer to us. We kept up happy faces for our kids, but we felt like we had the breath knocked out of us. We were terrified. We didn't know how the next bill would get paid, where the next diaper would come from or how we were going to put food on the table. We held on with all we had and thanks to the support of friends and family we somehow survived and made it through one day at a time.
This photo was taken about an hour before Johnny found out he was jobless.
Desperate, I began searching high and low for a job. I accepted one doing something I never in a million years thought I would do, and to be completely honest didn't intend to keep doing once my husband found another steady job. Within a month of being there, I fell in love with it and now I couldn't imagine doing anything else. The job has truly saved our lives and many of my coworkers have become a second family to me. I have found much success with this job and thankfully my husband found a job within a month of me starting mine and finally we began to see the light again.
This photo was taken the day I accepted my new job and it gave me hope
I soon regained my health insurance, had my surgery and am feeling much better and happy to say no cancer was found! We saw Noah turn 4, celebrated Thanksgiving and gave our kids a great Christmas despite the fact half of us were sick.
Miley's First Christmas
One thing is for sure, through it all I know it could've been way worse and I am so blessed to have a great support group of friends and family who have helped us along the way. I feel as though I've grown closer to God in all of this and have learned what it's like to really have your faith tested. We are moving forward and looking forward to what 2012 is going to bring. One way or another, we are determined no matter what the circumstances, to make 2012 our year.
Happy New Year!
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