Hooray... Liam is a healthy boy

Rewind a couple weeks to March 17, St Patrick's Day. After much anticipation, it was finally time for Liam's cardiology appointment to see what the future held for him. After a very entertaining time with the great Riley staff performing his EKG and Eco, we went into him appointment. Within just a few seconds, the doctor broke the news we had been waiting for since he was conceived... LIAM HAS A HEALTHY HEART!!!! According to the doctor and a colleague of his at the Mayo Clinic, there is only a 5% chance that he will ever show symptoms of HCM! Although I will continue to be a worried Momma every time Liam takes off running or wants to go play or swim, he will be able to lead a normal little boys life. Now it is time to start getting him ready to be a future Ohio State running back! hahaha

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2 months later and I still cry every day, I still am in shock.... What have I done to my angel, what kind of life have I created for him? Is he going to grow up in the same personal hell that I did? As I watch Grant and his friend run around and play together, I wonder is Liam going to every truly be able to do those things? The doctors say that there is a chance that it could just be a genetic mutation and he never will have any of the symptoms, but what kind of mother would I be if I stopped worrying??? I feel like I am having my own little pity party sometimes, silently ofcourse because I am told it isn't proper to hang your dirty laundry out for the world to see, but sometimes I wish I just had a shoulder to cry on. I feel alone, friends and family say they understand, but they have no flipping clue.

I now feel my parents pain

I always thought that I understood what my parents were going through with the illness that I have dealt with since I was 15 yrs old. Never in a million years did I think that the hurt and pain could be so incredibly bad.



Rewind to 3 days ago, September 8, 2009... My birthday... My world came crashing down. Around 3 o'clock in the afternoon I received the phone call that made the world, or atleast in my eyes, stop turning. The genetic counselor from Riley Hospital called to inform us that the results from the genetic testing we have been going through all summer long were in. I will never forget the words that came through the receiver, "I just wanted to let you know the from the testing came back and Liam did test positive for the gene mutation."

In teh past few months, I have started to feel what it is like to get your heart broke by a child. Alexis is 13, going on 14, and for what reason I don't know, has changed ehr attitude towards everything. Sometimes I just feel like my heart is being ripped out and torn into a million little piece. I know I am doing nothing wrong, but treated like I can do nothing right at the same time. It has been made clear to me that all of the time and effort I have put into creating a strong relationship with her was a waste and totally useless. I tell myself to walk away and stop letting my heart get broke and worry about caring for the boys, but that is easier said than done. I need to suck it up and just let her go, but that is so hard when I see Ilie's heart break everytime he talks to her on the phone or calls and doesn't hear from her for days or a week at a time. I feel like I am rambling, but I just can't get over it all. The mean messages left on Ilie's phone and the conversations are just something from a nightmare. Oh what to do what to do...

Custody Battle

Some people may or may not know, but we are going through the hardest thing that I think Ilie and I have ever dealt with in our lives, we are going through a court battle for primary custody of Grant. Due to many concerns, we decided last year to begin the fight again. We now have a new attorney and he is great. We recently went to court again and we are just waiting on the judges decision that should be coming soon. I can not go into details at this time, but as soon as we hear something, I will give an update. I am scared to death that this isn't going to go how we hope and pray that it does, but Ilie tells me everyday to keep my head up and be positive.

A little while since my last blog

So here it is, the start of summer vacation and I have made a pact with myself to update our family blog atleast once a week... We will all see how that goes! hahaha That last year and a half has flown by so fast, and here it is summer again.





Last year started out really rough with the loss of Ilie's dad, Jerry, to a long battle with cancer. It was so hard to say good-bye to our rock, but through a tragedy we have grown closer as a family. During Jerry's last few weeks with us, the ongoing joke everytime a pregnant nurse came in was that I needed to hold my breath so I didn't catch what they had. If only we would have know that I was already carrying a little blessing. We were so excited to find out that we had a bundle of joy, Liam Alexander Travis, on the way. As I said in earlier posts, last summer was a blast and we made the most of my pregnancy.





We also dealt with the loss of Granny in August. We were all so blessed to see her go in peace after so many years of living life to its fullest! It was amazing to see the bond that Grant and Granny built together last summer. Grant and I spent alot of time with Granny last summer and many of afternoons, Grant would nap in bed with her and while she would just tell him what a nice little boy he was. The few times I went to visit without Grant, the first thing I would hear was "Where is the nice little boy?" She never could remember his name, but she was his Granny and he was that nice little boy and that was all that mattered to them.





"Work hard and Play harder!"





I am so proud of Ilie, he recently received a promotion and is now the new Project Manager/ Field Supervisor/ Foreclosure Specialist for Indiana Mold Remediation!!!! After going back and forth about his career, he is happy and feels like he is accomplishing something. He is working so hard and not only is the company growing, but he is growing too. I can not say enough how proud of him I am.





I went full-time in dispatch at the Sheriff's Dept in August and enjoy going to work each and everyday! I love working 3rd shift and work with a crazy bunch of girls. I didn't realize until being at the Sheriff's Department that I could go to work each day with a smile on my face, work hard, yet still have a great time!





Now to the important stuff... The Travis children!!!!





Alexis just finished the 7th grade and had a great year. She is growing into a young woman and discovering how to be an individual! Alexis is looking forward to celebrating her 14th Birthday a little early this year. Ilie and I are taking her and a group of her girlfriends to the No Doubt and Parimore Concert. (Please pray for us, we will need it after spending the weekend with 5 teenage girls!) She is bringing 3 girls from Warsaw and her new BFF from down here will be going aswell. It is really nice that she was able to make a great friend here so she has someone to hang out with on the weekends.





Mr. Grant... Oh Grant! What a year we have had with him. I have never met a child with more of a kind heart! Grant is my angel and always will be. He finished preschool and is more than willing to tell the world that he is in Kindergarten now. We are so proud of the things he has learned from his 2 great teachers that he had for preschool. He now knows our address, how to spell his name, along with Liam's name aswell, to count to 53, all of his numbers, letters, and shapes, and an abundance of other things! All of our fears of him possibly being delayed have now gone out the window. Grant no longer wants to be an Olympic bike rider and swimmer, he now wants to in the Army and a K9 officer. We recently signed him up for fall soccer and he is trying to talk his favorite Uncle Steven Lee, the brotha one, into coaching! Oh, before I forget, Grant went down his first waterslide last Sunday and although he loved it, he said he is never doing it again! LOL





And the newest addition to the family, Liam Alexander Travis! Liam was born on October 21, 2008 @ 4:37pm, weighing in at 7lbs 7.75oz & 21.5 inches long. Liam is just over 7months now and constantly exploring new things just like his big brother. I can't get enough of watching our beautiful new baby grow! Liam is mimicking everything that is said around him and blabbs NONSTOP! His first word was not Mama or Dada, it was... Bubba and that meant the world to Grant! He can also say Dada, Mama, BahBah and NO Bah Bah (Bah bah is bottle). Liam doesn't like to sit still, he is perfectly content standing up all the time. He is also able to pull himself up on things and walk along them, the walker is no longer sat in, Liam prefers to hold onto the outside and push it around in circles!

Grant is enjoying the last bit of summer

Grant is now 4 and a half and would like to make it very clear to the world that he is will be a big brother before snow time! hahaha Since I am now working 3rd shift, Grant and I have had so much time to bond one on one this summer. It has been very memorable and a learning experience for both of us! He is now riding his bike WITH OUT training wheels and has moved up to level P2 in his swimming lessons! The biggest issue in his life right now is if he wants to be an olympic bike rider or be an olympic swimmer just like Michael Phelps! (Oh to be 4 again!)

We are trying to get in as much fun as possible before Grant's first day of preschool, September 5th. This week we took a trip to the Indianapolis Zoo, one of our favorite places to go! Thank Heavens that Melmoski was able to go, I don't think I could have done it with out her. I think our favorite part was watching the babboons chase each other around, we have played babboons for the past 2 days!

Since school has started, the neighborhood pool doesn't open until after nap time, so we have been trying to find other things to do in the mornings. Tuesday we went to Gummy Bear Grandma and Grandpa's to swim in the lake! Grant had so much fun trying to swim away from Grandma everytime she would spray the hose at him!