"The Sweet Sound of Snoring"

So.....last night was one of those funny nights.  I couldn't really sleep.....partially because I was thinking of all my many blessings.....and partially because my husband AND daughter were both snoring.  YES, my little 6lb. 7oz. baby girl SNORES.  My husband sleeps on the right side of me, and Brooklyn sleeps in a pack and play next to our bed.  I was caught in the middle, in between a snoring symphony of sorts.  Most nights this would have annoyed the heck out of me, and my husband will be the first one to tell you that he has received a few pokes, pushes, and jabs to the side in order to get him to roll over so he'll stop snoring.  Well, not this night.  This sounds cheesy, but these sounds literally were music to my ears.  I felt warm, safe, and blessed.  I had two of the most important people in my life sleeping soundly, alive and well, right beside me. 

You see, this summer was kind of a scary one for our family.  Without going into too much detail, one night at the beginning of the summer, Kolby had one of his regular stomach episodes that he has, only this time it was a lot more serious than it had been.  This time he got a rash all over his whole body, his chest hurt, and his throat felt swollen.  He called for my name and when I went into the bathroom he was fairly unresponsive.  We made it through that night (later learning I really should have called 911), and anyway, his regular Doctor sent us to an allergy specialist.  From there, we went on what seemed to be a never ending journey to a variety of doctors, hospitals, radiologists, specialists, etc. to try and find out what was wrong.  Most of them thought we were dealing with some form of cancer. 

Thank heavens Kolby does not have cancer, what we have been able to gather so far is that he has moderately severe eosinophilic esophagitis which is basically a chronic inflammation with numerous allergic cells.  It is treatable with an inhaler that he takes. However, for the majority of the summer I thought I was going to potentially lose the most amazing, special, and wonderful person in my life.  So.....getting back on track.  I thought about all of this tonight, and was extremely grateful to my Heavenly Father that my husband was sleeping soundly next to me. 

Also, when we first found out that we were expecting Brooklyn we went in for an ultrasound.  Well, Dr. Sanders couldn't find a heartbeat.  So, for several days we didn't know if this pregnancy would be viable.  Now, 8 months later we have our beautiful, sweet, baby girl......and she is sleeping soundly next to me.
Now you can see why this snoring was "music to my ears."