Happy 1st Birthday, Faith!

Well.......it's hard to believe we are already celebrating Faith's 1st birthday. God has been so good to us and we are just are so thankful to have this sweet, funny, silly & crazy little girl. We had a party for her last night and as you can tell she had lot's of cousins and friends to celebrate it with. She wasn't quite sure about her cake at first, she kept looking at me like, "Are you really going to let me eat this?" She would get a little bit of frosting on her finger and then suck it totally dry! She has NEVER had that much sugar before! It was a great party and lot's of fun but mama is little emotional about her baby growing up. =) I guess they all grow up whether we want them to or not. =)

It was good we had the party yesterday because today I had to go visit the ER again due to pain in my chest and so I am back on some IV's. My right lung has pretty well had it and so it has a very hard time fighting off any form of pneumonia or virus. Also, Jason heads back to TX tomorrow so we would appreciate your prayers for him and us. It's been a rough go in TX with the CFA there and it's going to take some time and a lot of hard work to get it in even some kind of order. The CFA store is in very bad shape and the crew there is NOT welcoming to Jason and Brandon so they could use your prayers.

Hope you and your family are doing well and thanks again for your love and support!

Love~Em

Our first call

Hey Everyone~

I know most of you got word today that we got our first transplant call. We got the call at 6:30 this morning so we headed to Birmingham and got there by 8:00. After some testing on me and the donor's lungs, the doctors decided to cancel due to the quality of the donor lungs. It has been a long and crazy day but we know your prayers were answered because the Lord gave us peace through it all. Yes, we were disappointed it didn't work out but we also know God has the right time and the right lungs for me. We are taking it as a practice round which is good. We now know what to expect and understand the process a little better. Pray the next time will be the real deal and hopefully sooner then later. Jason heads out to Tx on Saturday so I would appreciate your prayers as we get him ready. Thanks again for your support and prayers! Love you all!

~Emily & Jason

Iowa Trip

We got to go to my great Grandma's farm in Iowa to celebrate my Grandparent's 50th anniversary! It was a wonderful time and very special for me to be able to take Faith to see her great-great Grandma & great-great Grandpa as well as spend time at our favorite farm! Much to Jason's dismay my Grandma's farm has LOTS & LOTS of cats and she always has a fresh litter of kittens and as you can tell in the picture Faith befriended them very quickly. Also we were able to get the 5 generation pictures!

I'm off the IV's for now and there is no new changes with transplant.

Hope all is well with you and your families and that you are having a great summer!

~Emily

Our website

Hey Everyone~

We wanted to share with you a website some very special friends here in Cullman have put together for us concerning the lung transplant. They still have some things they are working on but for the most part it is done. It will be a good way to keep people informed when transplant comes. We again just feel so blessed to have friends and family who love us, support us, pray for us and encourage us.

~Emily


www.emilysjourney.com

Bows & Pickles

Thought you might enjoy things everyday pictures. We had to take a picture of some of the things Faith loves, bows and pickles. (Not usually together but she enjoys them both) Ryan is staying with us for a couple of weeks and he and I enjoyed putting the bows in her hair. Surprising enough she didn't notice them in her hair until one fell out and then it was over after that! And as far as the pickle, she loves to chow down on one! She loves sour things!

Quick update on mama~ I'm doing ok, I'm back on some IV meds (which I went for a couple of months without them so that's good). Hopefully it will help clear some of that junk out. We have not rescheduled the sinus surgery as of right now, and we just continue to pray and wait for some good lungs.

Hope you all have a great day! We love you!

~Emily

First July 4th!

Hi Everyone~

Hope you all had a great 4th of July! Fatih enjoyed her July 4th eating watermelon and watching daddy set off fireworks. (We thought her bow looked like a firework on top of her head, sweet little american baby!) It's always fun to introduce little ones to traditions and new things in life. Well, hope you all are doing good and we always love hearing from you.

Love~Em

Update on the Mulkeys!

Hey Everyone~

Wanted to just give you all a quick update. I am scheduled to have my sinus surgery next Thursday, the 28th of June so we would really appreciate your prayers for that. It should be a simple procedure but because of my lungs they want to keep me over night. We also found out that I am number 2 on the list for my blood type, which means we could get a call anytime. Could be today or 6 months from now. We feel excited and nervous but we have peace the Lord is with us each step of the way. So many of you have written me with updates on your families and encouraging words for Jason and I and I want you to know how much I appreciate it and that I haven't forgot you. With a little one it just takes me longer to get e-mails out these days but I am trying to get caught up on writing personal e-mails out.

As you can tell by the pictures Faith is pulling up and going everywhere. It's amazing how they become mobile over night!

We'll keep you updated on how the surgery goes and again we thank you for your prayers!

Love~ Em

My first water park!

We had a nice holiday weekend at the water park and then right by the water park the annual hot-air balloon festival was going on. I thought since Faith loves her bath time she would embrace the pool but as you can tell by the pictures she wanted nothing to do with the cold water. Maybe it was just the cold water that turned her off to the idea. She did however look very cute in her bathing suite and hat. She perked up though when we watched all the hot-air balloons as you can see in the last two pictures.

We hope you all had a nice weekend being with family or friends! Love ya!

Love~ Em

On the transplant list

Well, we never thought we would make it on the list but they should put me on the list in the next couple of days. The doctor's appointment went well yesterday and they are ready to get me on the list. However, they would like for me to go ahead and do the sinus procedure so that should take place in the next couple of weeks I assume. We are very thankful to have finally made it on the list but with it comes lots of different emotions. They would let me know where I fall on the list but because of my CF it makes me a higher priority. We appreciate your prayers during this time. We love you.

Love~ Emily

Update on ENT visit

Hey Everyone!

Just wanted to give you a quick update on the ENT appointment yesterday. We saw the ENT Dr. and he said he could tell by the CT scan my sinuses were filled up but after doing a scope on me he didn't think I had a fungus in my sinuses. However, he would like to do a local sedation and go in and get a sample to make sure everything is ok. He is suppose to talk with the transplant doctor this weekend and let us know on Monday what we need to do. So, once again we are waiting. We are beginning to feel like we will always be in the waiting mode. We trust the Lord though and know He is working even when we feel we are being put on hold. "I am still confident of this; I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord, be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord." Psalm 27:13-14. When we were at the doctor's offce a saying I wrote down kept coming back to meWhen we cannot see our way
Let us trust and still obey;
He who bids us forward go cannot fail the way to show. Though the sea be deep and wide, though a passage seem denied, fearless let us still proceed Since the Lord vouchsafes to lead.

Thank you for your prayers!
Love~ Em

P.S- The first picture is Faith's favorite thing to do when she is investigating something new. She will tilt her head or bend over to get a better look at something! I guess she thought she needed a different angle to look at the camera, silly girl!