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!

Family trip to Atlanta!

We got to go on a weekend trip to Atlanta to visit friends and then on to Chattanoogia to visit the wonderful aquarium. We went to the yummy restaurant, "Sticky Fingers" for their delicious ribs and Faith sure enjoyed chewing on the left over bone! (We felt she had to experience the good food as well, hehe) The Tenn. aquarium now has a beautiful butterfly garden with over 500 butterflies flying all around you. Faith was in awe watching all the colorful flying butterflies. It was a great time to get away but we were struck with reality again as we made our way home well..... to the the Cullman ER. It now seems to be a weekly or every other week trip to the ER and then into the hospital. The liver spot came back OK, praise the Lord, however they have delayed being put on the list until I see a ENT doctor. Possibly another 4 to 6 weeks. We so much appreicate all your prayers for us during this sometimes frustrating time. We just have to remember God is still in control even through the delays! We love you all and will continue to keep you updated on the journey. Love~ Emily
P.S~ The last picture is how Faith sleeps at night! Her blanket wrapped around her neck like a scarf. (Scared mama at first but that is how she likes to go to sleep!)

Faith's First Easter!

Happy Easter~

Faith enjoyed her first Easter even though she didn't get to eat the candy in the eggs. Although she quite enjoyed eating the plastic egg itself. She also liked wearing her Easter dress and trying to eat the poke a dots on it. (Can you tell we are into eating everything!) We hope you and your families had a wonderful Easter! We love you!

Love~ Jason, Emily, & Faith