Our Little Valentine Baby

Its MJ's First Valentine's Day!!!

Since he is feeling so much better we had to do a photo shoot. 

Here is a lil photo shoot my sister chloe and I did on Valentine's Day. At first MJ loved it but after a while he got over it really quick. We did get some really cute pictures out of it though. Hope you enjoy our little Valentine Baby!!

Some other things that we did on Valentine's day....

We got an edible arrangement from daddy so yummy!! MJ loved the bear and balloons that came with it. 

Chocolate covered strawberries for breakfast... why not it is valentine's day. 

Candy jewelry is always fashionable. 

Maui pancakes are so yummy straight from Hawaii. 

We had a relaxing Love filled day!!

We Are Home

Sorry it took me so long to update everyone on our return home.

WE ARE HOME!!!

I have learned that just because we are home doesn't mean that everything is good and back to normal. MJ is still healing and everyday he gets better. When we arrived home MJ's Aunts Chloe and Raimi made 2 banners for him they are so cute. Such a thoughtful thing to do. It had little drawings on them saying supper MJ, MJ and Mickey, MJ and all the family members in stick figures lol Sooo cute!!

MJ got a bath when we got home his first real bath after surgery and he loved it. Even though it doesn't look like it in the picture. 

He then took a long nap this is not like him at all I can't ever get him to take a long nap. He was happy to be in his own bed. Home sweet home!!

We want to thank Aunt Sandi and Uncle Don for an amazing dinner the night we came home. They also brought us home made bread and lunch for the next day. It was so nice to come home to a home cooked meal thank you both so much. It was great to see you.

Fruit & Snack Basket from Mommom (MJ Great Grandma Hall)

We also want to send a huge thank you out to Matt & Kim Curtis they brought food for days!! And a GIANT MICKEY!! Thank you so much for coming over and hanging out and all the food it was so great. 

Also a big thank you to Great Grandma and Grandpa Merritt they also brought us a ton of food. We are so grateful for you as well it was such a blessing not to have to worry about food. 

We recieved a bunch of flowers and gifts on top of the food deliveries it didn't go unnoticed we are so grateful for all the love and support and prayers!! We feel so blessed to be surrounded by such amazing friends so thank you from the bottom of our hearts!! 

Puppy Flowers from the Buehring Family

 Pink and Blue Flowers from Katy Holt-Larsen and the Monavie Team

Thank you everyone it means so much to us!! This is a pic of MJ in his stroller. When he first came home we couldn't get him to fall asleep. He fought sleep so much so we would walk him in the house and around the neighborhood till he fell asleep. 

MJ Update from Aunt Clo and Aunt Rai

Thursday’s update, it has been a very tough few days for everyone, especially MJ. It didn’t hit us hard until the moment we said goodbye to him just before surgery. He is such an amazing little boy with the best personality. He never cries. He is always smiling, and he has the most adorable little giggle. Coming into the room in the ICU after his surgery was extremely hard. Hearing that perfect little boy in such agony was heartbreaking. We broke down. He has been so tough throughout this whole experience, and we couldn’t be more proud of him. Today he has improved a lot. Yesterday was definitely his worst day. His swelling is finally starting to go down, and we are starting to see our perfect little MJ again. He brought us so much joy today when he started talking and giggling again. He hasn’t cried at all and has been so calm. We are getting so excited to see those beautiful blue eyes again! He just opened his right eye the slightest little bit tonight! Please continue to pray for his swelling and his pain to go completely away! We are hoping to see him open both eyes tomorrow.

P.S. Thank you all for the goodies and balloons. MJ will love seeing them when he opens his eyes!

Much love,

Auntie Raimi & Auntie Chloe

To send MJ cards and goodies

A lot of people have been asking where they can send cards and goodies to MJ. We are at: 

Nemours Children's Hospital ICU

Merritt J Whitt room 3101 

13535 Nemours Parkway
Orlando, FL 32827 

We are still in the ICU the Dr told us today that we might be here the whole stay or most of our stay. If you are wanting to send anything please put attn to Merritt Whitt. They are very good about deliveries here. We will be here for about 4-5 days.  Thank you to all that have sent things for MJ mom and dad appreciate it. He will love seeing gifts when he opens his eyes. You can email us too

Growingupwhitt@gmail.com

Thank you for all the love and prayers.