Give that girl a horse!

Wednesday, December 14, 2011 9:37 PM, EST

written by Heather Dalik

Give that girl a horse!

Santa walks in the door.  Cora says hello and her next sentence is "I want a neigh".  Alright, already, someone please buy that girl a horse! 

Yes, we had an extra special visit tonight from an extra special man.  Santa came to visit us, the real Santa.  He sat in our living room, near our Christmas tree and read "Twas the Night Before Christmas".  We shared Christmas cookies and chatted about our year.  It was truly amazing.  He stayed about 30 minutes and Andrew talked to him the entire time.  "The real question I have is..  is Rudolph real?".  This question has been bothering Andrew for some time.  Grace sat back trying to figure it all out, not saying much.  She did give Santa's beard a tug, just to see if it was real.  Again, Cora asked for a horse. 

Santa was truly magical and our visit will be part of my Christmas memories forever.  The second best part of the night was watching my little girl take in the new experience.  After Santa left, we sat down for dinner.  It has been really neat to see Cora try to participate in dinner conversation.  Tonight, she said with a smile a mile wide, "Mommy, Santa visit".  She knows something special happened tonight.    

I did post some pictures on Cora's facebook page and will get them loaded to the journal in the next few days for those of you not on facebook.

A quick update on the colds - Grace and Andrew have a standard cold, nothing horrible, yet.  Cora is still coughing.  Tomorrow is the IVIG infusion.  It is going to be a long, long day and I am already grateful for the dinner a friend is making.  Please continue to pray that Grace and Andrew get rid of these colds and that Cora's doesn't get worse.  I will update you on the IVIG infusion when I get home.  Pray that everything goes well and Cora doesn't have a reaction to it. 

Be CORAgeous!