The last post.......

This is one of my FAVORITE sister pictures!!!

Our precious little one - Romy!!

The time has come to say goodbye to our "going back for Romy" blog. Since we are home and have 2 kids with 2 blogs - we are trimming down.........the blogs..........not the children!

Please follow along our adventures other known as "life"............

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We want to thank all of you that helped us with prayers, emails, gifts, financially, the list goes on and on.............we will never be able to thank you enough for all it meant to us!

Romy is truly Keegan's sister..........from moment one. They love each other so much. We know God send Romy to us...........she was meant to ours from the moment she was conceived. We have been blessed to two precious babies..........God is awesome! He continues to bless us and amaze us everyday. We can only try our best to raise these babies to love Him and honor Him in all they do.

Please continue to pray for our family! We thank you again for being apart of our journey!

Much love and appreciation,

Cynthia, Adam, Keegan and Romy Farley

Do nothing..........

We met with our pediatrician yesterday (who is fabulous!). He had a different view point than the surgeon...he made some statements that made the decision quite easy. Since all of Romy's colon looked "good" on the Barium test, and since she is doing well in the "pooping" category, we are holding off on the surgery at this time. The doctor said if Romy needed to have the surgery - we would KNOW it - there would be no question. And if she needed surgery down the road being older would help by providing more "tissue" to work with. She is so tiny......so for now we do nothing.

We want to thank everyone for their prayers for Romy and our family! We have truly appreciated all of them. We are so thankful that our littlest one won't be going through any traumatic surgery at this time and hopefully won't in the future!

As mentioned earlier in a post, we have and are continuing to make changes in our lives to help the girls..........please pray that we make the right decisions and that God will provide all that is needed for our family! Thank you again...........you all mean the world to us!

Still waiting to figure it all out......

We did finally get the results of Romy's Barium test.....everything on the inside seems fine. YEAH! We still don't know about the "surgery" thing... we have a doctor's appointment on Wednesday, so we hope to know more then........enjoy a few recent photos!

Number 2 is two!!! (a 3-fer celebration)

What a fun day....we celebrated Romy's second birthday, Cherri's 48th birthday - or is it 49? or have we went that far yet????? I suppose when you get THAT old it really doesn't matter anyway, AND Valentine's day....whew, what a day!!

We went out to dinner - party of 10 at PF Changs!!!!!! Then back to the house for cake and gifts. Grandma and Grandpa rock - they even brought Miss Keegan a gift so she wouldn't feel left out! Romy wore more of her cake than she ate - but she enjoyed it! ReRe (Cherri) got the girls the cutest "skirts" to play dress-up in! Mom made Cherri's favorite cake for her birthday, blueberry icebox cake, well mom actually made 2. We all managed to kill off one blueberry icebox cake and almost all of Romy's cake! Man, they were fabulous!! I am hoping that next year the girls will have a better understanding about this "birthday" thing and we will have parties for them! Of course, there is the obvious - Keegan's date of birth is 10/30 - so Hello, Halloween party......Romy's 2/9 Valentine's party.......fun times ahead!!!

I am so blessed to be the mommy of 2 beautiful, precious and amazing little girls! Thank you Father God!!!

Chinese Dumplings.......that's what they are! They crack me up!! I snapped a couple of pictures before I took them to school. It's pretty cold and icy outside, but they had their little Valentine parties today.....they took cards for their friends, snacks, chocolate!!!! So they HAD to go - I will be picking them up early today (just after nap time) and I can't wait!! I love being with them - even though they make me crazy sometimes! They are just amazing. Romy continues to have bonding issues, we know that the time NOW is crucial to her future. We are praying about making some changes in our lives to benefit the girls development!!

Romy's next test is on Monday the 19th. I will update you then!

My sister is getting ready to have a coclear implant....not sure if that's spelled correctly - anyway, she has FINALLY agreed to start a blog to follow her journey to hearing!!!! Please follow along!!!! www.bionicfruit.blogspot.com

I hope this fines everyone well - stay in and stay warm.

What can I say?

I know it's been a while. What can I say? It's nuts around here! No real new news....Romy is scheduled for another test on the 19th of this month and once we get those results, I suppose surgery will be scheduled. Please continue to pray that we do the right thing for her. Keegan is doing pretty well.....she has had a few issues (expected) and so she is sleeping in a portable crib in our bedroom right now. I think there have been just too many things change for her: new sister, her bedroom is different, all her toys are no longer just hers, she changed rooms at school, she has to share EVERYTHING with her new sister....whom is LOVES!! She absolutely LOVES Romy! I am so thankful for that - so many times once the new baby comes home the older child wants new baby to "go back home"....not the case here! They are just so much fun - my mom got the spend most of the day with us yesterday and mom had a blast! (I am sure she slept well last night) The girls are just adorable........and we are just blessed!

Have answer - need feedback

After much soul searching, praying, polling, etc - we are going forward with the BIG surgery for Romy. We have not scheduled it yet, but it will probably be some time in March. (too much happening in February) I will advise as I know more. Anyhow, now for the feedback part.........I think it's time to discontinue "Romy's" blog and "Keegan's" blog and have just ONE blog!! I can't keep up with one, let alone two. So, I am open for suggestions for the name of it. I have one suggestion so far AND IT'S GOOD! So, put your thinking caps on and let's have some fun!!! Let the creative juices flow!!!!!!!!!!!! Come on people, make me proud!

I'm in a quandry..........

Well, we went to the doctor yesterday for Romy's rear end problem. Without going into too much detail - it comes down to this. Romy definitely needs surgery. We can either do a "quick fix" type surgery or a full blown "relocation" surgery. We are currently leaning towards the big one. We feel like that is what will help her have a more normal life. We would appreciate your prayers that we make the right decision for HER.

Enjoy some photos!!!

Warning.......matching outfits to follow

Yes, I did that. They wore matching outfits yesterday and they were SO CUTE!! We were all home together (2 adults and 4 kids) so what else should we do??? Of course, Walmart!!! It was a big day. I will post soon after the surgeon appointment on Monday........until then!

News!!!!!

I know it's been forever! So sorry for the delay in postings. I have started a new job and between: 2-2 yr olds, a full time job, a house, a husband, 2 teenage stepkids, and life - it's been nuts!

Romy had her cardio appointment yesterday. Nutshell version: the hole in her heart is not 100% gone, but supposedly it is closing......the doctor even said that we didn't need to follow up with him until Romy was a teenager - or we could come back before then if we wanted! Needless to say, we want to have her checked every couple of years or so until the hole is closed! Thank you God!!!! What great news! No surgery needed!!!!!!!!!!

Monday.......the "rear-end" surgeon appointment...........will advise!

Love to all - I will post pictures very soon - I just wanted to get the news out about Romy's heart!!!

Haircut AND A fever

In the year plus that we have had Keegan - she has NEVER, not once had a fever. Well, today was the day. Bless her little heart - she was burning up! But, after some ibuprofen she was good as new! So, haircuts it was - all around! The girls mainly had the back of their hair cut and Romy had her bangs trimmed! Thanks Ms. Renae for the new do's!!! The girls are continuing to do great - Keegan LOVES Romy! They are just so cute and yet so bad!!!!!!!

Oreos and doctor appointments

The girls like oreos........anyway, Romy's doctor appointment was Friday. The verdict is that she is relatively healthy BUT. We are being referred to a pediactric cardiologist and to a pediactric surgeon (butt related). We don't know anything other than that right now........we don't know how severe either problem is and we don't know if either will or will not require surgery at this time. We will keep you posted on those issues. Romy did get her share of shots! We are going to get blood drawn tomorrow and will hopefully be taking a stool sample with us!!!! YEAH!! Keep Romy in your prayers please! She is doing quite well considering and she is bonding more with me each day! Today was Romy's first day at church (nursery) she did really well - we were so proud!!! Keegan really enjoyed being back at church, I think she is truly missing being in a set routine....we will be introducing Romy to Toyota's child development center this coming week - I know Keegan is VERY ready to get back to school. Ms Sylvia - here we come!!!

The Farley Family Christmas - family of 6

The day was pretty much a blur. None of us were feeling all that great and no one was sleeping.......but we decided presents would make everything better! The girls FAVORITE gifts were from Nannie.....doll strollers!!! Man, does life get any better than that????? Nope! They received many toys, but the strollers were by far the winners!!! The girls are so cute together........Romy is not much on sharing. You can tell that Romy was never told "no" by her foster parents. Fun for us!! We are hoping that this aspect gets better QUICKLY!!

Hope Santa was good to everyone! We sure received a wonderful gift this year....it weighs 23.5 lbs and sometimes answers to the name of Romy!

Since we've been home.

It's been a whirlwind since we've been home. Between: 2-2yr olds, Christmas, jet-lag, being old.......whoops - that's just me.....anyway - it's been a tough few days. I didn't want everyone to think we had fallen off the face of the earth! It's been a tough adjustment for Romy. We had to make some changes around the house and how some people were "bonding" too much with Romy and that has helped some...but we know we have a long way to go!! God has blessed us with two amazing little girls and we hope we can raise them in a way that pleases Him. We hope everyone had a fabulous Christmas!!!

P.S. Our luggage finished it's Chicago tour and came home.