The Fifth Brother!

He is here!!!  On November 14th 2011 at 11:35am we happily welcomed our fifth son Asher Ray Buckley! You'll have to take my word for it when I say he is really SO beautiful.  I will try to post more and pictures this weekend.  It's a bit  busy here these days, but I'll get pictures up soon.

Until next time, be safe, be happy, be grateful & be blessed!!!
Lots of love to you from,
The Brothers Buckley

Home sweet home

We are home.  We got to go home late Friday night!  Sleeping at home without someone checking vitals every few hours is a lot more comfy & restful.  Danny did a wonderful job on Friday!  Despite the surgery starting over an hour late and not being able to eat, Danny kept up his big brave boy attitude & sailed through!  After the surgery he had to lay flat, completely still and not bend his right leg for four hours, I don't even think I could do that!  He was a champ, he did it!  As long as the t.v. was on he was happy.  It is truly amazing to think just how much has to be working so precise, and so exquisitely together to have just an ordinary day! It makes me believe to a new level just how much of a miracle every breath and every heartbeat really is.  With all that we have going on in life, all the irritating annoyances of daily life, all the things that cause us stress, money, traffic, work, it would do the whole world good to pause and take a deep breath and then give thanks that we can!  Next time you see someone you love put your ear to their chest & realize that the little sound you hear of that heartbeat is an amazing miracle.  It makes my attitude if gratitude grow in magnitude! 
I hope we can all let the stressful and annoying stuff in our days be overshadowed by AWE  in just how wonderfully made we all are!

Much love to you from,

The Brothers Buckley

In Recovery

In recovery!  The surgery went well, and Danny Boy is the proud new owner if 2 titanium coils!  These coils are what closes the hole, and eventually the heart tissue will grow around them & it will be as if there was never a hole! Now we just pray that these coils stay in place.  We should know by around 7:30 this evening when they do an x-ray.  They have already done an ecco and so far everything looks to be closed.  We will be keeping our fingers crossed that it stays that way.  My Danny is doing so well!  Such a big brave boy, I am so proud of him!  I'll post pictures as soon as I can. And I'll try to update after the x-ray.

Until then much love to you from,
The Brothers Buckley

My Danny Boy's Heart

This sweet, beautiful boy needs to have his heart fixed.  We had no idea, but a hole that is supposed to close within hours after being born never closed.  Thankfully our pediatrician heard a murmur and told us to get it checked out.  The following week we had his appointment with the cardiologist and he told us about the problem. This hole is called a PDA and it causes Danny's heart and lungs to work harder than they should.  The left side of his heart is enlarged, but all of the damage done by this hole should heal itself with time because he is so young.  The plan is that this Friday Sept 30th we will go to Children's hospital to have the hole "fixed".  It is a heart catheter procedure where the surgeon places a catheter in the artery of his leg and threads a device into his heart, the blood clots around the device and that is how the hole is closed.  Sounds simple & straight forward enough.  I would not be so worried, but this is just about the same procedure that Ezekiel had that failed & led to him having emergency open heart surgery.  This situation is so much different, Danny is much bigger, it's a different doctor and a different hospital, and Danny is healthier than Zeke was going into surgery.  These are the things I am constantly reminding myself every moment. 

I will update this site as soon as I can after Danny is awake after recovery. 

Thank you for checking in!
Have an awesome day,
The Brothers Buckley

Picture time!!!

(finally...)

Christmas Eve 2010

Look at the Big Boy Zeke & no more oxygen! 1/29/10

Sleepy Matthew! 4/11

The BIG cake! Thank u Nana!! 5/7/11

The Birthday Boys loving cake! 5/7/11

Matthew & his Godfather "Cuc" 5/7/11



MUSCLE MEN!!! 5/7/11
From L to R Jovian, Danny, Sebastian, Gabriel, Nicholas, & Ezra

Matthew enjoying his summer! 6/11

Ezekiel pondering life...6/11



Gabe & Danny at the 4th of July festivities at the pool 7/11

Danny Boy clapping for his birthday cake! Big 4 yr old! 8/11

Zeke thinks anything that fits on his head can be a hat 8/11

Gabriel's 1st day of school! 8/14/11

Too cute Matthew 9/11

Welcome Back!!!

WE ARE HERE!!!  We are here, we are all alive & kinda healthy!!  Okay, so it's been a LOOOONG time since I have updated, please forgive me for I am just a tired mommy!
Here is a very brief nutshell version of what has been goin' on since we last visited...

- Recovery from spinal surgery - not so good, but a HUGE thank you to the ARMY who was here to help!!  I was on some major pain killers & anti-spasm meds, so my memory is quite foggy.

- Christmas & New Years...yup, they happened & nope I don't remember much (I'll try to find pictures)

- After a very long and torturous battle with COPD, March 3rd my sweet Dad, ("Papa" to the brothers) passed away.  We are still reeling from the loss.

- Days after my Dad's funeral we found out that there will be another little Buckley arriving in November!!  And after that we did find out that the Brothers will STILL be the Brothers!! Yes, that makes 5 boys!

- In May the not so "tiny two" turned ONE! We made it, oh yes we did!!!

- August Danny Boy turned 4!

- August 14th Gabriel started KINDERGARDEN!  Oh my goodness, already!  And he loves it!

- September Gabriel turned 6...oh my! 

So, I would like to try (I will) post pictures of some of the above mentioned events...
later apparently, I'm having technical diffaculties.
Come back soon for more news...