a little update for those who are wondering... faith is off of the oxygen now and breathing on her own which is great! she has a feeding tube through her nose to her tummy and shanna is trying to pump so they can get some good ole' breastmilk in her. she was born at 3 lbs. 6 oz. and she really is doing pretty good. she may be there for 5 to 6 weeks though, they aren't sure yet. shanna is doing good too, her blood pressure is still a little high, even after the AWFUL magnesium she had to be on. but she's off that now and on something less harsh and should be able to go home tomorrow. thanks everyone for praying for her! i hope to post a picture soon!
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Thursday, March 27, 2008
prayer for a little one
one of kenny's cousins, shanna and her husband gabe, gave birth to baby faith this morning after shanna was having some preclampsia (sp?) issues at only around 31 weeks gestation. faith is only around 3 pounds and in the NICU but i think they are doing ok. just pray for this sweet family. they lost baby tyson last june, at 22 weeks gestation right after grayson was born. and now this! so please pray for baby faith to be ok and shanna to heal quickly! thank you!
Posted by amy at 1:15 PM 1 comments
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
happy easter...
that is what these two were saying as i took this shot.
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We hope and pray you all had a wonderful Ressurection Day and that you were touched by the true meaning of Easter as you celebrated with your families. Thank you LORD for the cross. We would be lost without it.
Posted by amy at 7:16 PM 1 comments
walkin' and poxin'...
well, its that time. time to pull out the WALKER! i can't believe it. it seems like the kid was born yesterday even though this has been a LONG ten months! grayson will be ten months old on april 2nd, hard to believe. he has been pulling up on everything lately and this morning i suddenly noticed he had pulled up on me and was standing with only one hand touching my shoulder. so i got out his walker, and he laughed and laughed (a creepy evil laugh that was hilarious by the way) and took a few steps! but man, when he falls down, he thinks its the END of the world, which is also kinda funny!
a little health update... as you know (family in texas), grayson has had awful eczema since he was about a month old. we've seen specialists, bought EVERY kind of medicine out there, and he is currently on two allergy meds a day, including prevacid for his acid reflux. little guy has just had some issues, making it a rough year for us, having to watch him scratch ALL the time. as a matter of fact, since Christmas, we have been using diaper pins to pin his hands down by his sides when he naps and at night. can you believe that? i hope no one from child protective services reads this! luckily, he has been ok with it, and it has done WONDERS for his face because he can't scratch it to bleeding every night as he had been doing. at any rate, last week, he came down with this bizarre skin condition that resembled chicken pox the first couple days. then it got worse and he had open oozing lesions covering his arms, his legs and feet (from knees down mainly) and then sporadic ones on his chest and back. it was AWFUL. how do you lotion or put clothes on a child who is oozing? we went to the dr. and he was stumped. i actually cried in his office if you can believe that. he decided it was time to do blood work because it is sure seeming like grayson ALWAYS has something. whether its a sinus infection, or congestion (he's had that for 4 to 5 months) or bizarr-o rashes. we should get some bloodwork back this week, and some next week. they are checking lots of stuff, and his immunities to see if he is making them properly. i am happy to report that his rash thing whatever (we call it the pox jokingly) is healing up! there are scars where all the spots were, but they will disappear soon. his legs and feet and wrist still have some healing to do because he is so mobile and those are easy places to scratch. i'm on scratch patrol ALL the time, but sometimes he sneaks a scratch in, especially when he is mad. oh, one thing to pray for if you feel so inclined... if he continues to heal all the spots by this weekend, we are going to lower his crib and try a night unpinning him. he's getting too big to appreciate it anymore, and pinning him down for three months has made him unbelievably strong. its like he does bicep curls EVERY night trying to get up and he is so strong! i'm totally worried about trying it, but honestly, we can't keep doing that forever. and it makes it really hard for me to leave and go on a date with kenny or do anything before they go down, because i want to be the one to put him down. how do you ask someone else (grandma and mimi) to pin their grandson down before bedtime? my mom hates it and i'm sure barbara does too. so, if it doesn't work and he wakes up bleeding again, then we'll have to reconsider. but pray that it will work! anyways, i have been long winded. here's a quick pic from this morning when he was practicing his walking!
Posted by amy at 8:26 AM 1 comments
Monday, March 24, 2008
warning: this post contains no pictures
i have often wondered something. as i teach my two year old about God and Jesus and the Bible, it almost always occurs to me "why am i doing this now, so early in her life?" i try to imagine being her, and hearing "who made the trees? God made the trees!" and what she must be thinking. "who is God? does liam know? does he live down the street by emma and jack? where is His picture? is it on the fridge with all the others?" i feel like he might as well be that chair over there (and some people do believe that!) do you know what i mean? it seems so hard to me to explain something as BIG and as POWERFUL as the story of our Savior and His Father to a 2 year old, when I don't even get it most of the time. AND YET...
today, aislyn was reading one of kenny's books (you know, the 700 page novels that she finds in our room) and out came a bookmark with cartoon Jesus and some children on it. she got SO excited. "JESUS!!" she exclaims, with more delight in her eyes than i have ever seen. she proceeds to carry it around the next few minutes. as i'm sorting laundry (holy cow did i have alot of laundry to sort today), i hear her laying on our big bed, looking lovingly at the bookmark.
"Hi Jesus!" (cartoon Jesus is kinda waving in the picture) "Jesus, sit down minute! I friend! Mommy, I say hi to Jesus!" Really? did my two year old just ask Jesus to sit down and talk with her for a minute because they're friends? is it that simple? in a way, i guess it is. it was a real lesson for me. because you know what? i don't remember to do that very often at all; remember to ask Jesus to sit down and have a chat. but my 2 year old, who i struggle with teaching the concepts of Jesus, does. the faith of a child. that brings it in perspective for me. who would have though that we would learn so much about our Lord just by having children. and toddler children at that. so thank you sweet aislyn for the reminder. may you always remember that Jesus is your friend and will ALWAYS sit down for a chat.
Posted by amy at 1:49 PM 1 comments
Saturday, March 22, 2008
upside down
we wanted to wish you all a wonderful Ressurection Weekend! we hope its filled with family and remembrance of what Christ has done for each one of us. AND SUNSHINE!!! yea for spring! (oh, and no, this picture has nothing to do with Easter. i just kinda liked it.)
Posted by amy at 1:51 PM 2 comments
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
shadows...
Posted by amy at 9:36 AM 1 comments
Friday, March 14, 2008
happy birthday sweet braidyn!!
Posted by amy at 11:04 AM 1 comments
"mini" session
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Monday, March 10, 2008
storage solutions
i don't know. i think creativity and efficiency may course through her veins. when you run out of room for all of your babies to sleep, you have to think outside the box, the icebox that is... some may think this particular space is only good for water, ice, checking the temperature... but aislyn? she sees something more. and then, when you run out of room for your real babies, just store them under the jumperoo! he actually backwards crawled his way under here. but YEA! he's crawling forwards now! oh, and this smiley picture was followed by angry pictures which i won't share because more and more stuck he became. and did mom help him? no, she just laughed and took more pictures.
Posted by amy at 9:19 PM 2 comments
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
missin' my liam
OH WE ARE SO READY TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE!! aislyn is going through a major friend withdrawal. i just don't do it for her. and of course, now kenny and i are sick. :( so, i guess we're home for another couple days with the PLAGUE which is what i'm referring to it as at this point. but it could be way worse, so thank the Lord for healing.
Posted by amy at 8:45 PM 2 comments
Monday, March 03, 2008
on the up 'n' up
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and then there is aislyn, who, as you can see, politely asked me to step off with my camera. while she has no fever, i think her attitude might still have a bit of a virus...
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Posted by amy at 8:18 AM 5 comments
Sunday, March 02, 2008
gift card day
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i'm not sure who he reached on his rubber ducky phone, but he was really into the conversation... the baby bear in his left hand was napping. shhhh. (blurry picture, but i had to take it.)
Posted by amy at 8:14 AM 2 comments
Saturday, March 01, 2008
blessings in the midst of sickies
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Posted by amy at 9:02 AM 1 comments