Whose Birthday Was It?

No, really. Whose birthday do you think it was? OK....here's a hint. He is NOT 4.

Happy Belated Birthday, Tom!!!

Our Visit to See Sawyer Matthew and Krystel

 Talk about a room with a view. Kinda makes a girl want to STAY at the hospital. Oh wait.....she did.

Spencer feeding his baby brother for the FIRST time. Yeah, he loved it, but I think Grace loved it more. See below.

 Oh, I just love that baby!!!

Grant wants a baby brother so badly. Too bad that is NEVER going to happen.

Little Teacher Jadyn

Trying hard not to laugh. Jadyn is sitting next to me, reading from the book "Dick and Jane". She keeps calling Dick - Duke. I keep telling her the boy's name is Dick. She finally told me...."I don't want to say that......name." How does she even know that that could be a bad word? She just cracks me up. she is reading AS LOUD as she possibly can, and wants me to look at every page. Never mind that I am trying to work here. Oh well......a mother's work is NEVER done.

Working for the LORD

The kids and I just finished cleaning all the blinds in the house - each little blind piece by little blind piece. I double dog dare my kids to say they know what hard work is again. Seriously.

  I laughed when they told me that Sunday was a day of rest - "The Bible says so. It's a law.", they said. To which I replied, "It also says 'Children obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the LORD.' When you start doing that, we will address the rest." I also told them that we can make Sunday a day of rest, as long as we make the rest of the week FULL of days of work. (Don't get me wrong - I totally believe in a day of rest, to reflect on God and His glorious goodness. But I also think we can reflect while we work. And since the rest of the week was spent loafing.....well you get my picture.)

New Neighbor

I met my new neighbor at curriculum night last night. She is deaf. But I was able to have a nice talk with her via an interpreter. Tonight she came to my front door and needed something. Try as I might, I was not able to figure out what she was saying. Finally she asked for a piece of paper. She drew out that she had a cabinet that was upside down and wanted to know if Greg could help her. He was at football, so I told her (to the best of my ability) that I would help. Then she turned and walked away. I tried to call after her, then realized how dumb that was. I just followed her home and we (eventually) got the cabinet rightened. Clearly, I need to brush up on my sign language. But it was nice to be able to use my brute strength for some good!!!

What's Been Going On......so far

Jadyn - strep throat
Michelle - strep throat
Jadyn - strep throat
Michelle - poison ivy
Grace - migraine
Greg - strep throat
Krystel - baby
Krystel - blood clot/ hemorrhage
Grace - migraine

I think this about covers it. This was all over the course of just over 2 weeks. Man, we need to rest.

Sawyer Matthew

Krystel FINALLY had her baby!!! Sawyer Matthew made his arrival on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at 10:29 pm. He weighed in at 9lbs even and was 21-3/4" long. He is a spitting image of Krystel and Spencer. So amazing. Although, his arrival was not without incident. He arrived safely, but within a few hours of delivery Krystel was back in for emergency surgery for a blood clot in her abdomen. The clot was the size of Sawyer's head! She required a transfusion of 5 bags of blood and was in extremely critical condition. Praise God - she is fine and getting better each day!!!!! We are more than thankful for Sawyer and his healthy arrival. But we are especially thankful for the removal of this clot and Krystel's health. Thank you LORD!!!