Maggie and her buckie

Unlike my sisters kids- none of my kids had any sort of attachment to a blanket, lovie or stuffed animal as a baby- until Maggie that is! John's Aunt Ann made us some matching blankets for the nursery which I had up on the side of the cribs to display because they were so cute- but Maggie would pull hers down every night to sleep with it. Now she rarely goes anywhere without it! It is not the smallest blanket in the world, and yet she drags this poor thing around everywhere she goes - like she is Linus.

The tooth fairy is coming to visit!

One of my babies has hit a milestone... my Anna Grace has lost her first tooth... sniff. My sweet and beautiful girl is heading to the snaggletooth phase! I was not ready for her to lose one of her cute little baby teeth ... I told her she is NOT allowed to get any bigger- she must remain my baby. She said she will do her best.

I have no idea what the tooth fairy gives for a first tooth but I assume it is more than the quarter I used to get when I was growing up.

The house

Things are moving along with the house quickly. They have started the dry wall- so it is really looking like a "house" now.

Tis the season of Dr appointments- every summer it seems that we have weeks on end of appointments. Last week Jack saw Dr Williams and he let us know we had the choice of either doing surgery soon to work on the right side of Jack's face where it is slightly "concave" or we can wait until his face grows, then about the age of 12 we would take muscle out of his leg or back and graft it to his face- this would be the more permanent option. The thought of no more surgery (on his face anyway) until then sounded just fine to us! We are already having to schedule surgery later this month on his testes or better known by Jack as his "circles". That should be fun. Next week he goes in to get the extender put on the roof of his mouth to start to spread out the upper teeth... this should also help with the look of his right cheek, we think. He is such a tough little guy to have to go through so much! Although when I look around at the other kids that are patients at the cranio facial clinic... we are so lucky. We are so thankful for our Jack!

2 blogs in one year... amazing!

I think I have figured out why I don't blog more... it is because I think my blog is really ugly. I have friends with the CUTEST backgrounds and pictures. I am going to have to do some research on how to make a cute blog... so stay tuned. In the meantime, here are some pictures of our new home!

We are so excited as we are less than 2 months away from our house being completed. We have been blessed with a great rental house - right across the street from mom and Shannon- but we cannot wait to get settled in the new place!

Our LOT!

Disney Trip

October 17, 2010

We are just returning from yet another fantastic vacation to Disney World. John and I joke about how when we were dating, we looked forward to traveling the world when we had kids- taking them to the Caribbean, Mexico, all these exotic places- and yet, we are on year #5 of going to Disney! We will probably be that weird old couple that goes to Disney without any kids, wears matching t-shirts, rides Dumbo and Peter Pan and all the other kiddie rides.

For several months leading up to the trip we had been praying for a little girl named Mary Evelyn King. When I was pregnant with Jack and Anna Grace I remember little Mary Evelyn (then just 2 years old) on a prayer list with cancer. Her name stuck with me because I thought Mary Evelyn was one of the most beautiful names I had ever heard (you know I love my double names!) and that particular name was at the top of my list with all 3 pregnancies. Mary Evelyn went into remission and was cancer free for 5 years. This past January her cancer came back, aggressively. Just a few weeks ago- her family took her to Disney world with her cousins and family- they even stayed at the same hotel we were going to be staying in. As I was looking through her pictures, it struck me hard that we were about to go on the same vacation as the King family- with all the cousins and grandparents, yet without the fear and pain of a dying child. My heart just ached for the King family- I cannot imagine...

When we were driving down to Orlando on Friday I got the text that sweet little Mary Evelyn had passed away. It changed my whole attitude for the trip, and I spent most of my time thinking of the King family, praying for them, and giving thanks to the Lord for all our our blessings. The small things that might have been bothersome on this trip, like whiny kids, plans that didn't work out, the heat, crowds, etc, didn't seem to matter at all. We were together as a family, making memories that we will never forget.

Now, go hug your kids.

I can't figure out how to turn these pics.


Now turn your head this way...

The cousins! Thank you Lord for letting us have these fantstic memories! Can't wait until next year!

Its been a while...

It has been a busy 7 months! I had started this blog in the first place to keep our loved ones who live far away up to date on what is going on with us... but I have let it go for so long! Between all the complications with my pregnancy- being in an out of the hospital- as well as getting into a routine with the new babies, my older twins, going back to work, and all the organizations I am involved with- life has been non stop. But don't get me wrong, I wouldn't change a thing... life is great! I will start with all the pics that my friend BrennaB Photography has taken if us- starting with maternity and newborn shots. (side note, I was only half way through the pregnancy here... I got GI-NORMOUS!)