Misc. Pictures From Summer

These pictures are my new favorites. I think that they are so funny. The best part is that he would not say cheese he just yelled at the top of his lungs "eye boar" "eye boar"!

My nephew Mason at my sisters pool.

Daddy is having a great time maxin' and relaxin'

Gavin loves his new sand table from his aunt "Kimber"

What a Week

Well, it has been a trying week for our family. I am truly amazed at the amount of grace and peace that the Lord has given us. As we say at our church, "God is good, ALL THE TIME." I believe that with every thing I have in me. Although sometimes it is hard to understand the why in situations like this, I really take comfort in knowing that God does work all things together for good for those that love Him. I believe that so much good can come from this, even if it isn't until much later. We are very thankful for what we do have - Salvation, church family, a strong healthy two year old, our Godly heritage, a strong marriage rooted in God's Word, a beautiful home, monetary provision, our health, friends that hold us up in prayer and point us to Christ, this list could go on and on. My point is that we have chosen to focus on what we do have instead of what we don't. We thank you for your prayers and we ask that you continue to pray as I am sure hard days are still to come. Thank you!

Eye Boar, Nonnie and the likes

So, Gavin makes up words all the time. Either that, or they are real words and we just have no idea what they are. He always walks around saying "eyeboar" and "nonnie". We ask him all the time what is eyeboar or who is eyeboar, but we can not figure it out. I can't think of anything that it sounds like. Same with nonnie. He just says them at odd times and it is never consistent. I am almost positive he has just made it up. However, I thought I would ask you all to help us crack this case one last time. If we can't figure it out with your help, I will just make up my own definition. So, what do you think eyeboar and nonnie mean?

A Series of Unfortunate Events

Well, I feel as if we just started this new chapter in our life and now it is closing for us. I went to the Dr. today and found out that our baby no longer had a heartbeat. It has been a sad day for us but we are doing well, overall. The hardest part is yet to come in the next few days. Please keep our little family in your prayers. We are confident in the Lord's timing and in His will. I love being able to rest in His sovereignty.

News

Well, I have tried to think up a clever way to spill the beans. I even lay awake at night and think about how I will blog this. When I finally get the chance to sit down and do it, I am too tired and too brain dead to actaully remember what I wanted to write.So, I guess I will just blurt it out.

Gavin is going to be a big brother! As Ryan says, "This is 2 of 6". Gavin is excited but I dont think that he fully comrehends it yet. I am due on January 20th, so I am about nine weeks along. I am sure I have shocked you all because of my post several weeks ago about having more kids! I am very excited. I have been feeling great, which is amazing to me since i was so sick with Gavin. I think it must mean that it's a girl! We will see . . . What are your predictions? boy or girl?

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The Summer Has Officially Begun

We have had a very busy weekend and start of a new week. On Saturday we went over the Jason and Katie's house and they made us dinner. It was fun. They live on a lot of property and they have a four wheeler. I thought that Gavin would be very timid of riding it, but he LOVED it. He could barely sit down to eat because he wanted to ride it so badly. He did really well. Everyone took him around the yard a few times. Gavin loves his Uncle Jason and Aunt Katie. They are so special to him.






I also started babysitting this week. It has been a very challenging couple of days. When i got home on Monday we ate dinner and ran a few errands and then I went right to bed. I was so exhausted. Tuesday was better. We had a playdate with my neices and nephews and all the kids had a really fun time. I think that we are going to make that a weekly event. Today I have them all at my house. It has gone pretty smoothly so far. I am going to try and upload some video during nap time, we'll see how that goes. In the mean time, say a prayer for us as we continue in our busy/challenging summer!

What a week!

Our week started out great. W had a fun Mmorial day at my mom and dad's house. We just hung out and relaxed and grilled some delicious burgers. Then Tuesday rolled around and we were going to get our carpet installed to complete the basement. The guys came and then went and left us with two peices of carpet that did not match. It was so weird looking. I dont know what they were thinking! Anyway, it took them a few days to come back out here, but they finally did and they fixed it today! So here is the basement, almost finished. The poles have been wrapped since this picture.




On Wednesday Laura came over and helped me price stuff for our garage sale. We had fun and Gavin played outside in the water all day. I filled up his sand box with water and he had a little pool. He had fun experimenting with different things in the pool. He even washed some of my car for me! He was so good and so cute!





On Wednesday night the drama started to unfold. We had been in the house for several hours and Gavin was really really hot still. So I took his temperature and it shot up to 103.9!! Yikes! I was a little freaked out. I called the Dr. and she told me just to give him motrine and bring him in in the a.m. He slept good all night, but I didn't. I set the alarm for 1:00 so that I could give him some more medicine. He was still flamin' hot so I was gald that I woke up to give him more. We got in to the Dr. office by 10:45, which was nice. They took his temp and it was responding to the motrine, so that was good. Gavin was really good the whole time we were there. They even pricked his finger so that they could find out if his infection was bacterial or viral and he cried a little bit, but he was a trooper. After they pricked his finger he crawled up on my lap and went to sleep. So I was sitting in the Dr.'s office waiting for his results and he was sound alseep! It was funny. I didnt even know he fell alseep until I heard him snooring. I knew he must have been feeling so icky to just fall asleep right there, that isn't like Gavin. Well, the blood test came back and they said the virus isn't bacterial, so no antibiotics ( Gavin has been fortunate enough to never have been on any antibiotic) but they did discover that he is anemic, so they gave us some perscriptions and sent us off to the lap for more blood work. There was this eight year old kid there who was FREAKING OUT when they took his blood. He was running around hysterical and was even running into walls and stuff. It was horrible. Then it was Gavin's turn. I was already freaked out b/c of the weird kid. But Gavin did so so so so good. He just sat there and cried a little bit. He even watched them the whole time. Ryan was trying to get him to look away, but he wouldn't. I didnt even watch it. I had my head turned the other way and all I could feel were Gavin's tears hitting my arm. It was so sad, but he didn't even pull away or anything. He just took it like a man. After a long day and evening yesterday, his fever finally broke sometime in the night. Ryan had to work late and Gavin's fever spiked up to 104.2 one time. My dad called me in the middle of a very dramtic tepid bath (complete with a popcicle bribe) and I was balling my eyes out b/c i felt so bad for Gavin and he wouldnt get in the bath. I think that my dad was about to drive all the way out here, but I assured him that everything was fine and I was just being overly dramatic. He gave me some good advice and told me to put him in the shower. It worked. He loved taking a shower like a big boy. Well, he liked it when the water was warm. I kept on turning it down on him and by the end of the bath we were both in the cold shower and I was singing "Jesus loves me" over and over again. It's the only song that calms him down! We finaly layed down at 10:30 and went to sleep. I set my alarm every four hours to check on him and give him more meds, but I didn't have to give him any so that was nice. I took his temp. this a.m. and it was down to 99.0 Today has been pretty uneventful, well, expect for one huge diaper blowout that resulted in throwing Gavin's bear rug in the garbage. But he is napping now. He ate a good breakfast and I think that the worst of it is over. Here is a picture of Gavin from last night. We were layng on the couch watching the wiggles togther. THis was Gavin's most comfortable position. He layed there like this almost the whole time. What a boy!!!!