This little lady

We've had 10 delicious days with this little lady - and we're in love!  Katelyn Faith has joined our family, and we could not be more grateful for our special girl. Thank you God for this incredible gift!!! Our hearts are overflowing. 

40 weeks!

40 Weeks!

Thanking God for the precious life He's given...

SO excited to see our little girl soon!

 

I am seriously behind in updating...we have just the best news to share with you.  We've been blessed by God with another little child to love!  I never in my longing, wishing-for-a-baby heart several years ago would have guessed that we would get FOUR gifts from God. 

I am 20 weeks along, and we've just found out that PINK will be more prominent in our home!  Little One is a girl!!!!   

Life at 6, 2, and 5 months

I am always posting pictures and not writing much - I hope you don't mind!  Sometimes I feel like life is just so fun with these guys but in many ways really ordinary and the same from day to day.  Playing, changing diapers, naps, lunch, snacks, therapy, lots of medical stuff, trying to keep up with cooking dinner and cleaning house.  Trying to bring up these boys to know the One True God and His words.

Some days, in my mind I am standing by the door for hours waiting for Todd to get there.  Daddy coming home is a wonderful thing! 

Dad's popcorn looks pretty good...

Never mind heavy equipment to smooth out the dirt piles...this boy's got his own machine!

Meet Vicki, Elijah's new "nanny".  She's from Jamaica and loves the Lord and our boy(s)!  Thank you, God!  Elijah gets little songs and Bible verses from her all day long.  On top of that, she's hilarious! 

Our backyard!  So thankful for this great place to play. 

Elijah was doing some therapy on the dirt piles one day, lifting his arm up to send a truck down the hill.  He was having fun. 

With three now, it's getting harder to get a good picture -- someone is always messing it up! But these are pretty cute.

picture collage of life

Elijah started school the middle of September!  He's going two days a week, for two hours a day.  It's great that we can choose his schedule, and he gets to have fun with other kids plus get extra therapy.

The first day of school brought out a lot of emotions for me.  I never imagined that my child would go to "special-ed", or need the wheelchair lift on the bus, or have to wear diapers and get them changed by strangers on occasion.  I cried thinking about how it must feel to be so different than other kids.  What kid wants to sit in a wheelchair with an "aid" during recess while everyone else is running around screaming and playing tag?  I even cried because he couldn't wear a backpack.

I choose to see what God is doing here...that Elijah is bringing us into a new world.  The second day of school I went to check on him, and I saw all the kids in his class who need someone to love them, too.  I saw a whole school full of kids and teachers who need to know the Lord.  Use us, God.  And please be with my little boy. 

I love this!  Zane just squeals and laughs; he's so proud of himself.

Grandma and Grandpa came for a visit!

Todd's parents, aunt and uncle and two friends from church came to help us with a concrete driveway.  Yay for not having to step through mud getting to the car when it rains!  Yay for clean wheels on Elijah's chair!  Thanks everyone for all your hard work!

Watching the action with Grandma.

Two barefoot boys on the new swing!

Sure is nice to have another man around the house!  :)

life these days