Wordless Wednesday

Her First Christmas

 We had a wonderful and blessed Christmas. It was so fun to see Chloe's reaction to everything. When we first brought the tree in the house she became upset. Yelling,  "No no no!" I assured her it would be ok and once we started decorating it she joined right in. Our baby Jesus got a lot of lovin' this year from Chloe, she couldn't resist holding the baby doll we use every year. Jaden read Luke 2:1-20 to our family and guests on Christmas Day sharing the birth of Jesus our Savior. After, she recited John 3:16, 17 from memory.  

Don't you just love the way Chloe is holding her pants up.
Poor girl those 3t's are a little big especially when she is
stretching.

Chloe's first experience making Christmas cookies!
Jaden showing her the ropes. 

She got the hang of it very quickly.

Serious business!

She had a wonderful time!

Taste testing...... Yummy!!!

We studied about Pocahontas this year and Jaden really liked this doll.

A prayer warrior in the making.
Yup, that is the guitar she wanted in the
background. She started lessons a few
months ago.

Her very own baby! (she always wants to play with J's)

Prayer Request..... Praise!

Thank you for all your prayers! May all glory and praise go to our awesome God!!!

On December 23 little Taylor had another EEG and the results 

showed a complete reversal of the first report on Dec. 8th. 

There is a tiny fragment in his right-hemisphere that is a little

active but the doctors believe that will be gone soon. They will

continue the steroid injections for 6 to 7 more weeks and he will

be taking an oral medication for a year. The medication side effects 

can cause liver problems, so they must monitor him closely. 

Please continue to keep little Taylor in your prayers. 

"For where two or three come together in my name, there I am 

with them." Matthew 18:20

Prayer Request

My friend's sweet 4 1/2 month old baby boy is in the hospital right now having all kinds of tests because he has been having seizures. They did an MRI yesterday morning to see if there was any brain damage. The results showed no brain damage. Praising and thanking Jesus! 

The doctors have tried different medications to try and stop them but there not working. He had 40 seizures in a row earlier this morning. The Doctors told them this morning that they were running out of options. The one thing left is to try steroids. It can take several days to see if they will even work. Please pray that this will work or for the Lord to do a miracle and heal him completely. 

He is their little miracle baby. They prayed and waited for this precious little treasure for 15 yrs.

Six Months With Our Littlest Treasure

Gotcha Day May 15, 2011

One month later.

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Our precious little firecracker!

Loving her babies

She loves to run and jump and is always saying, "Look at me,
look at me!!"  She gets so excited over all that she can now do.
Especially riding her bike! When we first met her in China
 she couldn't even step down from the curb on the side of the
 road or climb up or down a few steps. Now she climbs stairs
without even thinking about what she is doing.
  She is speaking and understanding so much. Even tattling
on her sister Jaden. ;) So we were surprised to find out from
 her ENT Dr.  (Ears,Nose,Throat) that her ears are plugged solid. She hasn't
been sick since we have come home from China. Our ENT told us it is
common for children with cleft palate. So..... she will be getting
tubes in her ears tomorrow morning. I can't imagine how
much more she will be understanding and saying when she
can hear us more clearly. 

Home Six Months and Look What She Can Do!

Our little sweetie is pedaling her bike!

Sorry this video isn't the greatest. I've tried for a few days to 

upload a better video and for some reason blogger doesn't like it. :(

So I give up for now.

This is a great accomplishment for our sweet little 5 1/2 yr. old. 

Thanking and Praising Jesus as He makes her stronger everyday.

Daddy's Little Helpers

These two girls were working very hard helping daddy put together our new storage cabinet for our home school supplies. They had so much fun with their little tools.

So serious!

I was going crazy from all the clutter and Jaden always insisting everything go under their chairs. She was very sweet about organizing all their books, notebooks, folders, pencils and art supplies. They just never seemed to stay that way. So I started searching for a storage cabinet and I finally found exactly what I was looking for. We were limited on space and the medium storage cabinet worked out perfectly   I love it!  Each girl gets two cubby spaces and I even get two. Works out just right and everyone is happy.  

 The rest of our supplies can be stored in one of the hall closets.

Makes things so much easier to find and less stressful. :)