2009

Wow. 2009 has brought some changes and many, many blessings. We moved into your new house (and are blessed to have some GREAT neighbors), I went to Africa (which I NEVER thought I would do) and we decided to try to adopt a little girl (so BLESSED!). The Lord surprised us a lot this last year. Thank you Lord!!

Missing teeth

Ellie has already lost 2 teeth. She just turned 5 in November and already has 2 teeth gone! She had all kinds of questions about the tooth fairy like: what is her name, where does she live, how does she carry all the money for all the kids, what does she do with the teeth, how does she get in the house...more questions than I was prepared to answer. The first tooth fell out while eating, the second tooth had to be pulled out by daddy. She wants to know when she will lose more so she can get some more money from the tooth fairy.

Boy's birthday

For the boys birthday we took them to Monkey Joes. Zander had so much fun. He even went on the biggest slide there and loved it. Connor on the other hand did not like it so much. I don't think he felt stable walking around on everything.

Connor did not like the slide.

Connor was happy to just sit in my lap

Connor was so funny opening his presents. He would wrip off a piece of paper, then walk over to the trash and throw it away, then tear off another piece and do it again.

The boys got singing birthday cards and they loved them. They kept opening them over and over.

Then, it was time for cake. Both boys asked for a second helping and being their birthday, I could not say no.

















Sugar high. Connor is showing how happy he is and how much he likes the cake.

Happy Birthday boys

Happy Birthday boys!

I can't believe it has been two years since you were born! Two years ago today you were born at 29 weeks, 11 weeks before we were ready to met you. BUT, God had that day planned out perfectly! Everything was in perfect timing. First, it happened on a Saturday. Any other day of the week and I probably would not have gone to the hospital as soon as I did and I would have probably waited until the doctors office opened to call, all of which would have been to late and we could have all died. Dad was home and insisted I call the doctor at 6am. Thank you God. Next, the doctor on call was just the perfect doctor. He knew me and knew that I never complained of pain and that if I was calling I had better get in right away (even though I didn't think the pain was that bad at first). By the time I got to the hospital the pain was so intense I could not stand or walk. The doctor was there in my room right away and God gave him the wisdom to know what was going on. He told me later that as soon as he saw me and I told him the pain was getting worse even though they dosed me up with morphine that he was very worried about what was happening because he knew what it probably was. He also told me later that he was nervous the whole time because if he was wrong and he delivered the boys at 29 weeks, he knew that their lives would be at risk. The doctor told me that I was the first one they had in their practice to have a ruptured uterus that didn't happen during labor, that happened in the middle of a healthy pregnancy. So, he wasn't sure that's what it was. But, God gave him the courage to make the decision and stand firm when Tim was questioning him (even though the whole time he was also wondering). God saved my life that day and the lives of you boys and we have been blessed by you both. Thank you Lord for the doctors and nurses in the NICU that day. Thank you Lord for friends to help with Ellie, and friends who came to the hospital to be with Tim during my emergency C-section so he would not have to be alone, and friends who prayed for my life and the lives of my boys. Thank you for two healthy boys!

First picture: Zander at 3lbs

Connor at 2lb 13 oz