How do you save a life???

If you are Pro-Life than,
Your prayers, your vigil participation earlier this
week, and your calls late yesterday paid off!

The heated debate about stripping taxpayer funding
from Planned Parenthood -- America's largest abortion
chain -- raged for more than two hours in the House
of Representatives last night.

During the exchange on the House floor, Congressman
Chris Smith read aloud a passage from "Unplanned" --
the bestselling book by former Planned Parenthood
director Abby Johnson about her conversion during a
40 Days for Life campaign. Amazing!

And today, the U.S. House of Representatives -- by an
overwhelming majority vote of 240 to 185 -- voted to
DEFUND PLANNED PARENTHOOD!!

Planned Parenthood is furious. In fact, they just
sent out an "Open Letter to Congress" saying, "How
could you?"

How could they? Because that's what the American
people told them to do!

The need for prayers and action is not over -- it
will continue next week when your legislators come
back to their home districts, and in the U.S. Senate
the following week ... so stay tuned, and be ready to
act on a moment's notice.

Americans, I don't believe it's a coincidence that this
is all happening as you and I prepare to pray, fast,
stand vigil, and conduct grassroots outreach -- as we
launch the largest 40 Days for Life campaign in
history on March 9th!

Pray hard.

This is the moment we've all been working for!

For Life,

David Bereit
National Director
40 Days for Life

Brownback Addresses Rally for Life in Topeka

Hmm ever been to one of these churches?

Eric Ludy - Depraved Indifference

Grab a kleenex... yes it's worth it.

A snipit about African Missions.

This was taken from my daughters blog. She spent three weeks in Africa Uganda/Ehtiopia to be exact this summer. She spent time at an orphanage. The Abba House. This week she featured one of those on the trip with her. I am posting her post in hopes that many of you will pray for Barb and the children of Abba House.
Blessings
T



My next couple posts are going to feature those who were the core members of the Team that God called to Uganda/Ethiopia 2010. I am going to start with Barb. She is an Agricultural Missionary. I did not know they had those either. I assure you there are some kids at the Abba house that cannot praise God enough for Barbs "major" choice.   She actually did not travel with us for the Ethiopia part of the trip. She stayed behind in Uganda. It's ok, she had a mission. During the time we spent in Uganda Barb's mission... let's start with a story. The following is an exert from "Barbs Diary" her words are titled
Daily Mana...
Though I went with them as a team, I stayed in Uganda while the rest went on to Ethiopia. My purpose there was to plant a garden with good vegetables to enhance their daily food. They eat a LOT of RED BEANS and "posho" (pasha) a bland corn flour mush. Posho is a word in Swahili meaning "provision". At the school, which is on the same property as the Abba House, they cook up about 25 pounds of beans every day and serve them as lunch with posho. Big sweet potatoes appear occasionally and sometimes the beans are flavored with small eggplants or with small sun-dried minnows. I am reminded of the stories of the Israelites and their "posho" of manna, and how tired they got from eating that stuff every day! It is basically the same scenario at the Abba House. They eat posho porridge for breakfast, their school provides posho and beans for lunch, and then they return to the Home for a hearty eal of beans, perhaps with minnows or eggplant, and posho. Sometimes groups of individuals will refuse to eat,the Bible says that hunger makes things taste better. I remember in Venezuela when someone commented concerning sun-dried minnows,"yeah, we boil them together with some potatoes and then, with a little hunger they can make a fine meal." The groups wait until hunger gnaws at them, usually by suppertime, to receive their portions of the "manna".
      While  Barb was in Uganda she broke the soil and as one pastor said " I don't understand why someone would come from so far away to dig in the dirt and plant seeds. But I give God all the glory for this person who came and worked in the soil like an African so that these children could have a better diet." If you do not know anything about Africa they call it a "warm" climate. Not because it is warm but because the people are well people oriented. In other words Barb taking the time not only to go to Africa, but that she is willing to give of her time and effort to improve the diets and overall health of the children. The seeds Barb will sow in the hearts of the Ugandan people because of the seeds God asked her to plant in the ground will light up the sky's of Uganda so to speak. Word will spread of what Bard has done. When the second water source is completed and others come from abroad to get water  the love of Christ will be passed through the African grape vine and because of a few cucumbers, zucchini, beets, spinach, chard, watermelon and a white lady from Missouri who knows how many hearts will be changed for the Lord.

   By the time Barb left some of the seeds she had sowed were by the grace of God were already poking their heads through the soil. We had a reunion at our home a couple weeks ago... Barb came to the house with a basket of Yard beans. they were green beans 18 inches long. We were all wowed by them. She excitedly told us these are also growing at the Abba House in Uganda. Wow one bean per plate is all that is needed with this variety.  It is impossible for me to even imagine eating chicken every day,,,,,,,,every meal.  Nor can I imagine never getting chicken. Or just eating cheerios EVERY DAY. We have such variety here in the US we can hardly imagine eating the same thing more than once a week. Whew imagine meatloaf every day.. not just Mondays 8)  That's for the old timers.
   
   In September Barb hopes to go back for the harvest.. to see the fruits of her Labor. To give all the praise to God not only for the new foods the kids will have, foods that allow the kids to have a bit of variety in their diets imagine how their bodies will feel with a new variety of vitamins that will flood their bodies as a result of the children eating the fresh veggies. The improved health, eyesight, energy levels. Not to mention just the thrill of watching a seed sprout, grow, blossom , and become the vegetable God intended it to be. We sure get excited at our house when we pull a tomato from the vine or when the green beans don't even make it to a pot of water. Just snap the ends and pop it in your mouth. mmmmmmmmm

   Like I said , Barb is a missionary she has been asked by God to serve those in Uganda.  Barb has willingly given her life to God's service. In turn she relies on his leading  of others for her financial provisions. When she goes back in September she will be staying for three months. She is working on helping them create two water sources. One with solar power. These water sources will benifit many communities of people. Barbs story and the vision God has given her is longer than what I have posted here. Her three month journey will hopefully end with ample water sources, but he possibility for farming jobs for the boys that will graduate from the Abba house in two years. I am working on finding a a link so you can read her whole newsletter. It is great reading.
   
  Please pray for Barb and the journey the Lord has called her on.
             Pray she can secure the funds (God knows who he has called to give)
             Pray for her safety ( there has been a bit of violence in Uganda lately)
             Pray for her health ( Barb has a knee injury that the Dr has ok'd her to serve)

Barb is on the left with the green shirt. Standing with some of the children who excitedly wait for harvest day!!!

I believe it is a part of God's plan for Barb to continue to minister through gardening to  the children of Abba House  would you prayerfully consider how God would have you to help Bard in her service to those in Uganda. If he would have you to help financially go to
http://www.houseoffriends.org/  and click on donate (it's a little down on the left)  there is  a place to share that the donation if for Barb. Tax deductible of course.  

 For it was I that planted the seed in your heart, Apollis  watered it, but it was God not we that made it grown.  I Corinthians 3:6

This is the link to the page that has all the kids of Abba house pictures and stories. Feel free to go and meet the kids you would be helping Barb serve by giving of the rescource God has entrusted to you...http://www.houseoffriends.org/sponsorship.html

Almost a year!!

Wow how time flies when you have Hep A, scabies, open heart surgery a few bouts of Pneumonia, a mission trip to Africa and have two added beautiful babies to your home. I am sure many have said it. I can't believe it has been a whole year (almost). Yes it has so many things have changed. For the most part out chidlren all sleep through the night. Praise God! That took several years. Camille can talk up a storm and is presently in the process of potty training herself. Wow never had that happen before. She is doing such a great job somedays I wish I were one of those parents who gives their child candy for going on the pot. But no... if she is going to train herself.. more power to her and Praise the Lord. Henry is doing just amazing as well. Our little Spud is well a big spud now. He can do a wonderful army crawl. His has a wonderful ability to quickly memorize finger plays. His favorits sone is Jesus loves me. He is very social. Yeah!! They are both very smart. Truthfully I just figured they would both be behind for quite awhile. Well for once I was happy to be wrong. Not sure what else to say other than I am so very grateful to God for asking us to go to Africa and be the parents to Mr. Henry and Ms.Camille. The changes that have taken place in our family have been huge. Unfortunately there is someone that reads my blog that I would rather not have great details about our family. (this is why I don't post much about us and have been using it as a political outlet) anyway. I will just say that God has opened the eyes of many in our family and because of that. We look fwd to the upcoming changes that are to take place in our home. I pray that when we first be willing to hear the voice of the Lord we claim to serve, and second be quick to obey. I am always afraid of what could happen when we intentionally do not obey simply because we don't want to do what God asks.
Mr Henry loves to swing. He pretty much lovs everything. He's so great!!!





Ms Camille prefers the big girl swing, now that she is a big girl!!!


Blessings in the name of the Lord.
Tiffany
Surely the proudest Mother there every was!!!

Yes Beautiful the mess we are

Perhaps you are having a rough time. It seems many of my Christians friends are being tested by things at this time. In our busy lives we sadly are unable to serve and care for one another the way we should. Take a few momentst to watch and listen. Be refreshed in knowing that today and everyday Christ desires to hear you heart. The good the bad the ugly. Give it all to him.. he already died for your all. Take his gift..........It's better htan a Halleluhah mosttimes.
Blessings~~

YouTube - Better than a Hallelujah (lyrics) Amy Grant

Spring business

Oh Good Morning,
It has been so long since I have posted anything I almost do not know how to start. It has been sometime since I have given an update for our family. The children are all sleeping so I will try to be quick and basically pick out the highlights. Overall we are all doing well. In March I think it was we had several children with the Chicken Poxs. All three started popping out on the same day so overall it was a quick process. It was really not bad at all. Of course Peter had the worst case.. he typicall tries to outdo everyone else. It was Garrett, Maggie and Peter that were affected. We had been trying to "catch" the Pox for a few years now. With the Chicken Pox immunization they are hard to find. Luckily we had a friend who's husband had shingles so he shared with his kids and they shared with us. Good friends.

As I said Peter gets everything worse than anyone else.. in total Maggie had about 200 pox's Garrett had about 600 and we are thinking Peter had about 2,ooo. Yes he looks bad, he looks great now and has natural imminity.
Another thing that has taken a lot of my spring time is College. WHOA!!! There should be a rule book about scholarships,well just college prep in general. I did not go to college so how it all worked was well a mystery to me. My two oldest daughters Graduated High School this year.. Hippie for them. One huge milestone down. That started the whole who, what, where, how for the college questions. With the help of some people who have obviously been blessed with the gift of patience they are both enrolled in a lovely college for fall. Now we have the delima.. that one has her Major figured out and one does not. Oh growing up is soo hard.

Lets see, what else.. oh Little Henry is doing amazing, last month we took care of his circumcision. Do you know they have a medicine they give then that numbs the lower part of their bodies and well that makes them so much happier with what had just happened. Really all Praise to God, he has had no problems with it. Henry has also gained a modest eleven pounds since September. He needs to learn to walk he is well like holding a bad of concrete. Do I get an Amen from some of you that know exactly what I mean. He can sit up by himself and does a beautiful army crawl. Although he is faster at pivoting and rolling then crawling.

Camille is doing lovely as well, she also has socked on the weight. I want to say she has also put on about ten pounds. Camille is talking up a storm and is really capable of doing anything she wants to . It is the joke around here that she plans to take over my job within the year. Really I am not so sure it is a joke.
Christy has finished another year at her school. Their end of the year program was long, long, long yet shared with the families the many acomplishments of the students who worked so hard all year. She is excited about her well deserved summer break. Hoping to dip in the lake soon as part of her celebration. It is so fun to watch all our little ones play together. Yes there are a lot of them and yes bath time is tricky, however I am so grateful to God that he chose me to parent this beautiful group of his children.

Ok I gotta go, they are waking up and some are like starving animals at the zoo when they wake up. And yes I know the picture of Henry is sideways.. I don't have time to fix it right now..
Have a blessed day, ~~T

The Cow and the Ice Cream

--From a teacher in the Nashville area
"We are worried about 'the cow' when it is all about the 'Ice Cream.'
The most eye-opening civics lesson I ever had was while teaching third grade this year...
The presidential election was heating up and some of the children showed an interest.
I decided we would have an election for a class president.
We would choose our nominees.. They would make a campaign speech and the class would vote.
To simplify the process, candidates were nominated by other class members.
We discussed what kinds of characteristics these students should have.
We got many nominations and from those, Jamie and Olivia were picked to run for the top spot.
The class had done a great job in their selections. Both candidates were good kids.
I thought Jamie might have an advantage because he got lots of parental support.
I had never seen Olivia's mother.
The day arrived when they were to make their speeches.
Jamie went first.
He had specific ideas about how to make our class a better
place. He ended by promising to do his very best.
Everyone applauded and he sat down.
Now is was Olivia's turn to speak.
Her speech was concise. She said, "If you will vote for me, I will give you ice cream." She sat down.

The class went wild. "Yes! Yes! We want ice cream."

She surely would say more. She did not have to.

A discussion followed. How did she plan to pay for the ice cream? She wasn't sure.

Would her parents buy it or would the class pay for it... She didn't know.
The class really didn't care. All they were thinking about was ice cream..
Jamie was forgotten.. Olivia won by a landslide.
Every time Barack Obama opened his mouth he offered ice cream and 52 percent of the people reacted like nine year olds.
They want ice cream.
The other 48 percent know they're going to have to feed the cow and clean up the mess."

This is the ice cream Obama promised us!

Remember, the government cannot give anything to anyone -- that they have not first taken away from someone else.

Did you vote for the ice cream?

HE is RISEN...........

HE is RISEN indeed. Hearing this little phrase is one of my favorite parts of Easter. For what so many thought was impossible.. happened. In this house we use the word Awesome very sparingly. The world uses it to explain pizza, a coloring page, a paper product, the way one's hair looks. We only use it for what it means to inspire Awe. You know a sunset that gives you goose bumps or brings a tear to your eye because of it's Awesome beauty a beauty handpainted by God. Today is the day that can bring true hope to all..the actions of the son of God.. sent to be man on earth,,,die a brutal death for me and you. Wow think of what you are "really" willing to do for another. There is always a limit of what we will do for someone else. There is a limit to our fogivness, grace, time and definately a limit to how much money we will give to another. No limits to Jesus, he chose to be beaten to have the flesh ripped from his body all the while being laughed at spat on knowing soon he would be nailed to a cross where the mocking would continue while he died. How much would you have taken? Then to have his own father(out of necesity of course) turn his back on him in his final hour. To know that he went through taht for me, WOW that is AWESOME.
May your truly be able to feel deep deep down in your soul what the last three days really stand for. May that feeling be the only feeling of hope you have, the only reason you desire change. I pray each on that reads this "truly" know Jesus Christ as their personal savior. Just believing is not enough.. if it was then there would be no reason that Jesus would have had to die as he did. There will never be anyone who loves you as much as he, his only desire if to have an intimate personal relationship with you.
If you don't know how to achieve that relationship.. email me.. I will be honored to share.. ixmire@Yahoo.com
~~T

Happy Down syndrome day

Just wanted to say Happy Down syndrome day to everyone who's lives has been touched by another who has been blessed with Down Syndrome. Our lives have been so reshaped because of our children with Down syndrome. Not just because of the extra Dr's appointments or therapy's. Although I often wonder what I would do with myself if all the time/energy/money was given back to me. Oh what a boring life it would surely be. We call our children with Down syndrome perspective barometers. It is true.. How much differently our family sees the world now. There is truly not one thing I would trade to change any day of what we have experienced with any one of our children but especially our children blessed with Down syndrome. Not the month in the PICU with Peter.. not Hep A.... not having to embarrass myself in front of the optical shop gal when we have lost yet "another" pair of glass's. The changes in our home,, in the everyday and the futures of our children who I believe have become more compassionate and open to God's leading in their lives everyday and I give much credit of those changes of couse first to our Lord but then to our Trisomy Trio. We have all just become different but better people because they were brought into the world.
We are snowed in today.. yet it is still the Lords day and although really every day is a day to celebrate...today we will have ice cream at home and offer up a special prayer for our Trio..May we give back a portion to them the blessings their presence has bestowed on our family.
~Tiffany

What's up.....

Whew.. What a whirlwind last five months it has been.
We have had more illness and flooky medical things in the past five months then truly in the last five years. It has been trying at times. There have been many nights where dinner time has come around, the kids look at me like well where is it and I have not even begun to think about it. Henry have never even been to church to meet our family there. Time has flown and I would not trade even a part of one day. Not even last week and the stomach flu. No really.. all those bad times are the water you mix with the rock(life) to make the cement that bonds your home together. Sometimes I wonder how other families become bonded. Now that said I have learned that mixing infants/toddlers with teenagers can be challenging. Learning how to enroll a child in college while potty training and helping another learn to crawl. All good yet so different. The good news is Maggie is potty trained.. I knew we had arrived after she hurled all over the living room (which I thanked her for.. my carpets and furniture are all freshly cleaned now) see good in every bad.. anyway she emptied her tummy kicked off her panties then turned went to the bathroom sat on the potty and wnet. I just beamed as I changed my hurled on tshirt. Oh I am proud. Henry is coming along, he can now feed himself finger foods. Still won't drink from a cup, is rolling all over.. he can roll to wherever he desires to go. He rolls to the hall.. turns his body.. rolls down the hall..turns his body.. goes in a room. It is very clever. Camille is just running and climbing up a storm she is working hard on picking up speech. She loves the outdoors and is afraid of nothing. She is becoming a bit picky on her eating but overall just likes to eat.
Peter is also picking up more speech. He continues to be my biggest fan.. truly applauding when I enter a room. I tease my girls and tell them not to consider a man until he reacts to them as Peter does to me when I enter a room. 8) Big shoes to fill.
Like I said Maggie is potty trained.. for me that is triumph enough for now. She still continues to be Sunshine in our lives.
As for the rest.. they are great.. growing,learning patiently waiting for spring.
It is just around the corner.. the grass is beginning to green.
We praise God for the winter.. we praise God for the rain..and we will praise God for the sunshine that is soon to follow.
Have a wonderful day in Christ.
~T

The Hiding Place

We just finished watching "The Hiding Place" that tells the accounts of Corrie Ten Boom. It has been oh a long long time since the last time I saw it. In the movie Ms. Ten Boom has a group of "special" kids holding a rope walking down the road. A German soldier stops to chat with her, it is during this chat that you first see the children, in my memory I always thought she was leading children who were blind. I guess because they were holding a rope.. but this time. This time I noticed the faces, they were so beautiful much like those of children in my own home. Ms Ten Boom obviously was a wonderful person to make time in her life to spend with such children. Perhaps if you could make time soon to watch it. If you have never seen "The Hiding Place" I highly suggest it. It is an amazing tale of anothers life. The choice of "special" children in the movie...Perfect.

Have a wonderful week in Jesus...
~~Tiffany

What to post....

Well, many start their adoption adventures with a blog.. this helps people really feel connected to your adoption for awhile after your children are home it is very interesting to see how the children have progressed.. then we get to where we are now. What to post? In the past weeks we have just been hangin out watching it snow. Henry and Camille have just blossomed. Henry has for some reason had some feeding problems. Yesterday he was admitted to the hospital with Pneumonia. At home it is all going great. My back ups are the best. The children have been trained well. 8)
Yes I could elaborate yet, does anyone want to know? It seems to me that blogs/facebook/myspace/caringbridge while yes they do keep people connected. In my life anyway it has caused more disconnect. People go to their computers in a few minutes catch up and well this eliminates the need for phone calls or actually making contact after all your are up to date. Now I know not everyone who checks on our blog do I have phone contact abilities with. And I like that our out of town family and friends can check in on us. So for that reason I will probably continue to blog.. not as well as before but still blog none the less.
Have a wonderful day.
~Blessings Tiffany

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What's up??

Well lots and lots of immeasurable stuff. You know laundry, dished, diapers,baths, and again wiping noses....just a couple but a couple to many in my book.
We have had a lot of snow here. Matter a fact Gary was unable to come home for several days. We just hunkered down and had some hot chocolate. It was all good. Funny how we all want snow and then after about three days all we can do is complain about the snow. Oh we humans never content. Since our Ethiopian beauties have been home we have had seemingly one thing after another.. I think it is like this in some home all the time but not typically in ours. Hmmmm Satan alive and well. I think so.
Our latest is some weird splotches on Camille, when they first came home we did have ringworm and some other stuff. Now she has something. We can't seem to get rid of. It seemed to be coming from her scalp... sooooooo Wednesday eve..well we did it. We shaved her head. Oh my goodness... she is so cute.. It was interesting. She just sat so still. When we were done she hopped in the bath and was happy as a lark in the spring. Now we can see her head is covered with these little pencil eraser size spots. We have a couple creams we put on them and have a Derm appointment soon. She used to just scratch her scalp and cry now no more. Her hair is already growing back. It had grown about two inches since her arrival in America so it will grow fast she is not shy eater so her vitamin intake is good.
Perhaps if I am brave later I will post a picture.
In the last few weeks we have really seen a tremendous change in both Henry and Camille for the better. Henry still cries at night but does go typically without a bottle in the night. Camille only wakes up about every third night and refuses to go back to sleep without some comforting touch and milk. She was screaming out in the night about every hour so we have made great progress. Henry's latest thing is his belly. He is bloating up a lot, he is ok till afternoon then he just bloats up like I took a pump and pumper him full of air. He has also been spitting up which is not normal for him but seriously he is all bloated up. No, no diet changes, yes he poops occasionally, and no I don't overfeed him. Just to rule those out. 8) We'll pop him by the Pedi's office on Monday and see what she thinks. They are both amazingly non picky eaters. Not like Peter who just wants applesauce all of a sudden. Applesauce and crackers that is..... Silly boy.
Hope you have been able to find some pleasure in the cold weather and snow. Our kids have .. our lake only freezes every so many years so you can only play on the ice if we have a winter like this. That is my joy in this cold their excitment to live dangerously on the ice... That and all the Hot chocolate breaks we have taken together.
Have a wonderful Lords day, Remember Jesus loves you....
~~~~Tiffany~

Happy New Year!!!

We celebrated our New Years day by doing something not so ordinary for us. We went out in public...Now this is probably a dumb comment to most however if you have ever had a medically fragile child then you understand how quickly a cold can turn into a hospital stay. So our practice for the last four years has been to enjoy more of home then of the public world. However someone had sent us a check to spend on Christmas Cheer so in a moment of obvious delusion I said lets get up really early drive an hour and go to Science city. So we did. We had a wonderful day... this was the first time Henry and Camille have really ever been out except for Dr.'s appointments and Christmas at Grandmas. Yes being out there with all those germs makes me well nervouse. Yes I may be weird however I am a self professing germaphobe. Mainly becasue so many do not stay home when they are sick and It is one thing to have one or two children with a cold or the stomache flu... but eleven people with a cold or stomach flu well that's a hole different story. At this time we are all well and we had a wonderful time it was a great day. Camille enjoyed getting to walk around in the big world. Henry just enjoyed watching it all go by. Christy and Garrett loved it.. they are the perfect age to enjoy the activities we did... We had not been to Science city in over six years the big kids have fond memories of the last time they went and had fun helping the little ones explore all there is to do.
We also saw the grand Canyon on the Extreme screen. Some of us went to the planatarium and saw the holiday laser show that was very nice.. One thing that was refreshing in Union Station... was the music.. Peter and I do a wondrful duet of Silent Night which we proudly sang together at Union station because they were playing it... along with O come all ye faithful, O little town of Bethlehem and many more traditional Christian Christmas songs.
It must work to not take the kids out to often because they were all great. No complaining no fighting. Just fun and happiness. On the way home we stopped by Grandmas's and helped her finish up her holiday leftovers. Visited with the kids Uncle,Aunt and cousins who were also helping to deplete the food supply. Then we headed home.. most of the kids were asleep before we got home and you can bet naptime on Saturday was welcome by all. Today Gary took the bravest out to go sledding. We figured they would be gone for thirty minutes however they were gone for three hours.. Wow tougher then I would be. Cold is not my thing.
This Christmsa season our famliy experienced the most laid back season ever. Thus making it the most enjoyable in many many years.
Hope you were able to get away from the crazy expectations of the season and set aside some time to enjoy the reason for this time of year... Jesus...The birth of our savior...
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!
Tiffany
Below are some pictures from our day out...

Henry... so cute in glass's

Peter in a sewage tube...

Christy and Maggie in a Helicopter

Gary afraid of a Dinosaur.
2"
Water current table sooo fun.....

Garrett digging for fossils

Still open while under construction.

Well, I am going to give it a go. By no means am I a computer person however over the next couple weeks our blog will be under construction. This will be a DIY job. So bare with me as the changes come and surely go.
Hope you had a Merry Christmas.
~~T~~

Ms.sunshine

This afternoon Ms.Sunshine will join Henry and I at the pokey for a bit. She will be getting her third set of tubes. Hopefully Henry will nap while she is in surgery.
She was so good at pre-op.

Fix-a -heart week

SO far so great. What an amazing little guy Henry is. Wow, truth be told I did not think he would get to have surgery Monday. Mid week mmy husband came down with a cold.. then another child then another... well I was just sure Monday am we would wake up and Henry would be then next to drop but praise be to God once again he just smiled as usual.
He was first up for surgery on Mon which wsa great I think both Maggie and Peter ended up having to wait hours beyond hteir scheduled time and oh the screaming and crying form hunger. Maggie was the worst she likes her food more then the boys do.
Henry was given some Versaid.. a litle pre happy juice. In ten minutes it did the job. They took him to surgery where his little body performed beautifully. They kept him sedated until Tues then slowly weined him from the sleepy juice. Took him off the vent and at that point my almost always happy little fellow turned not on us. He flailed and cried best he could, he actully flipped over at one point.. He was regretful immediatly. That little move cost him his freedom at that point we put the cuffs on him. He did not really calm down but because he was doing so well they took his Art line out, those scanners that were on his head and kidneys area. Then he was even allowed to tinkle like the bigger boys you know in his diaper instead of through a tube.. At this point it was like well THANK YOU PEOPLE.. basically his eyes rolled back in his head and he was out. He knew that was an out hole not an in hole..... See he is sooo smart.
Through last eve and the night he has had five ounces of formula. So progressing. He really is just plain out of it. I did get him to crack a smile last eve and he talked to me just a bit. He is a trooper.. he stick that lip out when he is displeased but overall he is just so pleasent.
Thanks so much for all your prayers... when you spend much time here you daily become more and more greatful for the little things.. You become very aware that although you only got half your Christmas cards done before surgery it's ok. If you did not get the teachers gifts done to send with the kids.. that's ok. Yes everyone is still appreciated and thought of. Just the tangible items will be well perhaps given out at Valentines day... Yeah that's it..
Ok anyway..when you see the what if's and the could have's and the if we had only's come to be here. Well your thoughts change..Hopefully for a long time.. but sadly for some just for a bit. For that time anyway.. you appreciate time more.. you appreciate people..you are closer to God. It is good to come here.
Merry Christmas
Tiffany