happy birthday monkey

i can't believe you're two years old already! mommy, daddy and sister love you very much.

children's pictures

home! 11/30

we're home! peanut was diagnosed with a high white cell count and fever. you read that right, they have no idea what it was so she was diagnoised with symptoms. i'm realizing more and more how much we take for granted that the medical world has discovered all the sickies that exist. turns out, they haven't! we're continuing to keep on eye on her, but she looks like she's on the road to recovery. no more fever, no more refusing bottles. she has energy again, and was even smiling at the nursing staff as we left. we got home this evening and gave her a bath. that went a long way to bringing back our sweet little girl.

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peanut is now sleeping in her crib, curled up to "lucy", and we have monkey in daddy's lap. bright red eyes, coughing and running a fever of 103.5. we gave him motrin an hour ago and his fever has not yet dropped, but we are in contact with our pedi so avoiding another trip to children's looks promising!

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thank you again to everyone who prayed, called, email, commented, texted and comforted. God has blessed us with such an enormous amount of friends we call family. i hope you all have a wonderful week, and i'll keep you updated on monkey's progress. as of now it looks good, just like a couple of rough days ahead.

autumn in the park

looking way too grown up

not me! monday

i did not, after spending an entire day listening to my two year old yell and whine, begin singing the "Little Einstein's" song at the top of my lungs to get his attention. that would just be crazy, definitely not me!---------i most assuredly did not make a pot of coffee, drink half and then have the daddy make another pot an hour before the kid’s bedtime. I then did not drink half of that and still fall asleep in my long awaited bubble bath only five minutes in. sigh. Not me.---------when taking the kids to the park for pictures, i really, really did not allow peanut to "taste" the leaves just to get cute pictures. i will however post pictures of the park trip soon. just don't expect any of peanut chowing on dry leaves. nope, not from me!

long time friends

it's an amazing feeling to hold the baby of a friend you've known practically, all your life. sarah and i have known each other basically since we could talk. friends, then mortal enemies as we entered our preteen years, then friends again as teenagers. :) you know, being girls.

sarah now has a beautiful son, jacob. today i was able to hold this adorable bundle of cuteness. i couldn't help but share. peanut was a bit slower to accept the switch-up of mommies. ha ha.

hooray for babies!

we can grieve with hope

last week the daddy and i said goodbye almost as soon as we said hello. waiting in the arms of our Heavenly Father is another baby. i've been hesitant to share this pain and loss, i guess in a way i needed it to be ours for a while. i've started this post so many times, and every time i've deleted it. how can i possibly put into words what i'm feeling.

please grieve with us, and rejoice with us that we will some day hold the precious child we've lost. i will be gone from my blog for a short while, soon to return with loads of pictures as always.

"And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.." Philippians 4:7

more halloween fun

happy halloween

from charlie brown and ladybug!

fabulous friday!

peanut has started pulling herself up on things!

wordless wednesday

pumpkin patch

now on to carving...

chores

what i should have been be doing... what i was in fact doing...

welcoming fall with cookies

tempted to fling...and my simple fall project this year

posting hiatus

planning to come back soon.

thoughtful thursday

growing pains

first teeth

graduating to a "big boy" bed

saying goodbye to paci

(we don't actually have a picture of this, but you can imagine it i'm sure)