My victory

 Such a cutie in his tennis shoes and little jeans!

 Staring at one of his favorite things ever!  His mobile!

His sweet little tennis shoes

These little shoes were given to Owen by one of the sweetest women I know.  She posted on Facebook a long time ago, what has become one of my favorite Bible verses.  When she posted this, I was pregnant with Owen.  Neil had found some swollen lymph nodes and was in the process of taking medicine to see if they went down.  I was in a real bad place.  I was having a lot of trouble keeping my eyes on God during this time.  I went to Facebook that day, and just started crying.  All my anxiety left me!  See, in 2006, we were going through the exact same situation.  In November of 2005, we were surprised to find out we were pregnant!  We were shocked, but SOSOSOSO excited!  At the same time, Neil found some swollen lymph nodes.  After about a month of pain, I made him call the doctor.  He went through 2 months of tests and medicines, but nothing was helping, and they were getting so much worse.  And finally, we were sent to a cancer surgeon.  All within the same week, in January 2006, I went through a miscarriage and waited in the waiting room for the surgeon to tell me if my husband had cancer or not.  We were dealing with the fact Neil might have Lymphoma.  It was one of the darkest moments of my life.  I was already seeing a life without him.  I was convinced God was taking him.  I knew there was no way God would give me another baby and take Neil, so when I lost the baby, all I could think was, well, He must be taking Neil too.  When the surgeon walked in 2 hours later, telling me Neil was going to be ok, I had never been so joyous in my life! I was certainly praising God!! 

So, when Neil was taking medicine this time for his infection, I just kept thinking "Not again! Not again! Please!!!" And that is what brings us to the verse she wrote on her post.

I wait quietly before God, for my victory comes from Him. Psalm 62:1

God blessed us in 2006, and he blessed us again in 2010 a few months after I read her post!  My healthy, wonderful husband, my 2 darling, little girls and I brought home a beautiful, baby boy!!

While I have a hard time being quiet, my victory most definitely comes from Him!

Extreme Makeover Home Addition!

It was too cool to be able to see the reveal in person!  It was a nasty, but typical day.  Wind and dust blow a 1,000,000 mph.  But we got to see all the design people and Emma Roberts!  Which was really neat for the girls!  What was so funny though, when we got to the little town it happened in, we happened to drive by the bus, so we stopped to snap pictures in front of it.  As we got back in our truck, the bus pulled away!  I was so embarrassed!  I'm sure they were thinking we were idiots!! Oh well, it was a lot of fun anyway!!

Thanksgiving 2010 (I know! RIght?)

Too sweet to forget!

 

Like Father like Son!

Gobble Gobble

 Lily's favorite thing to do! Such a great helper!

 Grandma and her 11th grandchild/6th grandson

Poor Owen was in a lot of pain during Thanksgiving.  We guessed it was from teething??  Mom was able to get him to calm down and he went out right beside Baby.  Too cute curled up together!

 

 Instead of playing games, Aunt Sabrina decided to just snuggle. (:

Love the holidays with our families!!

Life thru cell phone pictures

Well, I've come to learn, that life with a toddler makes little room for carrying a big DSL camera.  Struggling with a baby who wants to walk everywhere, a stroller to contain the wondering baby, a diaper bag, and trying to remember everything else that needs to be toted along, well...I've just decided that this moment in time, is just as sweet documented with a cell phone.  There will come a time when I can ask Owen to sit and smile. But now is definitely not that time! Lol! So, with that in mind, I've been trying to grab my phone more often to capture those priceless moments with him and his sweet sisters.  So, the pictures might not be as good quality or even in perfect focus, but this is our life.  Perfectly imperfect!