nothing, if not loved

by the way, this was their idea... not ours.

Some more baby love

Had this little guy not been evicted, I would have been 38 weeks pregnant today.

I've got a feeling...

It might be awhile before I get a mommy and me picture with all FOUR of my kids at the same time, happy and smiling at the camera :)

brothers and sisters

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.
~Desmond Tutu

What a difference a week makes.

Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us. Ephesians 3:20

Thursday, March 4th, 2010.

Thursday, February 25, 2010.

Isaac Jeff is one week old! It's hard to explain the first few days of his life, when we were staring at a baby hooked up to machines to force air into his premature lungs. Watching an IV drip a TPN feed into his body because he could not eat, a tube into his stomach to release the air from the C-PAP machine. Hearing that he may have a hole in his lung, and that he needed to slow his breathing from 160-190 breaths per minute to 20-60 breaths per minute. I have to admit, I begged God to heal him, and quickly, because I was barely holding on. God answered our prayers, big time. Not only in Isaac's quick healing (even some of the nurses were surprised at his rapid progress), but also in giving us enough each day, each hour, each minute to get through this.

I'm not sure I'll ever forget the pain of those first few days, but I am so thankful that Zac is home now and doing really well.

And this little piggy went home...

Isaac's heading home today... we're waiting on our walking (or being carried) papers.

Isaac

Isaac's doing so much better we got to do the mini carseat test (to make sure he can maintain his stats while in the seat). Though we would NEVER drive like this, it was pretty cute to see his little self in the big infant seat.

Big yawn.
Sleeping peacefully 'line free' (with exception of monitors). We prayed hard for this!