Please pray for Baby Stellan

I'm asking everyone to please pray for 5-month old Baby Stellan...he has been in the hospital with some very serious heart issues for the past few days, and it seems to be getting worse (Click here for his website). Some of you may know Stellan's story, but if not, I encourage you to read about the miracle that was performed on him while in the womb. He desperately needs another miracle to survive, so please pray for Stellan, his medical team & his family as well!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Fingerprint Friday Sunday

So I am trying something new here!! Pampering Beki does Fingerprint Friday and I thought I would also do it but on Sunday!!

There is a song by Steven Curtis Chapman that says:
I can see the fingerprints of god
When I look at you

I can see the fingerprints of god
And I know its true
Youre a masterpiece
That all creation quietly applauds
And you're covered with the fingerprints of god

So look around you and see where YOU can see God's fingerprints. Is it in nature? Kids? Animals? Where do you see them?
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I have seen God's fingerprint on my daughter!! I am reminded daily of the amazing miracle that she is & I was especially reminded of it this week when looking through pictures!!

These are her little toes the day after she was born, at a time when we didn't know if the next picture was something that we would ever get to enjoy with our beautiful, sick little girl!!

This picture was taken this past weekend while making cookies, something we are very happy to have the chance to do!!

January, February & first part of March

Sorry for the long delay in postings. Seems like at the end of the day, the last thing I feel like doing is sitting down to the computer and typing out a post! I will try to be better at it as I know I love reading other people's blog posts!!

The big news for us is that on February 7, Karlee got to see her idol, Mickey live and in person!!!! She was sooo excited to go and kept saying she was going to hug him! Playhouse Disney Live was here in town with the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse gang, Handy Manny, My Friend Tiger & Pooh and The Little Einsteins! I was able to get front row seats and my parents, Kodi and Taylor were able to join us at the show and boy, oh boy did Karlee have fun! Aunt Kodi bought Karlee some Mickey ears because Karlee has always thought you have to have Mickey Ears to meet Mickey Mouse! She danced up a storm and was not ready for it to be over when it was! It was such a great time just getting to watch her excitement to the whole thing! Here are some pictures from the big day and also a short video of Karlee dancing!!

The only other big event we have had is that Karlee has now started going to day care! Mike and I have been working opposite shifts for the past year so we could always be home with her but decided that she was at the age that day care and playing with other kids would be good for her! She isn't there very much (10 mornings a month) but she is loving it and is really liking the chance to play with the other kids!! It is wearing her out and she is sound asleep in her car seat every afternoon by the time we get home. Mike's cousins Michele & Melissa watch her and we were so grateful that someone we knew had an opening so we could feel comfortable leaving her!! Here are a few pictures of her first day! She wasn't too thrilled with mom taking her picture when we left...guess I know what the first day of school is going to be like as well!!

Other than that, things are pretty quiet around here! Just spending lots of time hanging out with Karlee and playing at the mall play area a lot as it has still been pretty cold here!! We did get a couple of nice days and of course right away we hit the parks!! Here are a few other pictures from the last few months!!

Karlee just loves to make cookies!! The whole time she is helping make them, she repeatedly says, "This is fun, This is fun".

Remember the Mickey Tent Karlee got from Santa, well she loves to pitch it in the living room, pop popcorn, and watch Little Bear!! She would do this every night if we would let her!!

I would just like to ask for prayers for my Grandpa right now! He is suffering horribly with Alzheimers right now and has had to be admitted to a nursing home!! It is so terrible to see a man that worked so hard all his life wither away to the point that the can barely walk, can't talk and so on!! Grandpa Everett is the kindest, most hard working man you will ever meet and to see him like this just breaks my heart! This disease and caring for my Grandpa has put quite a strain on our family and we need lots of prayers right now for everyone to pull together and do what is best for Grandpa!! I just hope that a cure can be found soon before anyone else in my family has to suffer with this horrible disease!!