I just had to post this message my aunt Deanne sent out to our family last night regarding her condition with her eye. She has been battling this for right about a year and at one point we were all thinking that her eye should just be removed but through much prayer Deanne decided to give treatment a shot and by reading this below you will see the awesome power of God and prayer. He really does listen and he definitely answers...
Dear Loved Ones,
Roy and I just returned from my quarterly doctor visit in Memphis. The tumor has shrunk still further. Original size was 10.4 height, 21.7 width, 21.5 at base. It is now 5.6 ht, 15.6 width and 16.7 at base. After Dr. Wilson (who is a wonderful Godly man) examined by eye and did all the ultrasounds and pictures, he said the retina detachment has resolved. After a moment of considering what that meant, I came to the unlikely conclusion that the retina had returned to correct position. I asked Dr. Wilson if this was the case, and with a big smile and high five, he said "Yes, your retina has reattached!! That is medically impossible". Also, all fluid has gone from my eye and I am beginning to get partial sight back. Dr. Wilson said the pain in my eye was 'phanton pain' and he bet it would be gone in the morning. It is gone NOW!
Last year when this all began, I prayed for a miracle of complete healing. Of course, I wanted complete healing before I had to undergo any pain and suffering. But our great God wanted me to put all my faith in Him and let Him take care of every step of this process. Guess what, He knows what He is doing. I have learned over the past 12 months that I can not do anything - I have to let go and let God.
I know that so many faithful people have been praying for me and I want you all to know that God heard.
Thank you all!!
PRAISE BE TO GOD!!!
Love, Deanne
Friday, August 22, 2008
Monday, August 18, 2008
The Next Emeril Lagasse
When Philip works nights Tyler and I really don't worry too much about dinner. We don't cook a big meal, we usually just eat sandwiches, frozen pizza, etc. Saturday night we decided that it was going to be a Macaroni and Cheese night. After the water came to a boil I put the noodles into the pot and I got a step stool and Tyler 'helped' me stir the noodles. Once they were all cooked he helped me mix in the milk, butter and cheese. He ate TWO bowls and after every bite he would remind me that he made his dinner. He was so proud of himself and to be honest so was I. I was worried that he wouldn't listen to me when I was warning him about the pot and burner being very hot, I was worried that he would start stirring everything all crazy and make a mess and plus I was just worried. Of course I was holding his hands the whole time we cooked just to have control but he didn't realize that's why I was helping. Anyway, I didn't get any pictures but I had to have this occassion marked.
Now to get to why this occassion was so very special to me.... My older brother JJ and I didn't have that many good memories as children but one thing we both remember is that our mom would let us help her in the kitchen. We both loved it and out of all of our bad memories, any good ones are even that much more special. We would make something called 'Cowboy Hash'(kind of like a spaghetti), mac & cheese, spaghetti, soup, etc. Food that we could cook in a pot basically. I hope Tyler can have good fun with me in the kitchen and I hope he will pass his good memories down to his little ones one day.
Now to get to why this occassion was so very special to me.... My older brother JJ and I didn't have that many good memories as children but one thing we both remember is that our mom would let us help her in the kitchen. We both loved it and out of all of our bad memories, any good ones are even that much more special. We would make something called 'Cowboy Hash'(kind of like a spaghetti), mac & cheese, spaghetti, soup, etc. Food that we could cook in a pot basically. I hope Tyler can have good fun with me in the kitchen and I hope he will pass his good memories down to his little ones one day.
Monday, August 11, 2008
Balloon Glow
We went to the Pennington Hot Air Balloon Championship this weekend. Honestly, this is the one event that I absolutely HAVE to go to every year. Usually we venture out on Saturday but this year we decided to go on Friday. We were hoping that most people would be get home from work and not want to get back out in the traffic, which lucky us, we were right. Last year was crowded and really hot. Miserable actually. This year it wasn't crowded and the temperature was right at 84 degrees. 84 degrees in AUGUST ??? How lucky were we. My brother & sis-in-law and my sweet little neice met us out there for the festivities. Ashley wasn't feeling too well so she wasn't really in to the whole thing but Tyler was rockin and rolling.
The actual balloon glow
JJ will not appreciate me posting this picture but it seems that every shot I have with him in it he is making a crazy face.
Ashley trying her hardest to have a good time.
Can you tell that Tyler was amazed with the fireworks ?? This shot had me and Philip cracking up !!
I got a pretty decent video of the balloon glow.
Tyler loves making himself dizzy. It drives me crazy b/c he always falls down and then starts with the crying. He was spinning around for a while and I warned him that he would fall and of course I know nothing and he ignored me. I took it upon myself to record him b/c I knew he was about to bust it. Maybe one day he'll learn his lesson. He only cried for half a second and wasn't hurt at all but you know kids, they have to cry.
The actual balloon glow
JJ will not appreciate me posting this picture but it seems that every shot I have with him in it he is making a crazy face.
Ashley trying her hardest to have a good time.
Can you tell that Tyler was amazed with the fireworks ?? This shot had me and Philip cracking up !!
I got a pretty decent video of the balloon glow.
Tyler loves making himself dizzy. It drives me crazy b/c he always falls down and then starts with the crying. He was spinning around for a while and I warned him that he would fall and of course I know nothing and he ignored me. I took it upon myself to record him b/c I knew he was about to bust it. Maybe one day he'll learn his lesson. He only cried for half a second and wasn't hurt at all but you know kids, they have to cry.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
"THE GATOR"
Philip has had this major thing about getting Tyler a big truck. So, Philip couldn't stand it anymore and went and bought a TWO year old this massive John Deere "Gator". Tyler does really love it and he likes to try and get the dogs to ride in the back.
Philip was adjusting the seat for Tyler and Tyler thought that was so cool that he was able to 'help' his daddy 'work' on the Gator.
Tyler cruising around the back yard.
Tyler was really pumped about his new toy but he also wanted to make sure that I got a good shot of his new Lightning McQueen t-shirt.
Philip was adjusting the seat for Tyler and Tyler thought that was so cool that he was able to 'help' his daddy 'work' on the Gator.
Tyler cruising around the back yard.
Tyler was really pumped about his new toy but he also wanted to make sure that I got a good shot of his new Lightning McQueen t-shirt.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Tyler
I was just sitting here thinking about Tyler and how much he has turned into a little big boy and some of his new sayings stuck out so I thought I would share a few.
1. Not really a new thing but on the way to school in the mornings he gets so mad at the sun b/c it shines in his eyes. He fusses at it every morning. He says, "Go Away Sun, No, Go Away". Then I proceed to ask him to just look the other way and then he repeats, "Just other way". I get a laugh at this process every morning.
2. When we are trying to cheer him up and we tell him that something is FUN he gets so mad and says, "No, not fun mommy (or daddy)!!".
3. For nap time or bed time we start settling him down and we'll tell him he has 5 minutes until we go to bed and he repeats us and he's fine with it. The other day Sonia told him he had 10 minutes and he got mad with her and said "no nunu, 5 minutes!". I think she tried explaining it to him but he didn't want to hear it, all he knew was that he wanted 5 more minutes.
4. Tyler has started this little routine of getting in the bed with us in the mornings. He likes to lean over and turn our radio alarms on and then start dancing and jumping on the bed. He calls it 'dance time'. He gets pretty wild and our role is to keep him from jumping/falling off the bed. He loves it !!
5. When he isn't listening to us or he won't come with us, we'll tell him he better come here or he's going to get in trouble, which usually ends up with him getting in trouble. Well now out of nowhere he'll walk up to our dogs and start fussing at them and he'll say, "Bey, Day, come here NOW!". They usually just ignore him and he gets so mad so he'll start really yelling at them until they walk over to us like "what the heck is wrong with this kid".
6. He is so excited about our new house and that's what he calls it, the new house, he won't just say house. He's got to put the 'new' on the house.
7. He will be chowing down on his breakfast/lunch/dinner & he'll seriously look at us and say, "YUK".
8. The other night we baked some fish and he was so pumped up about eating fish that mommy and daddy caught. He put that first bite in his mouth and his eyes went all squinched and it was obvious that he did not like it but he kept chewing and finally swallowed his bite. He cautiously looked at Philip and said, "daddy, not like, no eat, please." As if we could make him eat it, he tried so hard to like it but it was clear that baked fish was not on his list of favorites... We tried not to laugh b/c we didn't want him to think we were making fun but it was really funny.
9. AND the best for last. Tyler will not say the words 'I love you'. He shows no interest. Of course I say it all the time hoping that one day he'll say it back. Last Saturday Tyler & I had a date night and we went to Target and I bought him one of his 'Cars' that he wanted. Well, as we were driving down the interstate he just came out and said "mommy, I love you". I started the water works of course and when I said it back to him he said, "no mommy, I love you". My heart melted. He's been saying ever since. It makes my day to hear him say it. He has since said it to Philip, Sonia, my dad and Lori. Also, on the same night, Tyler wore real underwear the whole day, even through nap and our night out. He didn't have the first accident. When we would first get somewhere and when we would leave he would go potty with no fuss. It was so nice to not have to worry about a diaper. He was so well behaved at dinner, I wasn't sure if he was even my child. Other parents were literally stopping at our table to tell me how lucky I was to have a well behaved child. I was so proud of him. Of course the next day he was a completely different child, he probably sat in time out more than half of the day but ANYWAY I was still very proud of my little man.
1. Not really a new thing but on the way to school in the mornings he gets so mad at the sun b/c it shines in his eyes. He fusses at it every morning. He says, "Go Away Sun, No, Go Away". Then I proceed to ask him to just look the other way and then he repeats, "Just other way". I get a laugh at this process every morning.
2. When we are trying to cheer him up and we tell him that something is FUN he gets so mad and says, "No, not fun mommy (or daddy)!!".
3. For nap time or bed time we start settling him down and we'll tell him he has 5 minutes until we go to bed and he repeats us and he's fine with it. The other day Sonia told him he had 10 minutes and he got mad with her and said "no nunu, 5 minutes!". I think she tried explaining it to him but he didn't want to hear it, all he knew was that he wanted 5 more minutes.
4. Tyler has started this little routine of getting in the bed with us in the mornings. He likes to lean over and turn our radio alarms on and then start dancing and jumping on the bed. He calls it 'dance time'. He gets pretty wild and our role is to keep him from jumping/falling off the bed. He loves it !!
5. When he isn't listening to us or he won't come with us, we'll tell him he better come here or he's going to get in trouble, which usually ends up with him getting in trouble. Well now out of nowhere he'll walk up to our dogs and start fussing at them and he'll say, "Bey, Day, come here NOW!". They usually just ignore him and he gets so mad so he'll start really yelling at them until they walk over to us like "what the heck is wrong with this kid".
6. He is so excited about our new house and that's what he calls it, the new house, he won't just say house. He's got to put the 'new' on the house.
7. He will be chowing down on his breakfast/lunch/dinner & he'll seriously look at us and say, "YUK".
8. The other night we baked some fish and he was so pumped up about eating fish that mommy and daddy caught. He put that first bite in his mouth and his eyes went all squinched and it was obvious that he did not like it but he kept chewing and finally swallowed his bite. He cautiously looked at Philip and said, "daddy, not like, no eat, please." As if we could make him eat it, he tried so hard to like it but it was clear that baked fish was not on his list of favorites... We tried not to laugh b/c we didn't want him to think we were making fun but it was really funny.
9. AND the best for last. Tyler will not say the words 'I love you'. He shows no interest. Of course I say it all the time hoping that one day he'll say it back. Last Saturday Tyler & I had a date night and we went to Target and I bought him one of his 'Cars' that he wanted. Well, as we were driving down the interstate he just came out and said "mommy, I love you". I started the water works of course and when I said it back to him he said, "no mommy, I love you". My heart melted. He's been saying ever since. It makes my day to hear him say it. He has since said it to Philip, Sonia, my dad and Lori. Also, on the same night, Tyler wore real underwear the whole day, even through nap and our night out. He didn't have the first accident. When we would first get somewhere and when we would leave he would go potty with no fuss. It was so nice to not have to worry about a diaper. He was so well behaved at dinner, I wasn't sure if he was even my child. Other parents were literally stopping at our table to tell me how lucky I was to have a well behaved child. I was so proud of him. Of course the next day he was a completely different child, he probably sat in time out more than half of the day but ANYWAY I was still very proud of my little man.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Finally some pictures of Kaleigh
My scanner hasn't been cooperating so sorry it's taken so long. These couple of pictures are compliments of my mom-in-law Sonia who just scanned them over to me today...
My little sweetheart's profile from the side...
A closer up profile
Her cute little feet.
I go back to the doctor again mid-August and I get to have another ultrasound . . . YEY !! Last time we went my little girl wouldn't be still long enough for a still shot of her four heart chambers. They were clear as a bell on the video but when the ultrasound tech would try to get a still shot, she'd start squirming. She's already camera shy !! Great, another kid that doesn't want to take pictures !!
My little sweetheart's profile from the side...
A closer up profile
Her cute little feet.
I go back to the doctor again mid-August and I get to have another ultrasound . . . YEY !! Last time we went my little girl wouldn't be still long enough for a still shot of her four heart chambers. They were clear as a bell on the video but when the ultrasound tech would try to get a still shot, she'd start squirming. She's already camera shy !! Great, another kid that doesn't want to take pictures !!
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