Our 'Little Miss' Has Been Home For TWO MONTHS!

Two months from today Amanda was placed in our arms for the first time. It seems like she has been with us much longer than two short months. Her adjustment into our home has continued to be smooth. She has developed quite a bit since her homecoming. She can now sit up, she cut 2 teeth and two more are on there way, CRAWL (yes! this little girl is now mobile), clap her hands, pick up AND throw her toys, and the biggest blessing of them all is..... SHE SLEEPS THROUGH THE NIGHT!!! She's been doing this rather consistently since the second week she's been home.

Micah has been enjoying his summer thus far. He did VBS and had a blast learning about the Lord, and he went to day camp last week and enjoyed his time there. This week we haven't done very much considering it's been raining almost everyday. Hopefully we'll be getting some brighter days coming our way soon, so we can swim and be outdoors more.

My mom is not any better than the last time I posted, and the past two weeks have been tough for her. She was sent to the hospital for dysentery and the doctor found out that she had a parasite that colonized in her intestines. She spent 6 days in the hospital being treated for the parasite, and yesterday she was released and sent back to the rehabilitation center to continue her physical therapy. Due to all that she went through last week, she lost a considerable amount of weight and all the body strength she built up the 3 weeks to getting this bug. So she's back to square one as far as her physical therapy goes. The doctor's goal is to get her strong enough so she can be up and walking again. So please continue to pray for her that she can rebuild her strength so she can be independent again.

We do have one small praise to be thankful for..... Soowan has been given an opportunity with his job to open up a new office for his company. It's not really a promotion, more of a lateral move, but the best part is the new office is extremely close to home!!! Now he can come home for lunch every now and then, and NO MORE TOLL ROADS! This will save us about $50 bucks a month! Mmmmm.... maybe this savings can get me 2 pedicures a month instead of one. LOL!!!

I finally learned how to use the video on my digital camera. Here is Amanda in action. Isn't she so cute?

Time For A New Song

I love songs like this! This is my prayer for Micah and Amanda as they grow to become their own person. Life is hard, but God is good. He's the same God when we are on top of the highest peaks in life, just as He is same when we are in the deepest of valleys. I love serving such a wondrous and mysterious God. He plants blessings all around us, everyday. Some blessings are wrapped in a beautiful box that we can't wait to open, and other times He makes that little box we put Him in "EXPLODE" so we can grow in our relationship and knowledge of Him.

Music Video:
href="http://videzonn.com/videos/m/martina_mcbride/anyway-2.html" target="_blank">Anyway by (Martina McBride)

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AnywayMartina McBride/Brad Warren/Brett Warren (BMI)

You can spend your whole life buildin'
Somethin' from nothin'
One storm can come and blow it all away
Build it anyway

You can chase a dream
That seems so out of reach
And you know it might not ever come your way
Dream it anyway

(Chorus)
God is great, but sometimes life ain't good
When I pray it doesn't always turn out like I think it should
But I do it anyway
I do it anyway

This world's gone crazy and it's hard to believe
That tomorrow will be better than today
Believe it anyway
You can love someone with all your heart
For all the right reasons
And in a moment they can choose to walk away
Love 'em anyway

(Repeat Chorus)

You can pour your soul out singin'
A song you believe in
That tomorrow they'll forget you ever sang
Sing it anyway
Yeah sing it anyway

I sing
I dream
I love anyway



© 2006 Delemmava Music Publishing (BMI) © 2006 Bucky and Clyde Music adm by L’ile Des Auteurs Music / L’ile Des Auteurs Music (BMI). All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.

Been A Bit Busy Lately

Now that it is Summertime for us, I'm trying to do a lot of catch up work around the house, before the Texas heat comes. The kids are sleeping in until 9-9:30, so I've been waking up early with Soowan and getting my long over due Spring cleaning done. I've also been working outside in the garden. In May we received rain 25 out of the 31 days of the month, so my garden is booming with blooms (but so are the weeds). My hydrangea's are in full bloom, the columbine are just about done for their first spring bloom, and finally the gardenia bush I planted 3 years ago has bloomed! YAY!!! I love going out on the back patio in the morning with my cup of coffee, my Bible and smell the sweet fragrance of my gardenias. Life doesn't get much better than this.

Micah and I have been out in the pool just about everyday the past two weeks. Amanda takes a solid 2-2.5 hour nap in the mornings, so Micah and I use this time to swim. This has also given me a chance to get some exercise by doing laps. It has also allowed me some more time to catch up on my reading, and getting a great base tan for the Summer. ;-) We put Amanda in the pool for the first time this week. I wouldn't say she loved it, but I also wouldn't say she hated it either. It was a bit breezy that day, so I think she was more cold than anything.

When we built our pool we were going to put in a beach entry style pool, but then we opted to have a sun-bathing deck put in instead. What this is, is a n 4 ft. x 10 ft. area in the pool that is only about 3-4 inches deep. This makes a perfect area for Amanda to sit down on and splash in the water (with Mommy or Daddy nearby of course).

The next 2 weeks Micah and Amanda will not be able to sleep in, for Micah has VBS this upcoming week, and the week after that he has a full day camp he's going to nearby. For the first time in 6 years I'm not going to be working VBS. I'm taking this year off, for I'm not ready to have Amanda spend 3 hours in the nursery at church for a week. I completely trust our church's nursery, it's more I'm not ready to be away from my little Miss for that long just yet. So the Amanda and I will be hanging out in town by our church while Micah is at VBS.

Also to add, my mom was back in the hospital the end of May. She is out now, but had to go to a rehabilitation center to do physical therapy to work on building back her strength and to get her circulation working better. If you could please pray that she will build the strength she needs to get her body back up and moving again. She has not been able to do much since she was in the hospital with CHF this past January. Her lack of activity has caused her to have some circulation issues in her legs. She has developed a blood clot in her left leg, and has some wounds on her legs that are not healing due to her poor circulation. The doctors want to take her off the steroids to help the wounds to heal faster, but when they take her off her steroids her rheumatoid arthritis flares up intensely, leaving her in great pain. Pray that the doctors and the physical therapists can find a way to allow her body to heal so she can have back a more active lifestyle. Thanks for your prayers.

Here are some pictures I have taken in the last couple of weeks. ENJOY!!!