Happy Birthday Luke!

From Jul.10

Happy Birthday Luke! Luke turns 9 today though we celebrated his birthday last week. The kids had a blast at his party as you can see below.

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A "Sundae" Party

From Hailey's 5th Birthday

We celebrated Hailey's 5th birthday on Sunday with "sundae" party!

From Hailey's 5th Birthday

From Hailey's 5th Birthday

From Hailey's 5th Birthday

From Hailey's 5th Birthday

From Hailey's 5th Birthday

From Hailey's 5th Birthday

Hailey had a blast and her only special request for her birthday was Zsu Zsu pets and thats what she got!

From Hailey's 5th Birthday

I love this picture, notice Hailey holding Alyssa's hand. All the cousins love eachother so much and are like siblings.

From Hailey's 5th Birthday

From Hailey's 5th Birthday

Thank you to my dad and Robin for the pictures as I left my camera at home!

Happy 5th Birthday Hailey!!

My baby is 5 today! On Sunday she celebrated her birthday with all of her cousins. We kept it just family so that Jordyn could be a part of the celebration. We had an ice cream sundae party with all the fixins. The kids had a blast! What a miracle and a blessing to have all these cousins together, happy, healthy and whole. Each have been through their own trials and yet you would never know it as you watch them play and just be kids. More pictures to come. We are truly blessed.

Happy Birthday to the best little girl in the world. 5 years ago at this exact time as I am typing, 9:29a you came into this world, small and fighting for life, at that moment I didn't know what the future would hold, but it would be o.k. as long as you were in it. You were a fighter and pulled through, just look at you now! I love you more than words can express!

Preschool Graduation 2010

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I love this girl!!!!!

From May.10

I love this girl need I say more!

From May.10

We have been enjoying our fair share of the warmer weather and loving it! I mentioned to Tim that I made the mistake of leaving my sunroof open at work and that the pollen inside my car was bad and I wanted to wipe it down. Not only did the inside get clean, but the outside as well.What you don't see here is what happens when Hailey gets the hose, lets just say not only were we wet, but the inside of daddy's car got it as well!

From May.10

From May.10

Saturday Jordyn came over to meet Pip and have an outdoor picnic with us! What an amazing blessing to have her able to visit!!!!!

From May.10

From May.10

This Friday I leave to run my marathon in San Diego. It is the first time I have ever been away from Hailey for more than a night. I am excited to see San Diego and run the marathon, but boy will I miss her!!!!

Lately, many nights we sit on the front porch swing, read books and take turns singing. I sing her a song and she sings me one. After a few she just gets plain silly and the giggles kick in. These are moments I will cherish forever!

swings, soup and sisters

From May.10

Sorry for the lack of updates, as most of you know I am training for a marathon that is about 20 days away and we are moving a couple weeks after that. I am swamped, but things should settle down shortly. Hailey amazes me everyday at just how much she is growing and how fast time flies by!

From May.10

She is LOVING the warmer weather and spends every moment she can outside. She has recently learned the art of swinging all by herself, and she is quite proud of herself.

From May.10

She also has quite the imagination, inclusive of many imaginary friends. Genty, Mely and JC are among her top ones. They go everywhere with us and cause alot of mischief. Lately Hailey has taken to making pretend "soup" in the bird bath. She takes water, mixes it with some dirt, leaves etc and feeds it to us. As you can see below its quite delish!

From May.10

From May.10

This past weekend she not only was able to sleep over Uncle Matt & Auntie Laura's house, but then Alyssa slept over Saturday night. They had a blast as usual and ended today with a squirt gun fight followed by running through the sprinkler.

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From May.10

Hailey lately has been asking for a "sister" I am not sure she knows the implications, but she wants one. She asked me loudly in Target yesterday if daddy could have it in his belly. A lady near by laughed out loud. She then proceed to say we needed to go the baby section to start buying baby stuff. I told her she better watch out before she spreads rumors! And no we are not pregnant, but maybe someday we will grant her wish though I am not sure she will be so keen on sharing our time.

miracles

From Apr.10

If you had told me back in November that in April we would be welcoming Jordyn home, cancer free I probably would have looked at you cross eyed and not said a word. Why? I was losing hope, I was deep in despair, anger, hurt over the situation. I said I trusted God, but inwardly I questioned everything, but all along he was going the distance with me and performing a miracle right before my very eyes. Our eyes!

Watching Jordyn come home yesterday was truly watching a miracle unfold. Last time she came home she could barely walk and we could not go near her due to her having no immune system. We felt as if we were saying goodbye and all we could do is sit back and watch as the story unfolded. But this time, who knew there would be a this time? This time she hopped out the van and hugged us all. She played with her cousins, she opened presents and she ate. Yes, ate - that is huge since for 5 months she hadn't taken a bite of anything. There still is a long road of recovery ahead, she still has to go back to St. Jude every other week, she still has to visit Dana Farber, she still has to take many pills a day, but she is home and she is cancer free. As my sister in law Robin said on her blog, to have Sonny, Tracey, Taylor and Jordyn all together, under one roof with no cancer is a unbelievable. And we pray for many, many, long years ahead! From Apr.10

From Apr.10

sleepover

Alyssa and Luke slept over last weekend and of course the kids had a great time. The boys took off and had fun of their own and the girls had their nails done, went shopping, watched a movie and went to bed. What a perfect "girly" evening.

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Easter 2010

From Apr.10

Hailey had a wonderful, fun filled easter. She woke up to find her basket, attended church and then had dinner at Meme and Papa's house.

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Above and below are some pix my dad took on Easter ...

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Saturday, Taylor, Ashleigh, Hailey and I had a "girls" day. It was alot of fun! It started with a helicopter egg, drop, followed by coffee, manicures, dinner and a movie. Hailey and I both had a blast with these wonderful girls!