Emily

Jan 30, 2006

Emily, my sweet girl.
Today you're one!
Seems just like last week I found out that I was going to have you.
The time has flown by so fast, you are growing and changing every day.
Talking and walking, singing and playing, soon I be attending your wedding.
My sweet girl.
Slobbery kisses, big hugs from you make it all worth it.
Smiles and raspberries, your eyes twinkle bright blue.
"How big is baby Emily, soooo big", your little arms stretching to the sky.
Calling out 'ma ma' at 3 am, smiling when I finally give in. I'll miss that soon.
My sweet girl.
Cuddles and bubble baths are you favorites.
You're my baby, you're papa's girl.
T's little sister.
You're our sweet girl.

Happy Birthday Emily.
Mama loves you!

well...whats new???

not much. went to court. got temp orders extended until next court date. have to file more paperwork. that is it.

sorry that it is nothing exciting, maybe after Feb 27th I'll have a excitement in my tone. seems that the courts are much like work, hurry up and wait.

at work, its work. i was to start a detail Feb. 6th, but it has been pushed back. no one knows when.

the babies are good. W is good. pray for Kevin, it is hard to be a boy growing up in today's fallen world. pray for his heart, that he would open it up to us and the Lord and let Him in.

planning the party for Sat. who knew that turning one was such a big deal? E has no idea, but we all are excited enough for her.
E is walking! EVERYWHERE and she is fast. She looks kind of funny because she is little. The plus side is she doesn't have far to fall. hehehe

T is still stuck in Christmas mode. When we leave places, 'bye, see you at Christmas' or 'merry Christmas' he tells people.

W is doing better this week. Whining is a big thing with him, so I read somewhere, how to get him to stop. As you know he is an active kid with special needs. So when the whining starts I ask if he is tired, because people tend to whine when they need a nap. I ask him if he needs a nap and of course, 'NO' is his answer. This is his warning. If it continues: he gets a 9 minutes time out in his room on his bed to 'rest' out the whine. That is as far as I have needed to go. This seem to been working for now. Also we learned he needs a good 9 or more hours of sleep.

K, is well, K. Just pray for him as he is growing and changing. And his ability to adjust in school with peer pressure, making good friends and fitting in. Also that the Pastor's class, Sunday School, youth group and church starts to impact him. Funny thing is, he wants to do all these things. Not once have we forced him.

Me & Pa are okay. We have a tentative date set for each month. This will help us to reconnect. He still talks about another baby. I laugh now. I laugh hard and loud!
Abstinence makes the heart grow fonder? Or is it the best birth control? Maybe it's the latter.
That all the time I have for now.
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Quickie

Things are good.
Boys are good.
Babies are growing.
Tomorrow we go to court at 9 am PST; for the first step in the guardianship process. .
Then at 3 pm PST the court appointed investigator will be visiting our circus, I mean home.
Keep us in your prayers.

January 28 2006

E will be turning 1 year old on January 30. But with the super bowl and other things, the date for our little Princess' party will be January 28, 2006, were thinking about 3 pm. A low key festivity will commence.

post script:
I can't believe that a whole year has already pasted!! My little baby will be 1!!!!!

Busted Lip

Busted Lip is what was written on a post-it note on T's chart. Sunday at church some on did not listen and someone else got hurt. T was on a teeter totter and to make a long sad story short: if you throw a little T does he roll or smash? The answer is our little Short Smashes and smashes hard. He busted open his lip in 2 places and ripped that piece of gum on the top of his mouth, the one that connects to the lip, and ripped his gums of his top 2 teeth. No teeth were broken, Praise God, but any mouth cuts do bleed a whole lot!! He will heal. He looks a little 'smashed' so to speak. Praise God that he has a tough little face.

Thanks for all the input regarding our little situation.
He,for now, is back to the "good" Kevin.
K& W are in counseling, once a week, he has been for little over a month. I would love to see him have a Christian counselor, however, there are or were some legal issues, and where the boys go now is the only place that we could get to accept them. I think that it was a total God thing that we were even able to get them in that place. We are to meet with the boys counselors some day this week.
In looking at the situation in hind sight, I think that things were good and he was scared that the ball, so to speak, was going to drop any day now. So better that he mess things up then be disappointed in us.
We have and are spending one-on-one with all 3 of the boys. Kevin more then the other 2 really does not like or given the choice, would rather spend the day with me while I have all the kiddos, than stay and hang out with Keith. Kevin has some male bonding issues. It is a trust thing and a Keith is just not cool thing. He has never had a positive male role model. Now he does and he feels there is a power struggle between him and Keith. We have made it clear both in examples in our daily lives and biblically that Keith is the head of the household.
finally, I ask for prayer.
We try to maintain our cool and live as examples. Since this entire situation started, we have lost touch with each other and together with the Lord. I know that Keith has a quite time every day, but I am the one holding up the train. I try, but obviously not hard enough. I feel a little convicted by Tammy's comment. But in a good way. (I love you too!)
Both Keith & I are and have realized where we fall short in our walks and are working on it.
Pray that we can come together as a couple and fall before our King and Maker. That His Glory will shine through us that our children will see. That they see it is Him 'From whom all Blessing Flow', not our our doing. That we shine brightly in our words and deeds. Pray the Kevin will accept Jesus as his Lord and redeemer. That he will comprehend the love the Lord has for him. That the Lord will continue to provide for our needs and our daily needs. That we will fully rely on Him, Now and always.
Everyday I read this Jer. 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you" says the Lord, "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope." I have it hanging on my wall at work. It is a constant reminder. I just need to remember.
Thanks for all the insight, love & prayers.