So–we are home. And happy to be home! The appointment to the urologist was NOT fun–and I’ll spare the details other than I have never heard my sweet baby cry like that–and as I leaned over the table with my cheek to his, I couldn’t tell the difference between his tears and mine. Another adoption […]
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Category Archives: Day in the Life SO with the older 2 off at school and ITY crashed after a night awake–Frankie-baby and I decided it was TIME to draw to see which of my commenters from THIS post wins a free t-shirt! SO we got ready—I wrote out ALL the commenter names…PLUS we added Frank to make it an even number […] Yeah!!! I just bought one last night! It will be great to have another!!!! Oh my Frank baby is so cute I just want to kiss him! So happy I won! I LOVE adding shirts to my “adoption” collection as I call it! Sierra says “mom all you were are those shirts!” So FUN! And congrats to the winners!! Andrea you are the sweetest thing ever! We’ll wear it PROUDLY over here! Thanks Frankie-Baby!!! I so wanted this shirt!!! 🙂 Frank is too funny. My 1yr old also loves sweets (all day I hear, “need a treat, need a treat”, “candy mommy, need candy”). He also sneaks into the garage and tries to drink out of the empty soda cans. Good to know we’re not alone… I love following your blog. Would you please let me know the name of the songs you use on your blog. Thanks Meggan @ Texas Yay! Thanks for picking my name, Frank! My husband and I love these shirts! I am going to order one for him, too.  ITY decided at 2:30am he didn’t want to sleep anymore last night…SO–after 2 hours trying to convince him it was a good idea…at 4:30 I gave up:). Now…if you had emailed me and I returned your email at 4:30am…now you know why;). We were on about day 10 of antiobiotics for a really bad double […] Love Miss Laney’s bows!!! Erica came home from school yesterday telling me that she MUST have pigtails for school today because Laney wore pigtails and she wanted to look “just like Laney!!” 🙂 I’m praying for you and sweet Isaac tomorrow! will be praying for isaac! thanks for the photography lesson! hope you get some sleep tonight. Praying for Isaac and you. love the pics and laney is so precious! love the bows! :0) I am crying from laughing at Frank! I love that kid! You can’t blame him. Those chocolate covered pretzels are great and diet dr. pepper is oh so yummy! I’m sure Richard loved that, but he can’t talk…..6 doughnuts. I’ll have to watch him extra carefully tomorrow. Will be praying for little Isaac and his momma as you go to the doctors! Your children are just beautiful and that Frank is a crack-up reminds of my 4th, she’s hysterical like him! Loved the bows on Laney and the pics of her sleeping are drop dead gorgeous…nothing like a sleeping child! beautiful pictures. I’m w/ Frank, I have a sweet tooth, too:) I was wondering if you had any suggestions about airport homecoming. We want our kiddos to get to see our little girl before the crowd. Someone suggested we tell everyone to meet at baggage claim except for our kids. Just curious… God will be with you and Isaac tomorrow, I know you will find His peace. Stay strong and keep praying throughout your visit; I will be too. Your children are an adorable, cute, handsome, beautiful four! Uh, love your photos (and the numbers on your stairs!!!). ohhhh so much in that post…where do I start? First..absolutely we’ll be praying for Isaac tomorrow and tonight for some sleep. Poor Punkin’ and poor mama! Love the picture of your sweet kiddos waiting for school and the precious ones of Laney too! I wish we were closer because I know our girls would be BFFS!! And Frank and my Jo would be best buds too…she does the same thing when she’s caught doing something a little naughty:) Sooo glad you offered up the bow tutorial. I was hoping but didn’t want to ask! It’s not like you have anything going…heehee!! Also….thank you for sharing about the Dockery’s! What an amazing family and I’ll be getting my shirt asap!! Love, Shannon PRAYING!!! for Isaac, and for wisdom and guidance!! Where do I even start after such a packed full post! Yay! Can’t wait to read the bow making tutorial, and how fun you are going to make it into a ladies’ night out. I’m hoping to do the same one of these days when I refresh myself on it all. Got info on doing the twisty gymboree like ones yesterday. and PS – still praying for Isaac! My son had ear infections all the time until I took him to the chiropractor. No ear infections since. I took him 4 times (pretty close together) and *poof* gone. It’s so much more natural than antibiotics. They rub his neck and back and it got the stuff out of his head. Just FYI. i will be praying for isaac…we went through ENT issues with my boys…such tough days for a mama. i think frank should have his own facebook fan club…that child is HILARIOUS. 🙂 praying for ITY. and i love the sleeping pics. so angelic and innocent and peaceful. Thanks for the photography advice! I have a D40 and am wanting to get a new lens. I’ve been looking at the 50mm. I have a 55-200 but I’m finding to get shots of little ones I need to be in close and be able to have that shutter work fast. Thanks for the camera info! That wil help a lot. Praying that your son does fine with the kidney reflux issue. Our son was too tested for that around 8 months (found out he has hydronephrosis) so I understand how it feels to have your baby going through that. I think its eaiser on them though when they are younger though because they do just sleep a whole lot more. Praying for your baby and (and mommy!) Laney is a girl after my own heart! Love the fancy outfit (and her school outfit is adorable too). Congrats to your beautiful family on your newest {adorable} addition! Sending prayers for you today!  Seriously…at OUR house…is there EVER REALLY a “last day” for summer?! So…YES it is a Tuesday night. YES…that means it is a school night. BUT…recreaction and outdoor activity is important as it helps get some energy out…and of course it can always provide family bonding. Of course—BEFORE we got started Richard laid the ground rules. […] Great family photo!!! Missed reading while I was away, but I think I might just be caught up now. =) ok, so you need to start making me some bows..we’ll call them the Lucy lane bows..and I’ll advertise and you make them and we’ll sell them and raise money for famlies adopting…come on…great idea..huh?? 🙂 kj We had out the water guns and slip & slide tonight at our house. Too much fun! = ) There only little once! Can you do a post on how to make bows??? I’ve been wanting to but haven’t figured it out yet! YOurs are perfect! Kristie….if you do that I’ll send you a huge heap of bows you can sell off to give to an adopting family. I was making bows to match my dresses….but stopped that to jus tdo sewing. Now I have a HUGE stash of fun bows I need to do something with! loving your summer fun. and can i just say at the risk of sounding a bit creepy, your kids dimples are to die for! hope you ALL slept well :O) Love the last day of summer shots!  Ok…like I have time to update my blog TWICE in one day–but this blog is serving as my scrapbook, babybook, you name it–all wrapped up in one when it goes from blog-to-print. SO…I have to get these two things in:). IF you haven’t seen Parker and Laney’s FIRST day of school…oh you just MUST go […] So glad to hear Isaac is doing so well!! too cute…love the note idea from the TF..will have to steal that idea 🙂 kj Another priceless update. Know you I have walked these very same steps … from hypotonia to PT, OT, feeding therapy, baby sign language classes, and then speech therapy. God’s visible hand guided us every step of the way. Trusting you will meet Him there too in new and powerful ways! You’ll gain alot from the ‘tongue’ therapy, which is what I called it. Teg was older- but textures were…. tricky… but it didn’t take long to start seeing improvement. Keep up the therapies in all their glory.. it’s hard… but worth it! Andrea – our Jadon had/has many of the same issues that ITY is dealing with – feeding therapy helped immensely- all slow but steady progress. He often still gags at the site of something new – and he is almost 6:). we had 7 hours of therapy a week up until last year – ot, pt, feeding and speech – what a blessing those therapists were and how our lives have changed! WE are all praying for you – I know how difficult the journey is from a momma’s perspective. If you ever need a cyber hug:) or to ask what worked for us – I am here. Love you dear friend It is great to hear that he is doing so well. What a great momma you are! And the Lord is so faithful! Hey Andrea! What kind of camera do you have? I have a Nikon D40 and the lens just broke so I need to order a new one, is there a lens you would recommend that would fit my Nikon where I could get the professional looking pics like you take! (: |
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Thank you, Lord, for answering prayers. As I am hours behind you, I sat this morning and prayed for the miracle of His touch on Isaac and chills are all over me now as I read the answer to prayer. Loving God deeper and deeper each time I read your posts of encouragement and wisdom and sharing of His hand in your life. LOVE IT! Sweet night to the Young Family.
Praise the Lord! I am so happy for another miracle for sweet Isaac. I pray that the Young family will sleep peacefully tonight and if you don’t that God will continue to give you the strength you need.
PRAISE THE LORD for his little kidneys being clear! Praying that you see more and more miracles as time goes on! I love being able to read your story and try to prepare myself for when my two are home…I mean prepare as well as you can, meaning not at all but you know God is good and we will make it by His grace 🙂
Our God is an awesome God and you are an AMAZING Momma!!!! Miracle baby indeed! Thank you for the daily inspiration and for keeping it real, even down to the shower details 🙂 Praying for you all, and for ITY’s ears to heal!
What you said about praying protection over our time with God really spoke to me. I can’t tell you how many times this week (and in the past 2 months) that quiet voice has pointed me to the Bible…and I have failed to open it. My church’s ladies’ Bible study starts in 2 weeks and I am really looking forward to the accountability again. BTW, I am so glad your little one is doing so well!
I’m so glad to hear Isaac is healthy! When I read posts like this, it makes me okay with the long wait ahead for us. We’ve been told the Ethiopia timeline will be at least 6 months longer than it previously has been with AGCI. I have total peace about this. It gives us time to prepare our hearts and our kids for baby. I know it’s going to take a lot of energy and faith to get through the stage you’re in! Sending prayers your way~
Checked your blog hoping for an update – Praising God with you for your miracle today! So happy to hear ITY’s kidneys are PERFECT! What a relief for all of you… Looking forward to healing of his ears, too. Will continue to pray for your rest – “the sleep of a laborer is sweet” (Ecc. 5:12) and indeed you are constantly laboring out of love for your littlest guy! Hope you find moments of rest and peace in the midst of the busyness this weekend…
Great news from the doctors visit!
And if you wanna talk about Lactose Intolerance in babies … just shoot me an email! I am a resident expert!
Thank you too for your transparency. I remember when Tyler was traveling and the complete joy I had with the twins home. Yet having to balance three older kids and four days a week of therapy for Sam on top of major sleep deprivation.
This too shall pass and your sweet friend’s advice was spot on … guard your time with HIM!
That will be my prayer for you dear friend!
Love & Blessings,
Kim
oh my! how amazinggg is our GOD!!! i thought of precious isaac temesgen today and prayed that the doctor would see nothing wrong with his kidneys! praise GOD!!
Praise Jesus! I’m so happy for you ..your little man is a miracle for sure! Hang in there we are just in a season of life that your right we need Jesus more than ever to get into his word like crazy. Thanks for the reminder as I get distracted easily and need to pray for protection! Your a great mom I’m sure and you are doing the best you can.. hang in there
btw, ear infections can be caused by a milk allergy. that’s what the chiro told me. so, if he’s lactose intolerant, he may really just be allergic altogether. my boy’s ear infections were really from teething (mom’s instinct).
ptl his kidney’s are perfect!
PRAISE GOD for the great health reports!!!! I remember when Sarah had to be in the hospital for a week…there was definitely bonding going on….not fun, but she at that point knew I was her mommy.
So glad Frank is doing better with brother….sometimes that is a really hard transition too.
Praying for est & peace for you household.
well this just made me all teary. so thankful isaac has perfect kidneys and thankful to read about your life and heart.
yayy, praise God…Karen is a smart friend to keep around…she always calls the correct things on my kiddos 🙂 kj
I have really loved reading about this journey. It has touched my heart in so many ways. I am praying for your family and for strength for you. So happy and thankful that Issac had such wonderful news from the dr. Please email me if you
Praising God for this great update!! 🙂
I have really loved reading about this journey. It has touched my heart in so many ways. I am praying for your family and for strength for you. So happy and thankful that Issac had such wonderful news from the dr. Please email me if you ever have any questions about low tone and therapy. We have done OT, PT and speech for this with my son. We have been discharged from therapy and are back in now. Be happy to support you in that way however I can.
Yay!!!! So glad that sweet Isaac did so well today…and that everything is just “normal” baby problems! Praise God!!
praising god for your miracle baby! ity seems to be covered in them!
i must comment on these two quotes
“I am finding new ways to fix my unshowered hair”
and
“You know when you start talking to God OUTLOUD, “Please God. I really need help right now. Can you Holy Spirit come down and help me?” Wouldn’t you have been impressed if you could have seen me then?!”…there is nothing more beautiful than a person aware of their desperate need for christ. so, unshowered though you may be, your joy, the pouring out of your love, and your desperateness for god are beautiful to me!
and the dimples aren’t too shabby either. 🙂
So happy about the the results. Such a blessing!!
Love,
Amy
Praise God!!! We went through that same test with our daughter. I also had never heard her cry like that before. It is heartbreaking. The only thing was I was on the outside of the door becasue they only let my husband go in with her. Praise God for miracles becasue her kidneys were fine too. I am so glad to hear that Issac’s tests came back perfect. We will continue to pray for his ears. I just want you to know how much I love and appreciate your blog. We are waiting for our refferal from Ethiopia for our precious little one and blog is always an encouragement to me.
yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! Praise the Lord!
Praise God his kidneys are great! So thankful! p.s. you mentioned about not getting showers in or hair done and I wanted to tell you about the commercials i just saw from tresame (spelling?) shampoo who just came out with a line products for days when you cant or dont want to wash your hair, its like dry shampoo spray or foam and it gives you hair sleek shine like its clean and volume!
Praise the Lord! SUCH GREAT NEWS about Isaac’s kidneys being clear! I so appreciate your honesty on this blog. I understand how you can be so tired, and like it that you don’t try to be”perfect” and act like all is smooth sailing, always. I am going to be a first time mama of one, or maybe two children, as we are adopting from Ethiopia. I cherish your story. And your honesty. You and your family are beautiful! :o)
Blessings ~
hallelujah! what an amazing God we serve!