Sittin' in a big chair

THANK YOU!

I have to take a minute to thank all of you for coming and sharing this wonderful weekend with us. Rebecca and Derrick, Shelley and Stephen, thanks for making the trip. I know it wasn't easy and sure appreciate the sacrifice and effort you made to be here. Jan and Carleton, I am so thankful our prayers have been answered and you continue to recover. You both looked well, I I hope you both feel as good as you appeared. Steph and Jason and Leslee and David, thanks for making the trip and sharing the occasion with us. It was so great to see everyone and to be able to visit even if just for a short time. We thought everything went perfectly and couldn't have wanted anymore more or different. Much much love and gratitude.

Fun With Cousins

We had so much fun when the Lamberts came to help us at Mom and Dad's house. The Cousins had so much fun together. Thank you Shelley for all your help, we really appreciated it!

We Found Rainbow Brite's Baby

Today we thought it would be fun to put a lot of bows in Paisley's hair and we had the perfect onesie for her to wear while we were doing it!!

Nathan

We received approval from CCS today to have Nathan's genetic testing done. So, he and Derrick are at the hospital right now getting his blood drawn. They draw blood on babies just like on adults; in the arm. How do you find a vein in a baby arm? My goodness, poor him.

Hearing loss in infants in 99% of the time caused by a certain gene whose name I cannot remember at the moment. The other 1% of the time there are more extensive reasons for the loss. The test Nathan is having is testing to see if he is positive for that gene. If he is, that is the end of that and we know why he has his loss. If the test is negative, then more testing will be done to see if there is some other genetic reason for his hearing loss.

The hearing aids have been ordered. Hopefully we will be getting a call next week to pick them up.

2 cute things...

1. Mialee wanted to take Nathan on a walk in her baby doll stroller today. They are so funny together.

2. I heard Mialee reading Nathan a book this morning. It went like this.... and there's a duck, be good, go poopoo in the toilet, and don't cry, choose the right, the duck has a coat and shoes, and there is a snowman, the end.

The joys of children.

Its really happening....

We received the majority of James needed mission supplies today via mail. We ordered them from a store online called MissionaryMall.org. They have wonderful missionary supplies and guarantee all the important stuff for the full two years of his mission. We are very pleased with everything, it all fits and looks great.

Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa for making it all possible.

Its coming fasttttttttt!