Johannah's audiology appointment

Took Johannah to the audiologist today, Ellee is due to go back but because of the massive ear wax the Dr. doesn't want to have her hearing checked until the can get an accurate reading, so Johannah was the only one that had an appointment today. She done really good and was really patient with the doctor. After doing several tests on her the audiologist told me that Johannah has a lot of fluid built up on both of her ears and she said it was a cause for concern, so she wanted Johannah seen by her Dr. as soon as possible. So I called the Dr. as soon as I left and he said her wanted her seen tomorrow but not by him because he is not on call. So we are seeing another Dr. in the office, we have seen her once before, and she is really good. She will either prescribe an antibiotic for her or to see Dr. Moore about getting tubes. We will know more tomorrow. I'm not completely opposed to tubes, there are many benefits to tubes, of course there is the release of the fluid, there is also the benefits of speech. On the flip side of that I am worried and will probably freak out if he says she needs tubes, but I want whatever is best for her and whatever will help her. Please pray for her and pray for what will be best for her.

Bible Study *Change of Plans*

Ok so the change of plans were, I had to start a new blog because it wouldn't allow comments under the other page so the new addy is http://comestudythebiblewithus.blogspot.com/
I am going to start an interative Bible Study beginning with Genesis Chapter 1 and going all the way through end of Revelation. If you are interested in following along please comment and leave your name and email address. I will send out your assignments and when we will discuss it. This is going to be more of a go at your own pace, if I feel it is going to fast then I will slow it down. I want everyone to be able to follow along and understand what is going on.

Hope there are many interested in doing this! If you have any questions please feel free to email me at lane1105@gmail.com

Happy Father's Day

Today was a bittersweet Father's Day. This was the first Father's Day without my daddy. It was extremely hard, it has been 5 months since my dad passed away and it doesn't get any easier. What I wouldn't have given to be able to have picked up the phone and wished him a Happy Father's Day, and come in after church and give him a big hug and a kiss, and then eat lunch together. It is those things I miss the most! My Dad was an amazing man and I am so thankful for the time he was in my life! And I get to look forward to seeing him again one day with our Heavenly Father and spending eternity with them!

I am married to a wonderful, Christian man who is a wonderful husband and father. I could not be more blessed with a wonderful father to our children. After getting ready for church this morning the kiddos gave their daddy his Father's Day card. He got his gift yesterday, a new cellphone case lol, we like to give gifts that we can use. We had subway for lunch because Andrew had to work today :( so I dropped him off at work and then came home to clean, but I cooked a big supper and took it to him at work. :) Now to end the night we are playing a game of scrabble and watching cars Yes we are really like to party hehe

Lost one

I have been planning on doing a post for a while and everytime I sit down to write one something else comes up and I get sidetracked and by the time I get done I am ready for bed.
The girls are doing really great. We had neck x-rays done last week and those come out normal Praise God! So they will start gymnastics in August! :) At that Dr.s appt. we also found out that both girls have severely clogged up ears, so I am having to put medicine in their ears and we go back on Monday and the Dr. is going to clean them out again.
Johannah had croup a few weeks ago and Ellee had some type of 24 hour viral bug. They are both well now Praise God!
Umm what else is there...

 The beautiful dresses were made by my friend Denise :)

What a week

Yes this is Sunday and as I was just saying to someone I am not getting the best blogger of the year award because frankly I stink at keeping our blog now lol... As you can tell I survived my first week back at work, but wow was it different. I love my job and being back was like I never left, but then when I got home it was a different world. I didn't waste any time at the end of the day to get home, and I had to of the biggest smiles waiting for me and great big hugs, it can't get any better than that. Then I had to cook, clean, and of course give two little beauties a lot of attention. To say the least at night I fell into bed. I was so exhausted at the end of the week. Then the weekend came and we took the girls to sign them up for gymnastics starting in the Fall. I am so excited and I am sure they will be too. They love to dance, and tumble and flip. They loved the gym to!
Today we didn't go to church, Johannah still has a cough and I want to make sure she is 100% before we get around too many people just so she doesn't get anything else. Oh I forgot to mention over last weekend she started to not feel well, and so on Tuesday we took her to the Dr. because she started coughing really bad on Monday night and she didn't get much sleep, and on Tuesday morning she started throwing up, the Dr. told us she had the croup :( So after the first day of steroids and a humidifier in her room she was feeling a little better, and now she is feeling much better. Tonight we had so much fun! While I was cooking supper we danced in the kitchen to toddler tunes and had so much fun! They love music and love to dance! Their little personalities just shine when they dance and sing! I love it and it is these memories are the memories I want to cherish the most!

Going back to work

I have mixed emotions about going back to work tomorrow. I love my job but leaving Ellee and Johannah is going to be super hard. For the last 2 months we have been inseparable. I haven't left them more than 30 minutes and the longest I left them was for an hour and a half because I had to go to the dentist. But tomorrow it will be all day. It will only be for a couple of weeks, until school is out, and then we get to be home for the Summer together. Of course then they start school and then I will be really sad. What makes it even harder to leave is that both girls are still not feeling great. They are both feeling better but their not 100% so it makes me sad to leave them knowing that they aren't feeling well. I will also miss my snuggle time with each of them in the morning. Normally it is Johannah first because she has an internal alarm clock that goes off at the same time every morning and so we snuggle for a little while and then she gets down and goes and plays. Then Ellee gets up and she comes straight to me and crawls up in my life and she snuggles up really close. Then we start our day. I'm going to stop now before I get really really really sad! 

It is hard to believe that we will be home 2 months tomorrow too. It has been like they have always been here. I mean I remember my days in U but they are becoming a distant memory, not one that I will ever forget, but one that I will probably only remember and talk about when people ask. 

I am going to end my blog post with some prayer requests tonight: My wonderful friend Amber's baby girl, with Down Syndrome, is back in the hospital tonight. They can't stop her vomiting. Please pray for comfort and answers. My friend Sonda had a beautiful baby boy a couple of days ago and he passed away this morning. Pray for comfort for this family. My friend Jennifer's grandfather is in the hospital. Please pray for him and their family during the days to recovery. Pray for our Nation, pray for our world leaders, pray for our local leaders, Pray for our Military who fight so hard so you and I can be free and we are free to pray because of them, Pray that God's will be done in all of our lives!  

Warrior 5/5/5

In many countries and particularly in the country of my sweet Andrey S which you can see here, at the age of 4 many of the children born with any type of special needs are sent to an ADULT mental institution where the statistics show they die within the first year. I can not even imagine this but we know the all too realness of this situation when our own Ellee was looking at being sent to an adult mental institution if we didn't get to her fast enough. We were blessed enough to get to her in time and she never had to see the inside of one but many children don't get that. Many beautiful children are sent to a mental institution and their spirits are broke, they don't get enough food, they are left in baby beds all day where they get little to no interaction from others. If you are reading this and thinking what can I do. We first you can pray! Pray that these children find homes and loving families. Then you can donate many times the reason people don't adopt is because of the cost. And last but certaintly not least you can look into adoption yourself. Children are a heritage of the Lord and every child deserves a family!!! If you would like to learn more about adoption or make a donation go here!