LeAnne came home after two days away around 1:00 yesterday.  She was perfectly fine until around 7:30 when we ate dinner.  She started feeling sick to her stomach, nauseous, and in pain.  She started actually losing fluids from both ends around 8 or 9 and it just kept happening.  When the contractions set in at about 11:00, she asked to go to the hospital. We … Continue reading ER TRIP #2

I just want to take a moment to tell the world how proud I am of this girl. She turned 21 yesterday and she didn’t have a thing to drink. I know she wanted to…but she was good and I’m so proud of her for thinking of this sweet baby first. She knows there are days for those things in her future and is making … Continue reading You’s a Big Girl NOWWWW!

We had a hospital scare last week. LeAnne started having contractions (really strong ones, half an hour apart). She had around four of them so we took her in just to be checked out.   Several hours later they sent us back saying that they think it was a urinary tract infection. We never really received official word back that it was, but there were … Continue reading ER Trip #1

I don’t believe in luck.   I think that things happen (good and bad) due to circumstance and to blessing. The story of how our family came to be is no exception. Some have said we were “lucky”. I usually say to them, “you don’t know the entire story”.   We have had our fair share of failures, struggles, pain, and catastrophe. But we have … Continue reading Luck, Schmuck.

“We came together as strangers but we leave as eternal friends.” This was my graduation motto way back in 1993. That’s right, 22 years ago in May (for those of you doing the math, yes, that makes me almost 40).  At the time, the most significant people in my life were my family and my classmates. As cliché as it may sound, most of the … Continue reading Eternal Family ❤

LeAnne has been here with us for a week officially tomorrow. The first two days were an adjustment for everyone, as expected.   Don’t get me wrong; there wasn’t any drama—just everyone settling in and some uneasiness at first. As of day three, it was lovely. We truly love having her here and when we say she is family to us, we mean it. We … Continue reading Update – Week One!