"Solids" and Some Company

(July 13, 2007)
Sawyer has started to eat "solid food". It really isn't very solid at all and so far he is NOT a fan. You would think that at 20 lbs and 28" he would be a great solid food eater but so far he's pretty sure that it is quite gross.












(July 15-21, 2007)
Cory's parents came to hang out with us for a week. It was a lot of fun. They brought their new dog, Jovie, and she was a big hit. Too bad that it rained all week. We found somep fun inside things to do though!

July Pictures

(July 11, 2007)
Sawyer's fine motor skills are really developing. It is fun to watch him learning to play.























(July 13, 2007)
The boys couldn't wait for me to help them with the watermelon, so they helped themselves! Mmmmmmmmm. . . .

And So Begins The Harvest!

Here I am, sitting at my parent's computer, crying. For two reasons.



One, Dad and Mom are at Nate Towes' funeral right now and I have been thinking and praying a lot for Rosanna and the rest of the family. I can't imagine their pain. But in their family's pain there has been a gift to our family. . .


. . . as the boys and I were making a fruit salad for his family to have at supper time an amazing thing happened. They wanted to know why we were making this salad. I explained that there was a man who was in a car accident and he died, this has left his family here on earth very sad because they miss him. I explained that making the salad was a simple way to show them His love. They decided then that it really wasn't a fruit salad but a love salad! So as we were cutting fruit and adding lots of love to the salad I got to tell them about how Nate loved Jesus and lived his life the way the Jesus asked him to. I got to tell them that he is in heaven singing with the angels. They both told me that they want to live the way that Nate did and the way that Jesus wants them to and we prayed together to tell Jesus that!!! AMAZING!!! I never go to meet Nate but I have heard wonderful wonderful stories about him. It is my prayer that my boys will grow up to be men of God, as Nate so obviously was.

He set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Psalm 40:2-3

Praise the Lord!

Sawyer has been doing really well! He is completely off of pain killers now and is generally back to his happy, carefree self!!! He is also beginning to sleep better which is very encouraging for me. Thanks everyone for your prayers. I am so thankfull that we are now on this side of the operation and that he is healing well!!!


Sawyer is very enamoured with his hands. He can spend a lot of time examining every different angle of them.













I have added a link on the blogs that I read. The link is for Andrew, Marie and Josiah Haak. Andrew and I went to the same church as children and a couple of months ago my sister sent me the link for their blog. They have a baby just two weeks younger than Sawyer who hasn't left Children's Hospital since he was born. They have lots of prayer support but more can't hurt. . . I had the opportunity to meet Marie and Josiah while I was waiting for Sawyer's surgery to be finished. She really inspired me. Thanks for adding them to your prayers too!!!

Before and 1-week After

?? Sleep ???

Sawyer seems to be healing well. Thankyou for your prayers for him. He has had trouble sleeping since his surgery though. Day and night it he has difficulty falling asleep as well as staying asleep. Last night he was basically up from 1:30am to 5am! If you could add this to your prayers it'd be greatly appreciated. I think that it would help him to feel better (and me too!)