Look who's....

...riding a TWO wheel bike...

Daddy took him out 2 times and today he just took off...turning and braking and all!! "I" is very excited to be the youngest amongst our kiddos to learn how to ride a 2-wheel bike. He is a crack up...just look at his huge smile. GO BABY, GO!!! We are so proud of you!

Praising our Lord!

We just received good news...the test results from P's CT scan and cancer blood tests all came back NORMAL. Woohoo...talk about a sigh of relief. Thank you, Lord, for protecting my honey!

Now, we wait for his 2nd scope in a few weeks (tentatively set for Feb. 19th but may be sooner). She will biopsy the area the large polyp was found. Please continue to pray that there is no cancer in the wall/lining & that everything comes back normal.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR LOVE AND PRAYERS!!

{{{HUGS}}}

"I wub him mama"

I think I'll let the pictures tell the story :)

"He wub's me mama."

"touch it, mama?"

This was her copying mama...I was FREAKIN' out big time!!

"I kiss him mama, I wub him mama!!"

"He's cute!"

"Here sissy, howd him."

After we disposed of the poor creature, daddy asked, "Where did your bug go?" S replied ever-so calmly, "At church."

Small update...

Here's an update :)

~not much on the job front, yet

~We met with the GI dr. on Wednesday and I was a little surprised by that visit. She said the findings were definitely worrisome. She did say that the larger polyp had NO cancer cells in it (which really surprised her) but that it was not a matter of IF but a matter of WHEN that it would have turned into cancer. It was the in last stage before it would have turn to cancer.

She originally told us that she wanted to check that area in 3 months to make sure it had healed properly but because of her findings, she didn't want to wait any more than 6 weeks after his first colonscopy. She wants to biopsy the entire area for more cancer cells. She ordered cancer blood tests (he did those thurs.) and a CT scan of his abdomen and pelvic area (did that fri.). She doesn't expect to find anything but she wants to be thorough.

The thing that bothered me the most was when Paul confirmed the size of the polyp (4cm) she kept saying, "Yes, it was very, very large." Paul asked how long she thought it had been growing (mind you, we had been told many years by a different doctor) and she said months NOT years :( Sooooo....that's what's been going on :)

I WILL be posting a much lighter post soon...something to do with a little blond-haired, blue-eyed girl and a cricket...hehehe....

Update soon...

Hey guys...I will update soon :) Hopefully tonight....we are in the middle of more tests....

Too precious...

You guys are too precious! Truly...we are so BLESSED by each of your prayers! God is completely faithful and we trust in His perfect plan for our lives. He is hearing and answering the prayers for peace.

We met with our family dr. on Tuesday. He, along with all the other medical professionals God has brought in our paths this week, are blown away by two things....1. He's so young for this, 2. It was an absolute miracle that this was found. Isn't it cool that we have a God of miracles!!

P and I feel heavy hearted that God has allowed this for many reasons but one being that someone we know needs to have a colonoscopy...someone who has been putting this off. We have no idea who that person is. Please...if you or someone you know has been avoiding this test...GO GET IT DONE!!! P's experience was great...honestly, he didn't even cringe at the thought of having to do this again in a year. Don't wait!!!!

P has been networking and sending his resume out so prayerfully we will hear something soon. Please continue to pray for God's wisdom and provision.

Love you guys {{{{HUGS}}}}

How could we not trust God ... Look at these miracles ... each of them have an AMAZING, AMAZING God story ... stories that remind us that:

Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

Yahoo...HE'S got our future all figured out...I have NOTHING to worry about!!!

Update and prayers still needed

I was trying to decide if I should give you the short version or the long version. If I give you the short version then you will miss what God is doing. How about I give you both....

Short Version:
~P's biopsy results: it was precancerous but they are reassuring us that they got all of it
~More unexpected news: 30mins. before the drs. call, P called to tell me that he was just laid-off :( ~his company has been struggling since the real estate market dove~

Long Story (you have to read this ;) :
This is an email I sent a friend the other day regarding P's testing:
My precious hubby went to the hospital for a colonoscopy this morning. He's been having some intenstional discomfort so the GI specialist wanted to check and see what's going on.

My heart skipped a beat when the doctor said, "Oh good, I was waiting for you...I need both of you to hear my findings..." (I'm thinking 'WHAT FINDINGS...he's only 35...there can't be any FINDINGS'. She went on to show us pictures of P's scope (pretty fascinating, btw). They did find the beginnings of diverticulosis (not a surprise) but she also found 2 polyps...one being "very large". She was very shocked by this and said if they had not found it, it would have for sure developed into cancer. As it is, she said it may have already sooooo now we wait for the biopsy results...they will be in within the week.

Several times she would say that we were "lucky" and "what a coincidence" that he was having intestinal pain. If he had not had that discomfort, they would have never found the polyps & there wouldn't have been a need to do the colonoscopy.. She kept saying he was way too young to even be having this test and was so surprised by all of this.

I soooo desperately wanted to say it wasn't "luck" or "coincidence". I wanted to share with her that it was ALL our Lord. Unfortunately, I didn't want to de-rail her report...I wanted to hear everything she had to say. So, she will be hearing all about our God at our next appt. ;)

Today's update...I called the GI drs. office and they said the soonest appt. they had was in 2 weeks. I calmly said, "2 weeks...you've got to be kidding. Dr. B just told us on Friday that my 35yr. old husband possibly has cancer and she's never seen anything like this on someone so young and you're saying she can't see us for 2 weeks?" Needless to say I was very grumpy about this. I decided to call our wonderful family physician. His office had just received the report with biopsy results. They called me back within 30mins. to confirm that the polyps were indeed precancerous but they are confident it was all removed. We hope to meet with him tomorrow and ask a zillion questions. So, this is still all unfolding!

Now P's job: It's a long story and I won't bore you with the details. P works/worked for a company that heavily relies on the real estate market for business. Since the market has dive-bombed, so has their business. 2008 has been a hard year for many at the company....lots and lots of lay-offs. We knew it was a matter of time since they recently filed bankruptcy but we thought we had a little bit longer. A few days before Christmas we were told he would be taking a 36% pay-cut (YES, 36%). That was a little hard to swallow but hey, at least he still had a job. Well, that bombshell was dropped today...no job effective immediately.

How are we doing? We are still processing all of this but we do have peace. God is our provider and He has a beautiful plan. He has been so faithful to guide and protect us and He's not going to stop now. We have complete trust that His plans are much greater than we can even know and we are kind of excited to see what He's going to do.

Prayer Requests: Continued peace, complete healing, new job ;), God led guidance and wisdom

***Thank you so much for your precious prayers and comments letting us know you are praying. It brings great joy to our hearts! I am often amazed at how our little blogs and yahoo groups can unite families from all over the world and beautiful friendship form. Soooo COOL! {{{HUGS}}}

Calling all Prayer Warriors!

My precious hubby had an outpatient hospital procedure this morning & the 'findings' were not what we expected. Please pray for peace and wisdom as we await test results. We should have results within 7 days.

Thank you so much!! {{HUGS}}

"LOOK! WE'RE FEELING BETTER"

THANK YOU FOR PRAYING FOR OUR FAMILY!! Your precious comments of prayer has blessed me so much!!

Not on the mend..yet..

I sure thought we had kicked all this yuck but we've been given MORE antibiotics. Baby S was getting symptoms of SF again and Baby C's amoxicillin rash was not going away. Sooooo, back to the drs....

~Baby S has a really bad sinus infection (still don't know how that happened since she just finished antibiotics for her SF) sooo, oral and eye antibiotics
~Apparently baby C had been fighting something viral so some topical medication for her :(

All in all, we are doing well...this mama is ready for her happy babies to be back, that's for sure!