Four Kids Together

We took our kids to see Peyton today. They haven't been able to see her so they were pretty excited. The nurses had just fed her and got her to sleep so we tried to keep her asleep. I wanted to hold her so bad but I knew we couldn't stay long so I just let her rest. It is definitely hard to leave the hospital. Matt and I are going back to nightand I intend to hold her for a long time. I can't wait to have her home. The doctors still say she can come home Friday afternoon. They are running some tests on her today in hopes of finding what caused her heart to not work. They said they only find out 50% of the time. I am just glad she is doing so well. Oh, I forgot to mention she was 6 lbs 13 oz and 19 inches long.

Firsts

Peyton's first feeding.

Matt's first time holding her.

Peyton Marilyn is here!

Peyton was born early in the morning on Sept. 12 and was off to a rocky start. The left side of her heart wasn't pumping and so no oxygen was getting pumped to her body and fluid started backing up in her lungs. She was not doing well and so they transferred her to a bigger hospital. She has been improving rapidly thanks to prayers and modern medicine. The doctors have been astonished and how quickly she is improving.

MaKyra is back in school. She started yesterday and has been so excited. I have enjoyed our summer but am really looking forward to being back into a routine schedule. Gabe and Matt will both be back in school soon. Add dance for the kids and a (soon to be) baby and we have our hands full.

Our Busy Summer

We have had such a great summer and have been really busy. We have hardly been home between spending a lot of time with family and traveling.

Ducks and Fish

We took the kids and cousins to feed ducks. They loved it. The only down fall is that it doesn't matter how much bread you bring, you always run out a lot faster than you expect.

Gabe loved chasing the ducks and talking to them in "duck language."

I thought this little family of ducks was so cute. We all loved watching the babies.

After about falling in the pond several times, we decided Parker would do better in the stroller.

The kids loved looking for fish. The pond has big goldfish that are easy to watch under the water. They tried "making" a fishing pole. I don't think they caught any fish with it.

Parker's Party

Parker's birthday was a lot of fun. We had a cousin party at our local spray park. Everyone really enjoyed themselves. Gabe was especially excited about Parker's new dump truck, but wasn't as excited about sharing it with Parker.

Happy Birthday Parker!

Parker turned 2 on July 5th! I can't believe two years have passed since he was born. Time flies. Parker is such a great little boy. He is always happy and just has a great personality. We are so blessed to have him in our lives. We love you, Parker.

4th of July

We love the 4th of July! Fishing ponds, bounce houses, racing and fireworks. The whole day was just relaxing and nice. I love starting off the 4th with flag raising. It brings so much respect and patriotism to the day. The kids love the foot races. They all did so well. My camera batteries died as Gabe was getting ready to race so I only got the picture of Parker. Parker won his race. Granted, he raced with the 1 year olds when he turned 2 the following day. I think he will do great things with his money prize of 75 cents.