29 and Holding

Thanking the Lord for Ten Thousand Seven Hundred Twenty-One and 1/2 days He has given me, now 29 doesn't sound so bad...My heart is so heavy...I'm not asking the Lord I'm begging Him, Not requesting but imploring that my sweet baby is gonna be better after this up-coming surgery and no more...That's all I need...

Jaden's Brain Surgery has been scheduled...

Got the call that we have been praying about tonight...James and I will meet with Jaden's NeuroSurgeon this Wed Oct 28 and his brain surgery is scheduled for Fri Oct 30 he will be getting another shunt called Cyst Peritoneal Shunt IMRI we will know more when we meet with them Wed..Please Pray this will be surgery #15....

~Pumpkin Patch / Pumpkin Carving Night~

We braved the chilly weather and headed out to the Pumpkin Patch...Nate wanted to tag along to get a pumpkin since Shelby Ann had already went and got hers...We picked out the perfect one's to carve and went home to do just that....James loves to carve pumpkins each year and Shelby and Nate was so excited to get to help do theirs.....After drinking our Pumpkin Spice Lattes we got started. Despite the mess we sure did have a great night hanging out in the garage.....

~Pumpkin Patch 2009~

Uncle Nate holding Jaden

That same night had to come home and carve out our Pumpkins...Shelby and Nate was so excited...They especially loved cleaning out the pumpkin....We had pumpkin slime and seeds everywhere but it was all worth the fun....

They picked which face they wanted to carve and then they got busy....

Nate chose the spider web with a Ghost...Which needless to say it was the hardest one out of all the faces to carve...but James didn't mind because he loves carving pumpkins...

Shelby chose the Happy Face the same one that Jaden picked.....Uncle James and Shelby working on hers....

This one's Shelby's

Shelby and Nate's lit up....

The Proud Pumpkin Carvers...

Nate's turned out really great...He already has his face picked out for next years Pumpkin...

After they carved them out we shinned them up with some clear spray paint...It also helps to make the pumpkin last longer before having to toss it out....

Our Lil Pumpkin.....This one's Jaden's....His daddy did a great job carving it out for him....

It looks so good lit up at night on our front porch.

First Frost of the Year

Frost By: Valerie Bloom

Overnight, a giant spilt icing sugar on the ground,

He spilt it in the hedge rows, and the trees without a sound,

He made a wedding-cake of the haystack in the field,

He dredged the countryside and the grass was all concealed,

He sprinkled sugar on the roofs, in patches not too neat,

And in the morning when we woke, the world around was sweet.

Had to capture the beauty of our First Frost...These Pictures were taken behind our house on Sunday October 18th, 2009

Saying Goodbye is always so hard....

Michelle and Granny

Aunt Marie and Michelle

Jaden playing Pat-A-Cake with Aunt Marie

Jimbo and Granny

This kiss sure surprised her....

James and Granny

Granny sure loved this little kiss...

This was our Photo Shoot with Granny and Aunt Marie before they left to go back home to Texas....Our hearts was so sad because we hated to say Goodbye not knowing if this would be our last time to ever get to see Granny again....You just never know...We had a great time with them during their stay and we are already longing for our next visit together...Hoping to be able to come to Texas for our next visit....These pictures are priceless....

Still Waiting....

Was hoping to hear from Jaden's Brain Surgeon today but never got the call...Maybe on Monday we will know and be able to have so many of our questions answered....Thank you for all the prayers....That's the only thing we can do........This is such a Mighty Storm that seems there's no end in sight.....please, please, remember to pray....

Please help us pray......

Got some bad news today, Jaden's MRI showed that the brain cyst they drained back in June has never drained and is still compressing his spinal cord... The doctor has to review the MRI with another team of surgeons and figure out a plan...It's so serious because lack of blood flow to his legs could possibly paralyze him, this will be his 9th Brain Surgery and James and I are at a loss and so scared....he has been through enough...Please remember to pray for our baby......

My little Boy Scout.....

Here comes the Boy Scouts walking in the Parade for Lincoln Days 2009. Nate was so excited to get to wear his new uniform and walk with all his little Boy Scout Friends.....

looking for us in the crowd cheering him on........

Proud Little Boy Scout....

Sporting off that new Uniform....

Showing us his new badges....

Troop # 151.......

Mr. Lincoln and Little Abe

Saturday was our Annual Lincoln Days Festival.... Since our hometown is the same hometown Mr. Lincoln was born and raised Hodgenville has a big celebration honoring the great President of all time....They have Lincoln Look-a-Likes from all over the world come and take part in the Look-A-Like contest...After the parade one of them came walking right next to us...I wanted so badly a picture of Jaden with him, so I asked "Mr. Lincoln would you be so kind to take a picture with my baby", and to my surprise he reached right out took Jaden from my arms. I was just wanting him to pose beside us, but he wanted to hold him. Jaden didn't mind Mr. Lincoln at all... This is what we captured...Jaden loved Mr. Lincoln's top hat...he definitely was trying to figure out who this man was....

Lincoln days 2009