tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64530764903551688992012-02-16T19:20:57.170-05:00This blog chronicles the everyday (and not-so-everyday) adventures and experiences of our family.FitzClanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06386177401840580509noreply@blogger.comBlogger1431100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453076490355168899.post-17691167622249940922008-11-15T16:36:00.002-05:002008-11-16T06:06:32.510-05:00

Tait Edward Zimmerman, Jr. Early, but healthy, Little Tait was born on November 6, 2008, at 3:29 pm, delivered by emergency C-section. At just 27 weeks along, he needed (and still needs!) all of the prayers he so lovingly received from all of our faithful family and friends. Thankfully, he has been breathing on his own from the beginning, and hasn't needed a respirator, which is apparently very

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...To a midwifery near us....Picture is from August 30, 2008ETA: February 4, 2009

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Well, it's not even supposed to get up to 50 degrees here in the 10-day forecast, and there are a few lows in the 30's! It's 45 degrees out now, at 3 in the afternoon. Just about all of the leaves have turned, and the woods and driveway are paved with fallen ones. Somehow, 40 and 50 degrees here doesn't seem quite as cold as it did back home; I think I'm becoming slightly used to this cooler

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Well, it's not even supposed to get up to 50 degrees here in the 10-day forecast, and there are a few lows in the 30's! It's 45 degrees out now, at 3 in the afternoon. Just about all of the leaves have turned, and the woods and driveway are paved with fallen ones. Somehow, 40 and 50 degrees here doesn't seem quite as cold as it did back home; I think I'm becoming slightly used to this cooler

Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18272296542746073361noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453076490355168899.post-10348718482439944322008-06-07T21:34:00.002-04:002008-06-07T21:49:54.961-04:00

Hello everyone!!! Lauren here.We had a beautifully wonderful honeymoon in Prince Edward Island, Canada, and are now enjoying life together in Alaska! I'll have to say that married life is even better than I thought it would be (and I had some pretty high expectations), and that I am married to the best young man on the face of the earth. Our relationship has grown closer each day, and we're

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www.TaitandLauren.com

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Leslie, Mom, and I had the greatest fun watching the eclipse the other night. (Actually, I watched it and ran inside every few minutes excitedly calling them out to see the latest developments.) I enjoyed so much taking pictures throughout most of the second half. Unfortunately, for awhile, I couldn't figure out exactly what setting to put my camera (a Nikon D40) on to get a good picture.

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We were reading tonight in "The Case for Christ," by Lee Strobel. It was Shannon's turn to read. The "credentials" of one of the men was outlined, and mentioned that he had graduated "summa cum laude."Shannon stopped, looked twice: "Wait a second. Isn't that a kind of coffee?""No darling. You're thinking of a cafe latte."*smile** * * * *I'll be putting up wedding website information soon!

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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM AST TUESDAY. INCREASING NORTH WINDS COMBINING WITH BELOW ZERO AIR TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL READINGS OF 30 TO 45 BELOW ZERO THROUGH CHANNELED TERRAIN. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD

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Yesterday was Katelyn Grace's birthday. Leslie and I [Lauren, of course] threw a big party for her! Normally, she gets very upset when she's around a lot of people and commotion, but she did surprisingly well yesterday! She is now sitting up very well, and we can't put her down without her immediately rolling over and pushing herself up. She looks so proud sitting so nice and tall!We had a

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...until our wedding on May 3! This is the first time our countdown has been fewer than triple digits! :D Yes, I have it all figured out to the second: 99 days, 16 hours, 55 minutes, and 36 seconds!I'm working on getting our wedding website finished, and will let ya'll know when that is all done!

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...To our blog!!!Yes, we started this blog exactly one year ago!What a busy, action-packed, life-changing year it's been!Click here to read our first main post.For our birthday, let us know who you are! Please leave a comment and let us know how you came across our blog, why you enjoy it, what topics you would like to hear more about, and all sorts of information like that. We love to hear from

Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18272296542746073361noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453076490355168899.post-56503827893904502362008-01-10T23:31:00.000-05:002008-01-10T23:36:14.095-05:00

This is an absolutely hilarious short video about a "homeschool family." So cute!* * * * *http://www.timhawkins.net/video/homeschool.swf* * * * *

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Her favorite pastime: watching the ceiling fan go round and round"I'm so sweet!"

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vv A lovely ______ for our lovely MomYes, we're still preparing for Christmas. We'll welcome Mom, Leslie, and Katelyn Grace home tomorrow night, and have our Christmas on New Year's. Slightly different from normal for us, but hey! we get to look forward to Christmas for a whole week more!One of my favorite Christmas activities is wrapping presents. It's enjoyable, relaxing, festive, mysterious

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A very Merry Christmas from our family to yours!Downtown at Christmastime

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Two weeks ago, Mom and Dad and Dr. Thiel (the doctor we're working with in California) decided that Dr. Thiel needed to see Katelyn Grace as soon as possible. One week ago, Mom and Leslie left with the baby for California. They were gone for Mom and Dad's 25th wedding anniversary on the 18th, and will be gone for Christmas as well. Hopefully they will come home around the 28th or so. It will

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Anchorage, AK - My home come MayCurrently:Fair -3°F Feels Like-19°F Updated: Dec 20 09:53 a.m. Alaska STToday Tonight PM Snow Showers High7°FPrecip50% Wind: NNE 6 mph

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[Edit: Please leave comments with a word of encouragement for Mom, and let us know you're praying. Ya'll's comments really do encourage her so much!]I just have time for a quick update. Katelyn Grace is now over 10 months old, and has grown into quite the chunky baby (I'll post pictures below). We are still desperately praying for answers and guidance.Katelyn Grace's seizures have gotten worse.

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"If you are traveling to Bangladesh, you must apply for three passports. If your mother's maiden name was Smith, you must drive at least 100 miles to a passport acceptance facility. If you do not have a birth certificate that includes a picture of your umbilical cord, you must bring your first tooth, the book you are currently reading, a distant relative, and the instruction manual for your

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See ... Tait wanted to propose in Alaska, but pick a ring out in South Carolina. So, guess what ... he proposed in Alaska, and we got a ring the first time he came to visit, just two weeks ago. Esther has been begging for pictures, so here they are.I got two proposals! My answer to the second one was even more wholehearted and enthusiastic than my response to the first. (Partly because I

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Tait will be arriving at our airport in exactly eighteen hours and fifty-four minutes!!! Oh, excitement!

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Today, Katelyn Grace was the happiest she has been in months. What a blessing! The osteopathic treatments really seem to help her more than anything else, and we're also following suggestions given to us by a nutritionist. We believe we're starting to find the answers we need for our little baby! Pray that this relief - for both her and the rest of her family - lasts!* * * * *Edit: We got

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The original plan was to stay with my aunt Sharon here in northern San Diego while we were here for osteopathic appointments for Katelyn Grace. But I'm writing this from a hotel lobby in the same city. If you've been watching the news at all, you can probably guess why. My last post mentioned that we could see and smell the smoke from the Southern California fires. Before we went to bed, we

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I can look out the window here at my aunt's house and see the smoky glare from the Southern California fires. Even though the closest fire is - as far as we know- about thirty miles away, we can still smell the smoke, and our eyes sting and water. Everything is extremely hazy, and this afternoon we couldn't see the nearby hills behind Aunt Sharon's house. The sun was a blazing red behind the

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Hello!Here are a few everyday pictures from the last few weeks. SistersPlease excuse the sunburn! : )Lunch break in the middle of some wedding shopping with Aunt DottiePop and babyReady for a walk - or stroller ride - in the frigid 61-degree weather :DWhat a little angel!This is just a very "Leslie" picture!It was cool enough to eat dinner out on the porch the other night! Outdoor dinners are

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Yesterday, Tait started work on our new home! It's on a one-acre lot just a mile down the road from his parents' house - plus a half-mile driveway. : ) It is surrounded by several big parcels of land, so there's not much chance of someone building right smack dab next door to us. There is an old, rundown house on the property already. He's planning on tearing that house down most of the way,

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Hello!Two months after we returned from Alaska, I'm finally sitting down and sharing a glimpse of the beauty and splendor with all of you. Over the next few weeks, I'll be posting pictures and notes of all sorts of experiences, from a fishing trip in the middle of nowhere, to the proposal in ... well, that was in the middle of nowhere, too.My pictures are mostly of places, but I did manage to

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Isn't that just the cutest bib? (Yes, I'm slightly partial to anything having to do with Alaska!)We recently started feeding her "solid" (I'm using that term loosely) food! What a big girl she's getting to be! Eight months old on October 2!She is still having seizures, although they are only happening once or twice a day. Please keep praying!

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Katelyn Grace was seizure-free today for the first time in well over a month!To give you an idea of what an improvement this is, her worse day was last Wednesday, the 5th. She had seizures at 2:20am, 4:20am, 6:20am, 8:20am, and then randomly throughout the rest of the day, making a total of about seven or eight.The ImprovementWe saw an osteopath in Atlanta later that day, and things have gotten

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I wish I had time to go into both the long and short of everything now, but the short of it all will have to do for the present. After having an EEG (electroencephalogram) a couple of weeks ago, Katelyn Grace was diagnosed with partial seizure disorder, and is having seizures several times a day. We have several very specific prayer requests: 1.  That the Lord would completely take away Katelyn

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Important bit of news: Alaska is absolutely, positively beautiful!More important bit of news: We had a wonderful, productive visit with the Zimmerman family.Most important bit of news: Tait and I are engaged!We look forward to a life together spent serving the Lord and giving Him the glory for all of the the miraculous ways He has worked.There are a few old, familiar hymns that particularly stand

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Patience, my dear readers, patience. A new post will be up shortly, as time allows.Cordially,Lauren: )

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'Tis rather warm here. The heat index is supposed to be 115 degrees today.

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Hold on ... just as soon as I sort through my 1400 pictures.... We're back. Things are busy. I'll update with plenty of breathtaking pictures and some bits of news too - some bits more important than others....Love to all,Lauren

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A couple of summers ago, while my sisters and I were students at the Amati Music Festival in Hunter, NY, we met an elderly gentleman who faithfully attended all of the concerts. Upon our return home, Mr. Sophocles wrote our parents a very nice letter commending them on our upbringing. This was the first of a great many letters written back and forth between one member of our family or another

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Well, Mom, Dad, and I will be arriving in Anchorage, Alaska, to visit the Zimmermans in just twelve days. It's hard to believe how quickly the time has flown! We (especially I) are so excited to finally see Alaska!In an effort to see a small window of that other world, I've been doing some "googling" and wanted to share some of the completely awesome, amazing, and perfectly breathtaking sights

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I know. What an uncreative title. But hey, at least it tells you exactly what this post's about! : )Meeting Katelyn Grace for the first timeLeslie and Ashley meeting for the first timeThank you to Esther and Phil (her camera) for most of these wonderful pictures! All the ones that look too good to be taken by my little point-and-shoot camera are from her. : )The day after the Zimmermans arrived,

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"Who would've thought, before eating chicken was invented, that eating chicken skin would be so good with Montreal Chicken Seasoning?"~ShannonSounds like it would make a good Montreal Chicken Seasoning commercial! : )

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[Deep breath] So ...... the Zimmerman's visit went well. Leslie and I had the greatest time going to American Vision's Worldview Superconference with their lovely family. We also celebrated Leslie's, Shannon's, and Mom's birthdays and had a baby dedication. At the end of their visit, Leslie and I were off to Jamestown with the Shepherd family as "mother's helpers" for Vision Forum's

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I know ya'll are probably dying for an update (or maybe I'm just flattering myself), but things have been so busy! I promise that I'll do my best to possibly maybe get an update up tomorrow.Ya'll have a good day now, y' hear?~Lauren

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I won't have too much of a chance to get more pictures and updates on the blog over the next week or so. Leslie and I are off to Jamestown tomorrow to help a lovely family with their nine children during Vision Forum's Jamestown Quadricentennial. Me and EstherMe, Ashley, and Shannon

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EstherMrs. ZimmermanThanks so much to Esther for the pictures! They're beautiful!

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For some reason, comments were disabled for the Courtship post. They should work now, so....

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Lauren, Ashley, Mr. Zimmerman, Leslie, Tait, Mrs. Zimmerman(Esther took the picture.)

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A certain young man has been hanging around here of late. His presence is especially surprising given the fact that the young man hails from the faraway state of Alaska. However, he claims to have a special motivation for these regular visits to the heart of the South.My story begins last May, when our family had the privilege of providing music for American Vision's First Annual Worldview

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Hello everyone! I apologize for not posting an update in so long, but things have been busy. (Aren't they always?)It is so nice to have Mom back, and we're just loving having Katelyn Grace to hold and cuddle again!I'm going to take you through a whirlwind visual tour of everything that has been going on here lately. Here goes!Obviously, most of my pictures are going to be of Katelyn Grace. :

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We are so excited! Mom is coming home tomorrow! Just think! Tomorrow!Dad and Shannon left this morning to meet her at the airport in Atlanta. Katelyn Grace has an appointment in Atlanta tomorrow morning, so they're staying there for the night. After the appointment ... it's homeward bound at last!We can't wait to see how much our little baby has grown, although it will be a slightly

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Hello everyone! I just wanted to share an encouraging e-mail that we got from Mom today. We are so thankful that great things have come of her extended absence in California! We'll be updating more on Katelyn Grace's progress and the decisions that are being made.(Sorry the whole link won't show up; it's too long.)http://homeopathy-homeopathics-remedies.naturalhealthdoc.net/

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Mom and Katelyn Grace will be home in exactly one week! Although Mom is flying into Atlanta on the 15th, she will be staying there one more day to see a doctor for Katelyn Grace. Dad and Shannon are going to meet her on the 15th, and will take her to the Wednesday morning appointment. Then ... HOME!

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Katelyn Grace is 3 months old today! She's already lived a quarter of a year. Our baby is growing up oh! so fast. In honor of her birthday, I wanted to share some of the progress (therapy-related and otherwise) she's made since leaving home three weeks ago.1. The day before she and Mom flew to San Diego, she smiled for the first time! Shannon and Mom were the only ones privileged enough to

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One of the things I have really missed this spring is all of the nice flowers Mom always plants around. Yes, we have a few perennial plants that are blooming beautifully, but it's not the same as normal. Because of taking care of the baby, being out of town, and all of that busy-ness, Mom hasn't had a chance to work in the yard very much at all.So, we planted flowers today! It was a beautiful

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This is what happens when:1. you allow your at-times-rather-mischievous mother to feed you chocolate tofu pudding2. you are comparatively helpless, with your hands full of Katelyn Grace3. and you have two younger sisters who dive for the camera as soon as they see that their older sister's dignity has been significantly - but, thankfully, only temporarily - damaged... although, since I'm

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I've had a terrible wave of Missing-Katelyn-Grace-ness come over me the last few days. To think that she's all the way out in San Diego just smiling all of her adorable first smiles, and I'm not there to see it. It's almost enough to make me want to FedEx myself out there.In honor of Katelyn Grace's two-month-three-week-and-one-day birthday, I decided to put up some of my favorite pictures of

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Please read the first comment to "Heartbreak and Blessing." Again, you will be blessed. Thank you, Michelle!

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We are so thankful to Dad for everything he does to enable Mom to homeschool all of us. I know it's not always easy. For the past few days, the four of us (me, Leslie, Austin, and Shannon) have been racking our brains to think of what we could do for Dad.Yesterday, Dad received a mysterious phone call from me, in which I asked if he wouldn't mind giving us his Friday evening from 6:30 on. The

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... where people think little of alligators sunning themselves within feet of bike paths.

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The following was originally posted on my blog, More Precious Than Rubies.* * * * *Jessica Weatherford lies small and helpless on the opertating table, staring at a blue surgical sheet hanging inches from her face.It blocks her view of the Caesarean operation on the other side, as a doctor delicately reaches for her baby.A baby Jessica's been waiting for.A baby she prays will live long enough to

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We miss our precious little baby!

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Our dog likes leftover mustard greens.

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Rapid changes continue to occur around here, and the busy-ness has not let up in the least!Leslie, Mom, Shannon, and I are going to Atlanta on Wednesday for a therapy appointment for Katelyn Grace. From there, on Thursday morning, Mom is flying out to San Diego. She will be gone a whole month, living with my aunt Sharon, getting periodic treatments done for Katelyn Grace. This treatment is

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I'm afraid that my sabbatical from the blog ended up being slightly longer than I had intended: a whole two weeks! I recovered from the flu after about three days since by the time I got sick we had learned exactly what to do to get rid of this horrible bug; Shannon still had fevers off-and-on until just last Thursday, two weeks after coming becoming sick.Mom came home from Grandma's last Friday

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The epidemic is complete. I discovered (by finding out I had over a 100 degree fever) that I had the flu this morning, but I think I've been sick for at least a day or two already. The implications of this new development are widespread, and include - but are not limited to - the following:1. Mom and Katelyn Grace will have to stay out at my grandparents' house for probably at least another 4

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Here we thought that everyone was over the flu, and come to find out that both Shannon and Dad have fevers again tonight. Dad said that he feels worse now than when he was in the middle of the flu. Shannon seems just as chipper as ever, though.We have been sick for 10 days now, and were so much looking forward to Mom's and Katelyn Grace's return tomorrow. Now it looks like that is going to

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Well, I haven't had too many chances lately to get on here and put up anything very interesting. I do have time now for a quick update, though.Shannon was a real trooper at the wedding our family ensemble played at this evening. She had a fever and looked kind of flushed, but hung in there admirably. Way to go, Shannon! We're so proud of you! She's still in the middle of the whole flu

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Shannon has been struck down as well. Her fever is 100.5 and she looks perfectly awful! (Sorry, darling, but it's true. I think you have an excuse, though.)She's down on the couch with flushed cheeks just crying now, saying that she feels weak and horrible. I want to hug her and sit with her, but us "well" people are kind of supposed to keep our distance.Mom left with Katelyn Grace for

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Leslie: 101.6 degree fever. Completely swaddled in blankets. Has slept or been trying to sleep solid since 10am Monday morning. Voice scratchy. Drinking chicken broth and lots of water. Eyes look hollow.Dad: 102.1 degree fever. Only came downstairs once today. Looks very sick. Slept instead of drinking chicken broth. Eyes look hollow. Bad cough. Hasn't lost sense of humor.Austin: Felt

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Hello everyone!I had planned on posting about Austin's and my birthday today, but things turned out differently. 3/7 of our family is sick now, so today was a little busier than usual (if that's possible!).Saturday, Dad took Leslie up to a friend's house about 3-1/2 hours away for a debate tournament, and then took Austin camping and hiking. Austin ended up getting sick and slept the whole way

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We are so thankful! Katelyn Grace's heart is perfect!Mom and I spent over four hours at the children's hospital yesterday taking Katelyn Grace to see the cardiologist. Katelyn Grace had an EKG, echocardiogram, and exam.The doctor told us that any heart problems related to Down's Syndrome are congenital, and that they would show up now if she has any problems whatsoever. He assured us that we

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Yes, it's about that time of year when our family gets hit with a double-whammy (is that really how that's spelled?).Austin's birthday is today, and mine (Lauren's) is tomorrow. ...At least, I think it is. I'm really not sure, actually. These Leap Year birthdays can be slightly confusing.Leslie is planning on writing a nice little thing about Austin this evening for the blog, so maybe I'll

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Sunday morning, we went out to Grandma and Pop's house for church. And yes (we're really keeping track of these "firsts"!) - it was Katelyn Grace's first trip out there.After church, we took Katelyn out to the beach, (another "first"!) which is just a mile or two from Grandma's house.She looked so adorable in her little carrier.For part of our "church time," "fellowship time," "gathering time,"

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Our little Katelyn Grace is growing way too fast! She's gained almost a pound-and-a-half and well over an inch! I think that whole pound-and-a-half all went to her cheeks.To think that she's practically a month old already! My, how time flies....She's already 8.33% of the way to her first birthday!Mom has gotten all of her strength back, but is still fairly tired. Katelyn Grace sleeps well

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We go into MUSC tomorrow for Katelyn Grace's echocardiogram. It is sort of like a "moving X-ray" of the heart.Both of the doctors we have taken her to so far (a pediatrician and geneticist) have not detected any heart murmur, which is a wonderful sign! However, the echocardiogram will tell us definitely whether or not she has any heart problems. We're not sure when we will get the results

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Those chicken pot pies Mrs. Helen made us after Katelyn Grace was born were delicious! We simply had to figure out exactly how she made them!Monday morning, all of us girls (Mom and Katelyn Grace included!) headed over to the Royal's home for a day of cooking with Mrs. Helen. We had an ambitious list of things to accomplish:Chicken pot piePork roastPizzaStir fry...and a few other things that I

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On a cold, windy day about a week ago, Dad and I [Lauren] - and Paton, of course - went out to the beach for a nice walk.I have wonderful memories of one Christmas Day when Dad took us out in the boat to this old, abandoned lighthouse. I remember climbing the spiral staircase all the way to the top, stopping to look out of one of the tiny windows at our boat far below. It looked like a tiny

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If you're just "tuning in," scroll down the page to see plenty of posts on the new baby!* * * * * *The mother of one of Leslie's violin students told us one day how to make butter from the raw cow's milk (absolutely delicious!) that we get from her.First, we let a few quarts of this milk (completely "whole milk") sit in the refrigerator until all of the rich cream rose to the top.Next, we spooned

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I finally have the "Mom Posts" up. She still wants me to keep the post "Every Gift of God Is Perfect" at the top, so I have put her posts underneath.They are:Thank You!!!What Is Down Syndrome? ... Some BiologyWhat Now?Katelyn Grace Was Created for God's PleasureGod's "Recipe for Peace""Don't Waste Your Cancer"

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Yes, the mother of little Katelyn Grace is now up and running! Well, I don't know about the "running" part, but I am up from my week of rest. I thanked my midwife profusely for ordering me to the week of bedrest after having Katelyn Grace and forbidding me to go down the stairs. It was a time of real bonding with her and a time I will always cherish. I had some internal hemorrhaging, as some of

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For those of you who are not familiar with Down Syndrome, it was named after Dr. Down who discovered it.There was nothing we did or did not do that could have prevented it, as it is the result of an extra chromosome, usually showing up in the 21st pair of chromosomes ("trisomy 21" Down Syndrome) as a result of them sticking together during the meiosis process. They don't know what causes them to

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We covet everyone's prayers regarding the best treatment program for Katelyn Grace. We are looking seriously at a neurological stimulation program. Mark and I would attend a 5 day course of lectures and demonstrations at The Institute for the Achievement of Human Potential in Philadelphia, PA. The program concentrates on brain injured children, - which includes Down Syndrome children, - tapping

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Soon after Katelyn was born, her Aunt Sharon (Mark's sister) sent a very meaningful and encouraging reminder that meant so much to me as I found myself reading it over and over again. She wrote:"Katelyn Grace will lead you to places you have never gone and to people you would never have met without her. A little child shall lead them.When praying for her, I believe that she will be the cause of

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The book of Psalms has been especially a comfort to me during this time. I've always encouraged the kids to claim Psalm 37 when worries enter their life. I call it "God's recipe for peace". Please pray that we heed it through every step with Katelyn, one step at a time.FRET NOT (vs.1)TRUST in the Lord, and do good. (vs.3)DELIGHT thyself also in the Lord and he shall give thee the desires of thine

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Another friend of ours also sent an article which Lauren has mentioned, entitled "Don't Waste Your Cancer" (by John Piper and David Powlison, who both were diagnosed with prostate cancer).The word "cancer" can be substituted with any trial that one may be going through. It is our prayer and desire that Katelyn Grace's Down Syndrome will not be wasted.The following are the ten main points along

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Yep! Four girls in our family now!She's prettiest when she's sleeping. But then, she's absolutely adorable when she's awake.Mom's post[s] will be posted tomorrow!!! They're all written out, and only wait to be informally edited and broken into four parts. Till tomorrow then!

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Sunday morning, Grandma and Pop came over for a brunch and church. We've been home-churching now for a year and a half, and it has been - and continues to be - a wonderful experience.Our "service" looks something like this:PrayerThe Doxology"Message"PrayerSingingNow, our "message" is somewhat different from what most people might think. Instead of a pastor getting up and preaching for

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We just got the letter in the mail yesterday."Leslie ... has advanced to Finalist standing in theMerit Scholarship competition of two thousand and sevenby demonstrating through distinguished performancehigh potential for future academic accomplishment."Congratulations, Leslie, for all of your hard work and perseverance!Always keep in mind that what matters most, more than any academic achievement

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Katelyn Grace finally grew into the little pink outfit we got for her to wear right after she was born ... well, it fits more or less.Just to give you a reference point....This is a picture of the precious little "punkin" sleeping in my lap right now.We love you, Katelyn Grace!!!!-your family

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Today (February 9), Katelyn Grace turned one week old! We had some good friends over to celebrate. (Thanks for coming!)We're not quite sure if Katelyn Grace likes carrot cake or not, but that's what I made for her party.Catie was so excited to finally meet Katelyn Grace!Best friends: Shannon and CatieAll of the guests at Katelyn Grace's first birthday party!!!Note: The snake was not in

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Lord, thank you for giving us such a wonderful Grandma!

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Such a wonderful Dad!!!

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Mom has wanted me to get some pictures of her and Katelyn Grace up here for awhile, so here they are!Katelyn Grace is the first one of us to be born with dark hair!!!

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First WalkAll bundled up, ready to go! She's so tiny that only of the few newborn-sized clothes that we have fit her. At least her hands stay warm deep down in those sleeves!First time downstairs for a meal in the dining room : )

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"Please don't disturb me. I'm must get my beauty sleep!""I'm a little angel! Yes, I am!""I really wish they would stop dressing me in blue....""Just keep your fingers crossed!"

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We got Katelyn Grace's mobile up the other day! She - at just five days old - was following with her eyes the little toys going around above her head! She is so smart and almost ahead of other "normal" babies. She has been lifting her head and can hold it up by herself reasonably well.

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Yesterday, the doorbell rang. And who should appear on our doorstep but our very first music teacher, Ms. Covington! She didn't know that the baby had arrived yet, and had only stopped by to deliver a message to Leslie. Of course when she found out that Katelyn Grace had indeed arrived, excitement kicked in and she was eager to see our new addition!We discussed with her what instrument Katelyn

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Poor Mom hasn't been getting the best sleep at night since Katelyn Grace has her days and nights switched around. Katelyn Grace sleeps peacefully just about all day, in spite of our attempts to keep her awake at least for a little while. At night, it's another story. While she doesn't really cry very much, she just wakes up hungry and doesn't want to go back to sleep.Mom and Baby both got to

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The other evening, I got to sit down at the piano for the first time since little Katelyn Grace arrived. I placed her in my lap and got out the hymn arrangement book that Mom and Dad gave me for Christmas.After playing a few pieces, I turned to the arrangement of Amazing Grace. God's Grace truly is amazing!She slept peacefully in my lap for about half an hour while I played Sweet Hour of Prayer

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