Raquel's Baby Bump - "My Grandbaby"

Jason and Raquel came to take us out to dinner on Saturday and I was able to get a couple pictures. They took us to the Cheesecake Factory in Kenwood (I think that is Kenwood). Jason didn't even argue with me about me taking his picture. Raquel is so tiny that the baby can't help but pop out there.





She is due between August 20th and the 25th. I am pretty excited.

DeAnna is a trooper!!!

DeAnna did great! Everything went very well for surgery. She woke up pretty quick after the surgery. She said that the baby's crying woke her up. She has a little bit of a stomach ache today but, that is it.

They did not see anything out of the ordinary (but, they did not expect to). I will get the results from the biopsies at the end of next week.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THE PRAYERS!!!

Day before surgery.....

Pray for DeAnna today as we do all of the pre-surgery stuff....... She will not be feeling all that great this afternoon.

She was throwing up again yesterday afternoon. I was hoping to at least get through this week with out her getting sick but, that did not happen. So, she was miserable again yesterday only to have to do all the pre-surgery stuff today and be extra miserable again.

THANKS FOR YOUR PRAYERS!!!!!

What a VALENTINE!!!!!

I sure did feel loved my daughter. DeAnna has been planning since sometime in January for Valentines day. She bought all the food, including sparkling grape, and even a heart box of candy. She had her Grandma come over and help her to cook. They made the heart cake for desert with ice cream. They made chicken fried steak, potatoes, broccoli & cauliflower, and bread. She took the leafs out of the table to make it small and set the table with candles and low lighting for 2. Grandma, DeAnna & Cheyenna ate in the kitchen while Derrick and I ate in the dining room and we were waited on. They brought us anything that we needed. It was very awesome!!!!!! I don't know where she comes up with some of the things she does but, she is a very giving person with a big heart! Some day when she finds that man that God is already preparing for her and she is around 30(Hee Hee) she will make a wonderful wife and mother.

Derrick and I were both very overwhelmed with the kindness and love!!!!!!

I wish I had better pictures but, everyones camera's either didn't have batteries or wasn't even at the house. I had to use my phone camera and I didn't think to do that before we ate and the table was all set.

The roses on the table are the dozen roses that my valentine bought me!!!!!

Please keep DeAnna in your prayers

DeAnna has been having a lot of physical issues since November. She is in a lot of pain from Scoliosis (the odd thing about the scoliosis is that the curvature degree is very small - at least in July - but her spine is twisting) and then she got Mono at the beginning of November and has never fully recovered. The doctors are past saying this is a post mono thing though.

We have also had a follow up with the gastro doctor on Wednesday the 13th. (for those of you who do not know she has been throwing up for a day once every other week and lately it has been every week.) He has decided that it is time to do a endoscopy. :-( She will be scheduled for surgery soon. The will put a scope down her throw and go into her stomach and they will do a colonoscopy. It will be a 4 hour surgery. She is glad she will be asleep and she is tired of being sick every week. Even when she is not throwing up she is sick several days a week just because she does not feel well. We did not start her home schooling this year until November so we are behind any way but, now she misses at least a days worth of work every week from being sick.

A week and a half ago DeAnna was telling me that her chest was hurting. Not inside but it hurt to touch the skin. So we stopped in at the Chiropractors office so he could examine her. He said that her scoliosis has changed drastically in a week. She was just in his office the week before and she was not like that. Her rib cage is pushing out on the right side. So we were referred to Children's orthopedic and we were very blessed to get a first available appointment with Dr. Crawford (Benji's doctor). I was excited to get him. I did not think that he was taking new patients and in fact the scheduling lady said that she did not think that he was taking new patients either. So, she was just as surprised as I was to find out that the first available appointment was with him! We go to see him on Monday, February 25th.

We all appreciate your prayers!