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Saturday, April 30, 2011

March for Babies 2011

We had another great year at the March for Babies walk! Thank you to all who came out and walked with us and to all who supported us but couldn't be there. If would still like to contribute, you can visit our site at www.marchforbabies.org/dukeboys. This site only shows our online contributions and not those collected by other team members!










Here are a few shots of our FUN-FILLED day! Silly me didn't take my camera in at Longhorn and there's was LOADS more fun there after!


the reasons we walk!





our 2011 team! thx friends!






just us girls!




buffalo (-1) and our girls


the awesome kids who did SUCH a great job!

Friday, April 29, 2011

Almost....

It's hard to believe that it has almost been a year since we lost our Jordan. I remember all the details vividly. As if it just happened.
So much has happened. So much has changed. My heart still hurts. I will always have an empty spot for my son. At the same time, my heart is bursting at the seams with love and happiness. I really can't even explain my emotions to be quite honest.
I know I am grateful.
Grateful for the friend who has checked on me faithfully each month, to the date, since Jordan died.
Grateful for the phone call a day or so ago reminding me of many of the good changes that have occured this year.
Grateful for the card I got in the mail yesterday that was perfect and spoke deeply to my heart.
Grateful for the email I got this morning that God timed perfectly, as always.
Grateful for a husband who understands my coo-coo bird emotions and is dealing with them accordingly.
Grateful for my parents who bend over backwards always but even more so right now. Which I know is because they want me to be happy at this potentially sad time.
Grateful for my kids who seem to know that Mommy needs extra cuddles, snuggles and lovin' right now.

Eucharisteo.
It's a different feeling.
To be grateful.
Not to just say it.
But to live it.
To be it.

Friday, April 22, 2011

Field Trips

This week was our spring break! We took 2 field trips! We went to SciWorks in Winston Salem (with a quick detour to Gullions...yay!) AND the Museum of Life and Science in Durham! We had a great time both places! The weather was perfect for SciWorks.....M of L & S, not so much BUUUT we had a GREAT time with GREAT company both days!

The boybarians with Elle (who is getting her fingers smashed by Jax) and Ramsey!





The kiddos with their cousin Tyller, Brenden and Bryleigh

The Princess turns 3 months old!




Baby girl is 3 months old today! Boy, how time flies when you're having fun! Our family is truly blessed!

I have to share this and I thought this post was appropriate to do so. A friend called Jossalyn our "Rainbow Baby" a while back and I had to google it to find the meaning. It spoke to my heart so I wanted to share.

Rainbow Baby: the understanding that the beauty of a rainbow does not negate the ravages of the storm. When a rainbow appears, it doesn't mean the storm never happened or that the family is not still dealing with its aftermath. What it means is that something beautiful and full of light has appeared in the midst of the darkness and clouds.

Monday, April 4, 2011

March for Babies 2011

Camron Michael 2lbs 8oz Caden Christopher 2lbs 4oz These are my sweet "little" boys. My boys who barely weighed 2 pounds at birth. One of which dropped below 2 pounds. 2 little boys. 4 very weak lungs. Lungs that despite the steroid shots first given at 24 weeks and watched daily for the following month for "practice breaths" still just couldn't work when they made their GRAND entrance into this world almost 11 weeks before they were "due". Lungs that were given surfactant so they would be able to "work". Surfactant was discovered by research funded by the March for Babies. We strongly support this organization because of this! If any of you would like to walk with us this year in honor of Camron and Caden or any other child born prematurely, please join us on April 30th! You can get all the information you need here. If you would like to donate to the cause, you can do so on that link as well! It is tax deductible! If you don't want to walk or donate, please just pray that we will have a good turn out and the Greensboro organization will meet their goal....and that one day, ALL babies will be born HEALTHY!
Here is a poem that I have probably posted here before. I wrote this some time before the first March for Babies event!

A premature baby Born too early, too small

Regardless of his size

He is the strongest of them all

Surgeries, tubes, wires

Daily heel pricks and more

Think of all the pain

His little body must endure

It will be a roller coaster ride

His doctors and nurses say

As his Mother and Father

You just bow your head and pray

And hope that the ride Isn't very long

And that you as his parent

Can be only half as strong

With God's will

And all the research being done

That day will soon come

When the fight with prematurity

Will be WON!!!

**anyone who plans to walk with us, please email me at chrisjennjax@aol.com and let me know!