Oh Christmas Tree

Oh Christmas Tree, How LOVELY are your branches!
I have to say that I absolutely LOVE our tree this year! We are so blessed to have friends who get their own tree over Thanksgiving from a tree farm in the mountains and they bring us one as well! I love real trees! They smell GREAT! Anyway, we had it up Saturday, the lights were put on Sunday and we FINALLY decorated it tonight! They boys always love hanging their ornaments. I let them put them wherever they want then I rearrange later....just the ones where the branches are screaming for mercy! We are pleased with the final product!
'Tis the Season!

Always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Ephesians 5:20
We are SO thankful, so grateful, so overwhelmed with joy this holiday season. I have been struggling with a muscle disease for 2 years now. I was diagnosed in November of 2007. We had hoped to be able to get pregnant November or December of that year. Well, as we all know too well, our plans are not always God's plans! We have prayed that I would be healthy enough to have another baby. We finally got the go ahead to try and WE ARE PREGNANT! Our new little bean is due the beginning of July! We are all extremely excited and are rejoicing in this blessing that has been given to us!
Please join us in praying that this will be a healthy pregnancy. A pregnancy that will go full term and result in a healthy baby next summer! Please also pray that I stay healthy during this pregnancy which is crucial for the baby! I am high risk due to my muscle disease and history of pre-term birth BUT we have complete faith that everything will be just fine!
We have had an ultrasound and seen that there is only one baby this time! We are not planning on finding out the sex until the "birth-day"!

Polar Express

Last weekend, the boys got an early Christmas present from Nana and Poppi. They took us all to Bryson City to ride the Polar Express! It was a lot of fun for all. We got to ride the train ALL the way to the "North Pole" where Santa boarded the train and rode back with us! They served us hot chocolate and candy and read the Polar Express book to us! The boys each received their very own silver bell just like the one in the book and they can still hear it jingle....so can Mommy and Daddy-O! (if you can't hear it jingle, that means you don't believe!)

Here are a few pictures from our exciting weekend!

The boys with a HUGE Nutcracker

Mommy and Jaxon

Following along while the story was read

Santa giving out bells

PTL!!!!

I just wanted to post a quick note to say that my levels are lower than they have been in a LONG time! We are in the 500 range! God is good! That also means my prednisone level gets to be lowered too!! Yippee!

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Things Happen

In one of my devotionals, the verse given for today was Psalm 139:16:

You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.

I have read this verse many times but today for some reason I feel the need to blog about it!

I try REALLY hard to be a cup half full or a partly sunny person and I do all that I can to encourage others to be that way as well. If you read this verse and really soak it in, it is all spelled out for you. God knows the plans HE has for you. He knows what decisions you are going to make before you make them. He knows the twist and turns that the roller coaster you call life will take. Sure, fear, anxiety, and worry are going to happen. I am a VERY anxious person but I know fully well that in the end, I have no control over the end result! That is why prayer is SO incredibly important. Remember the acronyms PUSH and FROG...Pray Until Something Happens...it may not be the something you want or are expecting and Fully Rely On God...you have to have complete FAITH that everything will be okay!
Blessings to you all!

We are home!

We got home from Disney last night. It was an AMAZING time. We all enjoyed it so much! You think an 8 day trip is long enough but there were plenty of things we didn't get to do! Don't get me wrong, though, it was a perfect week. The boys did great. Of course there were melt downs here and there but considering they were going strong ALL day EVERY day, I think they did great. On Wednesday, my baby turned 6 years old. 6. Can you believe it? I really can't. I can't believe that 6 years ago, I first became a Mommy! WOW! I know Jaxon had an awesome birthday. On Thursday, my little preemies turned 4. 4. Can you believe that 4 years ago we were all praying for their survival and look at them now. I am SO INCREDIBLY BLESSED! They too had a great birthday.
A few details...we went to Sea World where the boys got to feed dolphins, pet stingrays, watch lots of shows and get soaking wet all the while! We had dinner with Pooh and Friends which was a long wait but lots of fun. Unfortunately Daddy didn't get his picture made with Pooh which was extremely disappointing..so he says we HAVE to go back soon! On Jaxon's birthday we had a Safari breakfast with the characters and they even gave him a cupcake...for breakfast! On Camron and Caden's birthday, we ate at Chef Mickey's...SO much fun! They got autographs from ALL the characters (more than once) throughout the week! We also ate dinner at the Wilderness Campgrounds for the Hoopdedoo Review. It was hi-lar-ious! I definitely recommend it! Jaxon got us VIP seating for the Lion King show on his birthday and even got to take part in the action!
Our resort was great. Our room and the pool was all decked out in pirate themes...just our style! Me and the boys got painted and sworn in as certified "employees" of Captain Jack Sparrow himself at the Magic Kingdom. There are a million things I could include about this week. It was great. What more can I say! We all feel SO lucky to have been able to take such an amazing vacation. I think Chris and I both could have shed a tear on our last day! Thank you Nana and Poppi for making it possible for us to do so much!
I am including a slideshow of some of the pictures. This doesn't even include the ones Mom took with her camera! I will post more later! Enjoy!