Avery Reese is Here!!!

I could be here all day with the ins and outs of our event yesterday, but I will try and be brief. To keep it short and simple is hopefully not taking away from all God did. He is still in the miracle business and I think all who were involved feel a new sense of faith restore....short of being jealous...which is just my pride getting in the way, the day was a beautiful testiment to God and how great He is. No matter the situation, He is in control.

Avery Reese arrived at eight o' three in the evening and weighed eight pounds three ounces...and this is at 9 days early. Lindsey was induced and had a slow start, but once things kicked in she had a 12 hour labor and did beautifully.....epidurals (when they work) are an awesome thing!! She never felt a thing...and is walking around her room like a champ. We are so happy that in spite of the Dr's threats to do a C Section, Lindsey had the faith to wait it out and wait in labor longer until she DID progress against his odds....God is so good. Even when we don't understand why, He just is!!!! She is such a good baby so far and we are all so in love with her. Meredith is taking her in and I can already tell protective of her ( and her Grammy of course). We sang Happy Birthday to Avery after her birth and toasted with cupcakes. It was such a good day and Lindsey is EXTREMELY blessed in EVERY way and for this we are thankful. Here are just a few pics....from her proud Aunt!!

All Better now!!

Sorry it has taken me a while to post....we are back in business. Meredith is all better. She started feeling better last week...it took so long for her to really come around. I just know it wiped her out being sick like that and not eating hardly anything for 8 days. Meredith made it to school last week and enjoyed her day. This week is red week so she will have to wear red to school tommorrow. Thanks to those who called, left messages, and checked on her and I. It wasn't easy, but I am glad it is over and I am also glad she isn't sick much!!!! She is SOOOOO strong. I think she got that from her Daddy. I had to include this picture of her in WalMart watching their TVs. Cory ran into a co-worker and she watched TV while we chatted...it cracked us up. We took her out for the day together last week. We went to the book store and she was so cute. She got hung up on this one book she really liked and she kept saying...can I please take this one home mommy, can I please take this one home Daddy. She is obsessed with little things right now....especially her little Bible (which she is also calling"the Word of God :) and little books. she calls them baby books.

Lindsey came and spent one last evening with Meredith before her big day. Meredith has been so affectionate with Lindsey and her belly. It is so heart-warming because it just makes Cory and I want a baby more. I have more of a peace now than 6-8 months ago, because now she really loves the babies instead of pushing them away...I think she is ready to share now!!! Just pray with us. Who knows what the Lord has in store for us? He does. Aunt Drew got Meredith her Halloween costume....I will keep you in suspense until then!!

Hanging in There

As most of you know, and some of you do not....Meredith came down very ill on Sunday afternoon. She was up most of the night and by Monday morning she was pale and had lots of blood in her stool. After a whirlwind week of being "quarantined" inside, Meredith went back to her regular Dr today to be seen. We still are not sure why she is having the bleeding. We are leaning toward infectious diarrhea...from an infection, but they have not totally ruled out Salmonella. We are hopeful that Meredith is on the mend. She is maintaining a good hemaglobin and weight, even thought she isn't eating much at all, if any. Which most of you know is rare for her!!! She still looks quite puny, but is fighting through to do some of her normal activities, like swinging and going outside. I think this helps perk her up. We were told today to keep Meredith home until the diarrhea is gone...please pray for us as this has been extremely hard to do for me and for Meredith....she is asking to go just about everywhere and movies are not entertaining any more. We were also told to eliminate dairy for the next week to help her gut to heal....and Meredith is a "milky" lover. We could be remembered here as well. As for Cory, he is handling is much better than me...but we both could use the prayers. I was so happy to get out last night and go to church. It was such a revival to me as I feel "stuck"here at home...(I am just being real here). God is good and I know He will continue to see us through, we just thought you all might want an update.
I will also enclose some more pics...you know it would not be a good blog without pics...these are pre sickness.

Cory took Meredith "to the woods" to finish up some project. And yesterday, Cory washed the car, with Meredith's help. She insisted on scrubbing the landscaping pavers. This was her outing for the day yesterday......I will keep you guys posted on Meredee's progress....Thanks!!

ps--I am sad that Meredith had to miss her story time this week....it was on Teddy bears and the kids all brought their own bears. And she missed school today....it was taste and smell fair. Oh well, she did not know what she missed...only I did!!