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April 12 Who’s your Daddy?He is the first and the last, the beginning and the end. He’s the keeper of creation and the creator of all. He’s the architect of the universe and the manager of all time. He always was, always is, always will be, unmoved, unchanged, undefeated, and never undone. He was bruised but brought healing. He was pierced but eased pain. He was persecuted but brought freedom. He was dead and brings life. He is risen to bring power and He reigns to bring peace. The world can’t understand Him. Armies can’t defeat Him. Schools can’t explain Him. And leaders, can’t ignore Him. Herod couldn’t kill Him. Nero couldn’t crush Him. The New Age can’t replace Him. And Oprah cannot explain Him away. You remind yourself that He is light. He is love. He is longevity and He is the Lord. He is goodness and kindness and faithfulness and He is God. He is holy and righteous and powerful and pure. His ways are right. His word eternal. His will unchanging and His mind is on us. He’s our savior, our guide, our peace, our joy, our comfort, our Lord, and He rules our lives. I serve Him because His bond is love, His yoke is easy, His burden is light. And His goal for us is abundant life. I follow Him because He is the wisdom of the wise, the power of the powerful, the Ancient of Days, the Ruler of rulers, the Leader of all leaders. His goal is a relationship with me. He’ll never leave you, never forsake you, never mislead you, never forget you, never overlook you and never cancel your appointment in His appointment book. Never. When you fall, He’ll lift you up. When you fail, He’ll forgive you. When you’re weak, He is strong. When you’re lost, He’s your way. When you’re afraid, He’s your courage. When you stumble, He will steady you. When you’re hurt, He’s going to heal you. When you’re broken, he will mend you. When you’re blind, He will lead you. When you’re hungry, He will feed you. When you face trials, He’s with you. When I face persecution, He shields me. When I face problems, He will comfort me. When I face loss, He will provide for me. And when we face death, He will carry us all home to meet Him. He is everything. For everybody, everywhere, every time and in every way. He is your God and that, sisters, is who you belong to.
May 23 HelloGreetings! Hope everyone is well - we are doing great and loving the summer weather. We have been swimming almost everyday and spending time at the parks.
I started a new adventure. I started the website www.LantanaMommies.com. When I moved here I looked for a website like this to find a lot of information in one place with activites to do with the kids... and when I couldn't find one I decided to start my own. It's in the very early stages but I have lots of ideas for it. Take a look at it and let me know what you think. I eventually want to put advertistments on it but do not want to make it to overwheming. So - if you have any ideas/suggestions let me know! Also, if you want to link to it feel free :) Have a great weekend! May 14 Funny Story!Greetings Everyone!
I just wanted to share a pretty funny story with you guys! We were in Wal-Mart tonight and I was picking something up at the front of the store and Nick and the kids were checking out and I told Nick to let Luke down and come up to where I was.... So - He started my way... and as he was coming he started looking at the ground and noticed his shadow/reflection... he could not figure what in the world was going on... he started trying to go around it and then he started crying a little bit. I was laughing so hard, and the people around him could not figure what he was doing because he was looking at the ground and kept trying to walk around his shadow, but eventually he made it to me :) Enjoy! March 13 I know, I know!Hello Everyone - I know I have been terrible about posting! Believe it or not, it's pretty busy with two kiddos. We have been staying super busy lately, We spent a week at Nana and Pop's, went to see Maggie & Lowell and went and saw MacMac. Maggie was super excited and Luke loved being outside. Nick has been doing some traveling lately, but is here for a while now :) :) :). Other than that, the kids are just growing and Nick and I are staying busy chasing them! I'll try and post more often. love - Chantel January 25 Whoa!Two days in a row!!
 I just wanted to give everyone an update on Nick's mom... She went into the hospital early this morning with really bad pain in her Hip/Thigh. They are running tests to try and determine what is causing the pain. She's not able to put any pressure on it. They still have her surgery scheduled for Feb 2, so we are praying she is healed quickly to be ready for surgery. I also added the link to her Blog on the side of my page if anyone want's to keep up to date on her. We don't have to much planned for this weekend (actually nothing at all!!). I think we are just going to take it easy and relax with the kiddos! Have a good one. January 24 Good AfternoonHello Everyone! Things are going good here, I am getting back in the swing of things after being gone a couple days. We went and played at Christie and Della's house this morning and then went to the Library and Maggie checked out some new books to read.
Luke had a relaxing birthday yesterday... We probably sang Happy Birthday to him about 15 times.. :) Maggie loves that song.  Not too much else is going on... Enjoy... January 22 Good EveningHello Everyone -
I'm going to try and get better about Blogging!!
Things are going here... Just busy... We had a WONDERFUL week with Teresa last week. The girls got a long SO well, as you can see in the pictures. Teresa made a beautiful cake for Luke's birthday party, which was a blast. We had 11 kids over here! In other news, my Aunt Kathy passed away last Friday night and I just got back from the Funeral tonight... please keep our family in your prayers.
Love- Chantel January 14 Happy New Year!Greetings everyone! Yes - we are still here, but as you can imagine 2 kids at home keeps me pretty busy. We are having so much fun... We go to the park, go to friends houses, go for walks... all kinds of stuff. It's amazing how fast the days go!
Luke is doing MUCH better. He is fully using his arm and even starting to walk... He had lost a little bit of weight while he was sick but has put all of that back on, and some more :). He is back in full swing, and giving me a run for my money, he gets into EVERYTHING... I don't remember Maggie getting into as much as he does. He already opens all the cabinets and takes my dishes out.. Baby proofing time!!
Maggie loves being at home too. She is talking my ear off and has picked up a new "love": CARTOONS... that girl could sit for hours and watch them!
One of my girlfriends, Teresa and her little girl Mackenna are coming in town this week... We have all kinds of stuff planned for the kids to do... I'm super excited.
We are also getting ready for Luke's 1st birthday party! It's this weekend... anyone is welcome, it should be fun seeing him destroy a cake (like he does everything else, lol)
Anyway - hope everyone is having a great new year, I will try and keep this thing posted better :) December 27 New VideoHey! I'm posting a new video that Nick made for us - He did such a good job on it. It's of our family over the last year...
December 25 Merry ChristmasMerry Christmas everyone!
We had a WONDERFUL weekend... My parents, brother, Grandma & Aunt came on Sunday for our Christmas dinner/celebration. The kids had a blast eating and getting presents. Yesterday we had some friends over for appetizers and to enjoy Christmas eve. This morning Santa came to visit Maggie and Luke... it was really cute, she came out of her room and I said, Maggie - look downstairs, did Santa come? She said.. Yah! He brought me presents!! So she ran down to our bedroom and said, DAD, COME LOOK SANTA CAME! She was so excited. Her and Luke had fun opening their gifts, but I think Luke may have had just as much fun playing with the paper/packages :)
Nick got me a Gift Card to Coldwater Creek Spa... I am SOO excited to schedule a facial!!!
Check out the new pictures for events of the weekend... December 20 HappeningsHey Everyone! Well we've been at home for about a week now and LOVE it. Luke is slowly but surely getting better each day. He's still not using his arm too much, but he's not any worse. We will meet with the Ortho DR after the first of the year to make sure everything is still good, but I think by that time he will be using his arm. The kids are having a blast being at home. We have gone to play group this week, gone to the park everyday and even went and painted.
We are getting ready for Santa this weekend... We are going to have my parents, Grandma and Aunt over on Sunday and we are going to do our Christmas dinner. My grandma's birthday is on Christmas so Maggie picked out a strawberry cake to make for her so we can celebrate her birthday this weekend. (I hope my grandma likes Strawberry, lol)
That's about it going on around here - I'll try and post some new pictures soon :)
Keep Nick's mom in your prayers... she's about 1/2 way done with her treatment and will probably have surgery at the end of January. The treatment is catching up with her a little bit and she's not feeling too good, but she's one tough cookie and will do awesome through the rest :) December 12 WE ARE HOME!!!Hey Everyone! We got to come home today. Luke has been without fever for about 2 days now!! He still isn't using his arm much, but we have already seen improvement since he's been home, his attitude seems much better and he's already eating better. He wasn't eating at the hospital and tonight he ate corn, rice and some meatballs and drank some bottles for my mom. We are so happy we are all at home again, my mom came up to help us get back in the swing of things, it’s really nice having family close to come and help out J.
I haven’t written too much about Maggie lately, but she is doing really good… Her vocabulary has taken off – she will just sit and talk to us, it’s super cute. She is also ATTACHED to Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and the Doddlebops! She could sit and watch those for hours. December 11 The latest...Morning! We are still in the hospital, but seem to be doing better. Luke's arm looks really good although he's still not really using it. I think once he gets home and starts playing he will begin using it again. His fevers are almost totally gone, so they are just watching for those to go away and for him to start eating better and the we can go home. Thanks to everyone for your prayers and support through this, we are really grateful for such wonderful friends and family. December 07 Another Update...Good Morning Everyone - Nick let me go home last night, so I got a really good night sleep :). Luke's arm seems to be doing better this morning which is a great sign. We distracted him and moved it almost over his head. The DRs are going to do some physical therapy to help him get it moving again. They also found out this morning he has RSV which is an upper respiratory infection which is probably the root cause of the high fevers... They can't do anything to treat this but they can help control the fever with Tynenol/Motrin and breathing treatments. The RSV is a separate issue from his arm, which was kindof throwing us all for a loop because we thought the fever was still from his shoulder. They think he probably picked this up from the hospital sometime... ick! It's good that they have found something that is causing his fevers so now it doesn't feel like it's such a shot in the dark with treatment and what is going on with him. They want him to be totally fever free and moving his arm quite a bit before he can go home, hopefully only a day or so more, but it maybe through the weekend. December 06 Luke StatusGood Evening Everyone! Not too much to report. Luke is still spiking some fever and the DR's are trying to figure out what is going on. They are running a couple different tests and we should hear something tomorrow around lunch. We'll keep you posted :) Luke #3We are trying to get Lukes fever under control, it keeps spiking kindof high. The DRS are looking into other possible reasons for his fever. he has a little bit of a cough, so are just making sure he doesnt have a viral infection or anything. They also said it looks like the culture is growing something, so hopefully they can pinpoint what bacteria was in there and make sure they have the right antibiotic treating it. We pray that the doctors will find the root cause of his fevers. :| December 05 Update #2Greetings - Luke is out of surgery and recovering. They went in and drained a little fluid off his shoulder and down his bicep. They are going to send that to the lab to see if they can determine what type of bacteria is in there. They also put in a little drain where they did the surgery so if he has any more fluid in there it can drain over the next couple days. They said they will continue to monitor him with IV antibiotics for the next couple days and make sure his labs are going down and then we can go home :). Thanks for the prayers and support! Update on LukeGood Morning everyone! A quick update... Luke had his MRI yesterday and it wasn't a lot worse/better than it was last week. So yesterday afternoon they drew some labs to compare them to last weeks and they were slightly elevated. So we talked with the Ortho Doctor last night and he wanted to watch Luke throughout the night for fevers and how is was feeling and reacting to the antibiotics and then make a determination this morning whether or not he would need surgery. But, last night after he left, Luke started spiking a fever and was really fussy. We gave him some motrin/tyenol and it helped his fever come down. So... we saw the Ortho guy this morning and he said he wanted to go ahead and do surgery based on Luke's history so far: Still can't use his arm, continued fever, his MRI, and the incision spot is a little feverish. And after that keep him on IV antibiotics for a couple days. So we have surgery scheduled for around 10 (it will probably be closer to 12, those things never happen on time). Keep him in your prayers, we hope this is his last sugery EVER!!! December 04 hospitalHey everyone, we are back at the hospital with Luke, he got labs drawn yesterday and they were more elevated than when he left the hospital last week... so... he just went in for an MRI, and should be back in an hour or so. keep our family in you prayers... ill try and keep everyone updated. December 02 Home again Home again...Hey everyone! We got to come on on Wednesday with Luke and I think he is slowly getting better. They said it may be 8-10 days before he really starts feeling better. He's still not really using his arm and cries if you try and move it and running a little bit of fever... but we are watching him and we see his ortho doctor on Tuesday - I think I will feel better after he sees him. My mom brought Maggie back home yesterday and they were so excited to see each other. :)
Also - I *quit* my job! I have really been thinking about it A LOTTTT!! lately and probably for the last year have really been considering it. I really want to be around the kids more and working 30 miles away doesn't really help that cause. So - I went in for a little bit on Friday to talk to my boss (who is AWESOME!) and he said that since I have been out with Luke I won't be getting paid for that, ( I only had 20 hours of vacation) and... next week while I'm out I won't be getting paid either. I have been talking to him lately about leaving how I really wanted to spend more time with my family and he was really happy for me... so I'm going to wait until Luke gets better to see the timeline of me leaving... but it will be before the end of the year. This has been a really hard decision for me for numerous reasons, but I want to enjoy my kids while they are little and be able to support Nick more with his new job! |
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