Yesterday.......

I am so thankful that yesterday is officially "yesterday". Pardon my French, but it was one hell of a bad day.

First of all, my husband and I had some important business to take care of, and we did. It was something I had been envisioning now for a long time, and now that it is happening, it is so surreal. This refers to a few posts back when I told you all that we had something big coming up, and I asked you all to pray. Please, please continue to do that for us.

Another extremely surreal thing happened today. After I stayed up all night worrying about the above topic, I finally dozed off to sleep around 5am. At 6:30, my cell starts ringing, and I was surprised to see my husband's work number on the caller ID. He called to tell me the sad news of his cousin, Morgan.

Morgan is a heart transplant patient. Seven years ago she received a heart just in time, and made such a remarkable recovery. I didn't know her until three years ago, but my husband said she was the healthiest she'd ever been. She began having unexplained seizures the day after Christmas. She had some at home, some at Huntsville Hospital, and then some at UAB where she was sent due to her heart condition. The UAB staff ran many test to figure out what was causing the seizures, and in the process determined that her heart wasn't functioning up to par.

Morgan passed away on the morning of December 30 at the age of 25.

She was such a good-hearted person, and she was so wonderful with my babies. She made TONS of good pictures of them (her new hobby was photography, and she was amazing at it). Brody was ALWAYS asking to go to Morgan's house. It just doesn't seem possible that she isn't with us anymore. I don't know what I'm going to do when I get a brilliant photo op idea, because I used to immediately get on Facebook and send it to Morgan. And, within a week or two, she made it happen.

Please keep Morgan's parents, her three siblings, and all of her family in your prayers.

Scarlett's Miracle

Baby Scarlett now has a Facebook group supporting her and praying for her miracle. You can find it here. Join it to show her family support.

I hear of tragic stories all of the time, but for some reason Scarlett's story sticks with me so much more than any other. I guess maybe part of it is because she is so close to the age of my baby and I think, "That could have been us."

Pray for Scarlett Grace

This blog & the story behind it came to my attention on my birth board. This baby is a few weeks younger than Brantley and has been diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. Pray for a miracle for baby Scarlett.

http://brandiandchris.blogspot.com/

Not Ready To Make Nice

I have something that I need to do that is so very difficult for me. Although I will not go into details about it now, I hope to have an absolution very soon. Pray for me to have the courage to do what I need to do, the ability to find the right words, and for others to have a generous heart and do what is right.

I always knew one day I would have to do this. I just never knew how difficult it would be.

I hope to have a great update on this in the next few weeks.

Wash It Away

My babies love their bath time. Right now, since there really isn't any playing outside....not much going outside with it freezing cold.....we do baths every other night. It is just so relaxing to them as well as to me. I love it.

We turn the small heater on in there for about ten minutes before we take them in, and it's so cozy by the time we all go in there. Usually, Robert gives Brody his bath in the regular tub while I bathe Brantley in his baby tub in the floor.

Tonight, though, Brantley had another plan.

As soon as I put him in his baby tub, which I just spent a ridiculous amount of time filling with a cup, he pooped in the water. I was so flustered about having to wash his tub & fill it back up as he was naked and freezing, I just threw my hands up and said, "Fine! We'll just get in the big bathtub!" And so we did.

Brantley loved the water, and Brody loved having "baby brudder" in there with him. Oh, the simple things :)

An Early New Year's Resolution

It has been for-ev-er! I love reading blogs, and even writing them........I just always find something else to do! So I just told myself, "Nikki.....you will regret not writing this blog! Just do it!" I plan on doing just that.

My early resolution for the New Year is to write on this blog at least twice a week. Even if all I do is post a picture and write a caption, I'm going to do it. My babies (yes, plural. THAT'S how long it's been since I posted!) are growing way too fast not to document their lives.

Speaking of my babies.............how can I possibly love two little humans so much? I just can't grasp it. They are so perfect and precious.

Aren't they?

Not a day goes by that I don't ask myself what I did to deserve them. They truly are the best children. (not just because they are mine!) I've been around a lot of children, and they both come from a different mold. They are so precious that they even have my husband, the "two-kid limit guy", saying, "I really don't think I want this to be our last baby." In quite a few years, I don't either.

Anywho, we have tons to do tomorrow. We are getting some really cute pictures made for Robert's Mawmaw of her five great-grandbabies, four of whom were born within the past year. (This should be interesting......four babies and a three-year old) I know she will love and cherish these pictures. Robert is working overtime (YAY for overtime!) so I'm flying it solo. The little people are bathed and asleep in their matching PJs, so I better get some sleep, too!

Goodnight, friend.