Prayer Request for Carter

My friend Jen and her husband Joe welcomed their new little boy Carter to the world a few weeks ago. He had to have surgery because his intestines and colon were malrotated and entangled with one another. He is still in the hospital and needs to be eating more before they will allow him to come home. Today one of their daughters came home sick from school so Jen won't be able to be around Carter until she's better. Please keep them all in your prayers-they have such a great attitude about everything, but I know it's really hard on them right now. You can follow their story, and see more pictures of Carter here.

Bedtime prayers

As I was putting Landree to bed last night we were going over her scripture memory verse. Genesis 1:1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. She sounds so sweet saying it. I love how she's growing. We sat and talked about things she was thankful for before I prayed with her and I wanted to write it down so I'll always remember. Here's what she said in order {as best I can remember}: food, going to Cooper's house, cookies, cookies {that's not a typo she said it twice}, Jesus, Jesus, Linda, Renee {Mrs. Linda and Mrs. Renee are her preschool teachers}, Mommy, Daddy and I'm pretty sure there was a cookie in there at least once more. I pray in this new year I can be a better example to Landree of what it looks like to love the Lord. I want her to see me spending time reading my Bible, praying and memorizing scripture too. I can't wait to see what the Lord has in store for her. She is already such a joy to be around. I know He has big plans in store for my sweet little girl.

The Frye triplets are here!

Can you believe this woman just gave birth to triplets? Robin and Chad welcomed little Trace, Marlee, and Kahri into the world May 15th at 28 weeks. The babies are doing very well considering how early they are. They will most likely be in the NICU until the beginning of August (their original due date). I actually got to go into the NICU and see them today. They are so beautiful and TINY! It's surreal how small they are! Their little diapers are about the size of my palm! Our family group is organizing a Share the Care team for them. God has already provided someone to take care of their yard for the next year, and someone to clean their home a few times a month. What a blessing! Please continue to pray for them.

A few random things and a prayer request

We'll start out with the prayer request...

I've been following this blog for a few months now. Nate and Tricia (who has CF) had their little girl 15+ weeks early. They have been living at Duke Medical Center since a little before Gwyneth was born preparing for Tricia to receive a double lung transplant. Gwyneth is 12 weeks now and doing very well. TRICIA IS IN SURGERY RECEIVING HER NEW LUNGS RIGHT NOW! Nate asked for prayer for these things: Please be praying for the staff and surgeons as well as the donor family! Also, be praying for my parents and Tricia's dad and others who are making the drive here right now.

And now for the random...

Tonight I went to Wal-mart to pick up a few things for dinner-I can't go anywhere without 'running' through the baby section. I picked up this super cute little swimsuit for Landree.

It was only $8.86! What a steal! It's hard to see the details, but there are even a few sequins on the bubbles coming out of the fish's mouth. We have a few other swimsuits, but I know we will be in pool a lot this summer and I just couldn't pass it up. Momma got Landree a super cute cover up at Target a few weeks ago and we are going to have it monogrammed. Kim gave us the idea. She got one for her peanut, Kate. Momma got Landree the seersucker dress and are having it monogrammed too! Thanks Kim for sharing your super chic/cheap finds! We love them!

And tonight after Landree went to bed I did a quick bit of decorating. Momma got this wall decals for me at market. I put this one up over our bedroom door. I think it looks so sharp! I love it. I have another one to put up that says "Home is where you're story begins."

And the highlight of my day...(it doesn't take much to make me happy) was finding this dress for Landree at Target for only 12.58. Landree is the flower girl in a wedding in May and the bride had this dress on her list of options. Our store was out and I could still order it online (for full price plus shipping), but we went to another Target today and they had it on sale! YEA! I never imagined I would have paid 13 dollars for a flower girl dress! And last but not least, Denise tagged me to list 10 little known facts about me (I've also seen this with people listing quirks) since I'm not quirky at all :) I'm going to have to think about this one. I haven't forgotten Denise.