Please pray for Stellan

I must say I'm stealing this post idea, but I don't think Lisha will mind... this little guy needs all the prayers he can get.

http://www.mycharmingkids.net/

The link above is to a blog that I (along with many others) have been following for a long while. This is an amazing family, and their youngest son, Stellan, has been battling SVT (very fast heart rate) since before his was born. He is back in the hospital now, sedated, and on a ventilator. His first birthday is tomorrow. His Mama is by his bedside right now with him and is sharing his story through her blog.

Please consider taking a minute or two to pray for Stellan. His family and story has made me grow closer to God and realize just how precious each and every minute is with Sasha.

The Cutest Little Cowgirl in all of the South

Yes, folks that is our Sashie! She may morph into a little heathen at times and display some terrible two-ish like tendencies - for instance, when she finds the power button on the TV or thinks Harry's water is the ABSOLUTELY most fun thing in the entire world - but she is always the cutest little cowgirl in all of the South as demonstrated by this picture...



No, we're not training her to be a cowgirl... please, seriously? But when I went to St Louis for a conference recently I saw this and knew she would love it due to her love for play hats.

Speaking of that trip... it was mine and Sashie's first overnight apart and it went very well. Daddy took care of our girl so well in fact (not that there was any doubt in his care, but more in me handling being gone) that I'm thinking of becoming more involved with the conference next year. We did do a short Skype session that helped but I was very pleased with myself thank you very much! Only a little teary when I left and one other time :)

In other news, Sashie just got over a double ear infection, sinus infection, and blown ear drum. Yeah, that was a kicker! Talk about a rough night for all the night before we went to the dr. She's doing MUCH better now and only has a slight cough and a runny nose. We did find out that she lost close to a pound in about a month so we'll have to go back for a weight check at 18 months (Dec). Dr isn't too worried since she's moving so much more, but just wants to be sure all is well.

On the food front, she's found a few favorites... peanut butter is a BIG one (just like Daddy!), pasta, and bbq chicken and corn... as seen here...



As you can maybe tell from some of these pictures her hair is growing in faster now. So much so that she can now do what every baby should... the baby bath mohawk... yes, Kate, you got there before Sasha!



In Halloween news, her costume is all set to go... can you guess what she's going to be from this picture? Thanks to Aunt Laurren she's got the accessories needed for the costume now :)



The pumpkins have been carved... not that Sasha was too thrilled with the actual carving




... from clockwise... mine (done by Josh), Josh's, Sashie's (by me), and Harry's (not carved (obviously)

And she's gotten a new friend to celebrate Halloween with... Indy her kitty cat from Uncle Nick and Aunt Mandy. She came with a book about her adventures and The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown (was the DVD for her or Daddy and Me :) )



Well, I think that catches us up... Happy Halloween everyone!

In case you've been looking for me on Facebook...

... my account has been acting up. I've searched this on Google and it looks like I'm not the only one that's had this happening off and on throughout October. I know many of you that I talk to on FB also check here so I just thought I'd post a little something here to let you all know I'm still around :)

I'll do a Sashie post soon :) Don't worry she's getting very psyched for upcoming Halloween festivities!

Sept rewind - video style

I realized that I never posted any of the videos we took during Sept.... and there's a few good ones.

This girl cracks us up daily and we love her all the more for it.

So, without further delay, here's Sept rewind - video style... there's four, but they're all pretty short.

Here's Miss Sashie dancing to one of her favorite shows:


For all of you out there that just "love" Harry, she decided to get him in on the action:


A little peek-a-boo:


And if you know of my "love" for the outdoors, this should come as no surprise:


Sending hugs!

Sashie and the pumpkin patch

Well this weekend was the start of a new tradition... visiting a pumpkin patch! Sashie was a bit little to go on the tractor train, and, after several days of rain, it was a bit muddy to actually go out in the field, but nonetheless we had a great time. Three pumpkins to carve and a mini one to hold on to and we are set for Halloween!

Here's some pics of the fun...



She kept going to this one and knew it was hers



Looking for Mama's



Me trying for a cute shot and her thinking "Really? I'm in the middle of pumpkins."



Heading out on her own



THE pumpkin patch shot



Loving her little pumpkin



Our family

A froggy and a kitty

Sashie recently just got some new toys... a Melissa and Doug Frolicking Frog and another Playmobil set... she loves them! She got these during our girls' weekend when YaYa came up.

Here she is playing and, as if you couldn't tell from the pics, she's teething pretty good too...







Harry was doing pretty good during the weekend too...

Photos and video coming soon

Sorry it's been so long since I posted but the end of Sept was HECTIC! After giving 10 trainings in one week for me, then me getting sick just after, we're now into October in one piece.

So, with that said, I just wanted everyone to know we are all alive (Harry just barely after Sasha bouncing on him this weekend) and well. Of course pictures and video have been taken throughout this time I just need to get on top of things and get them posted, which I promise to do very soon.

This weekend we took in the zoo's newest exhibit and saw baby bears and some wolves... Sashie loved both. We also saw one of her favorites... the sea lions! Swimming also started for us this weekend and she of course loved that as well. This time the class is much more structured and she's learning lots of things. By the end of class she was already "jumping" off the wall to Daddy.

Okay, that hopefully will tide everyone over until I get to the other stuff :)

Lots of love!