Jedi- 4 Months

Our little guy turned 4 months last week. He is such a dear, sweet little man and we adore him. He just started doing one of my absolute favorite things- playing with his feet. I just think a baby holding his feet is the cutest thing! I am also loving the greetings that I get when I come over to him. One day he was sitting in his swing looking around cooing and walked over to say hello to him. His whole body jumped in excitement and his whole face lit up with delight- how that just melts my mother's heart.

His official stats show he is becoming a bit of a light weight. 13lbs 8 oz. (25%), 24 1/4 inches (25%) He dropped down a bit in the percentiles. After talking with the doctor more we have decided to put him on pepcid for his reflux, which is significant. He ends each meal, throwing up a portion of it and then spends the next few hours (awake or asleep) throwing up the rest. We are hoping the pepcid will help him keep it down.

I took this picture a few weeks ago. Jedi is wearing a shirt that was Erik's when he was baby. It is a super cute shirt and I'm so glad it fit him.

Prayer Request

This is an email that Erik sent out recently:

On Saturday April 25th we were shocked to discover that, my Mom, Sandra, fondly known as Sam, was being transferred from a medical center in NJ to a Hospital in PA for swelling in her brain due to a brain mass.

In hindsight the symptoms (dizziness, lack of balance, etc) she was mentioning for the previous week or two now made sense.

Upon arrival at the Hospital on the evening of the 25th, my Dad, my wife and I were there waiting, as was the best neurosurgeon.

Amidst the evident wit, trust, and joy coming from Sam we were sobered when the doctor pulled us aside to show us the egg size tumor in the MRI. He shared that brain surgery was imminent. And after clarifying a few minor issues on Tuesday 28th my Mom under went brain surgery to remove this tumor.

It should be noted that all along the way Sam displayed great faith in her great God, Savior, and King. Her joy and faith has been contagious.

The surgery lasted a few hours and doctor found us to share the results. Though he was successfully able to remove the tumor, he began to explain that the prognosis was very serious as it is an aggressive, malignant tumor known as Glioblastoma.

We would be grateful for your prayers for Erik's Mom.

A Little Love Note to Jed

The other day Karis wrote this letter to Jedi. Since her writing is not very good and her spelling is rather bad. I will translate it for you (and her for to read someday).

Your baby hands are cute Jed.

Your baby feet are cute Jed.

Your baby smiles are cute Jed.

I love you.

I thought it was so sweet and though her spelling is terrible I was impressed she used periods.

Symmetry

A few months ago I noticed that when Jotham builds something with his DUPLO blocks he often makes them perfectly symmetrical.

Symmetry is in one place defined as beauty as a result of balance.

I think I need to take lesson from my boy and gain some symmetry. Balance between what is wanted (a clean house) and what is needed (time spent enjoying each other). Balance between giving direction to my children and trying to control the outcome of every situation. Balance between faith and works.

I am definitely learning, hopefully growing and I know that when the blocks fall (which they always do) the Lord is the one who needs to pick them up and put them back together again.



* Picture- Jotham with his dragon, he even makes sure the shading of color is correct. In this picture the dark green and the light green feet are symmetrical front to back.

Salt

Cia has been growing immensely in her language skills. It is so fun listening to how she puts words together. My favorite new expression is when I am changing Jedi's diaper and she gets the powder. She tells me to "Salt the baby."

Daddy

I love watching the tender moments that Erik has with our kids. The other day, when he was holding Jedi I just thought they looked so sweet I ran and got my camera. I'm so glad I did.

Quotes

Today Erik was talking to Karis and this is what she said (verbatim):

"Even if you didn't give birth to me I'd still love Jesus. But how would you know I loved Jesus since I wasn't born. Now that is the question!"

Who is this girl? I love her so much.