Update from Howellville...

All the kids are finally well!!!! Yay!!!! After having one with a respiratory infection, one with a trach infection, 2 with ear infections,  4 kids with flu ,and then me coming down with the flu all in December. I am happy to say that this mom has survived and everyone is finally well and antibiotic free!!!!!!! We are also happy to announce that Brylee was hospital free in Nov & Dec (except for the ER trip to get her asthma under control).No hospitalizations!!!!! Yay!!!!!! This is a record for her and we are so proud of how well her home care nurses are taking care of her.

Christmas came and went and what a blessed wonderful one it was. God sure was good to us.

We are anxiously awaiting the arrival of our newest family member. Katie is due to deliver her little girl in mid January. We are looking forward to a new granddaughter to love.

We have two birthdays coming up!!! Both of our granddaughters have birthdays in January. Miss Brookelyn Shae will be turning the big #3!!!! and sweet little Addy Grace will celebrate her very first birthday:) What a gift these two have been to our family. MeMe loves her girls!

Our little 5 year old foster guy will start his visits with his new family next Friday. This has been a long time coming. He has a new family ready to meet their son & to have him home. Please keep JJ & his new family in your prayers. It's going to be a big adjustment ,but one I think will really benefit JJ.

My son-in-law Corey and future son-in-law Ryan are starting EMT school. I'm so proud of these boys.

Ashley started CNA classes and is doing really well. So proud of my baby girl!

Jon is working hard and enjoying his new job so much. He is learning new things every day and I'm really proud of my son. God blessed him with this job and he deserved it.

Jacob is growing like a weed. He is 11 going on 21. He is a mess. He is so much like his daddy. Stubborn as a mule but sweet as pie to the babies. He got a new ipod for Christmas so he thinks he is something else.

We are learning more & more sign language every day. We have a lady from PINES that comes every week to play with BB and to work with us. She is awesome! Plus, Our sweet  nurse purchased us the Signing Times DVD collection and it has taught us several more signs. BB loves his DVDS. He will watch them from start to finish and them hum until you restart it. He doesn't talk but he does hum. He knows how to get our attention. The videos are teaching our whole family. JJ, Brookelyn, and Brylee have already learned probably 50 or more signs:)

Some sweet kind soul/business decided to bless every foster kid in our county with new shoes for Christmas. How sweet is that? They chose to remain anonymous. I wonder if it's kohls because the free shoe vouchers have to be used at kohls. We sure are thankful. Thank you so much sweet person. What a blessing!

We are ready for the New Year. We are excited to see what 2013 has in store for us. I'm going to do a looking back at 2012 post, if I get the time.

Well, I guess that's all folks. It's past my bedtime.

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him,and he will direct thy paths. ~Proverbs 3:5-6