If I may recommend...

I love when friends recommend a book or a song to me! So, while I'm here at LeBonheur, holding this sleepy little boy, I thought I might recommend a book and a song. (yes, I am blogging from my phone, with only one hand!)

Before I was admitted to the hospital, a dear friend, who knew our situation, gave me this book. She told me to have a box of tissue close by while I read it. Well, I was not in the best emotional state at the time, so I set in on our kitchen counter to read one day when things were better. Well, fast forward twelve weeks later. I am rocking Harper and I'm wanting to read another book to her so I grab the book my friend gave me. Sure enough, I could barely read the last few pages because I was crying so hard. Please, if you have never read "The Tale of Three Trees," run to your local library and check out this book. Better yet, just go buy it for your personal library. You will not be sorry! I regret not reading it sooner.




And now for a song...

I was driving this morning to get coffee and heard this song! It's beautiful. I have no idea how old this song is, but I wanted to share the lyrics. I'm a lyrics person! :)

Blessings by Laura Story

"We pray for blessings, we pray for peace
Comfort for family, protection while we sleep
We pray for healing, for prosperity
We pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering

All the while, You hear each spoken need
Yet love us way too much to give us lesser things

Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops?
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near?

What if trials of this life
Are Your mercies in disguise?

We pray for wisdom, Your voice to hear
We cry in anger when we cannot feel You near
We doubt Your goodness, we doubt Your love
As if every promise from Your Word is not enough

And all the while You hear each desperate plea
And long that we'd have faith to believe

Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears?
What if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near?

And what if trials of this life
Are Your mercies in disguise

When friends betray us, when darkness seems to win
We know the pain reminds this heart
That this is not, this is not our home
It's not our home

Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears?
And what if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near?

What if my greatest disappointments
Or the aching of this life
Is the revealing of a greater thirst
This world can’t satisfy?

And what if trials of this life
The rain, the storms, the hardest nights
Are Your mercies in disguise?"


It's just a beautiful song!


I LOVE reading and singing to H&H! I would love to hear some of your children's book or song recommendations! :).


This is what little man is currently doing!

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iPhone pictures

Just a few pictures from the past few days:




I promise she was smiling right before I took this picture


This one is for Amanda and Abby! :)


Little Rebel


Henry and Harper both sleep the exact same way. Arms above their heads.


Blowing kisses


Fascinated with something


Hanging out with his Sissy


We've had a busy week so far! We take Harper back to LeBonheur for her vision screening on Friday! Praying everything is normal. Henry is still fighting hard. His CO2 level is still high, so his homecoming won't be as soon as we were hoping. Please just keep our little man in your prayers. As much as we want him home, we pray that he will come home in God's perfect timing. Praying for peace while we wait!

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Update on H and H

I realized tonight that I have updated the blog with pictures, but I haven't done a great job updating about the babies' progress. They are 10 weeks old today! It seems hard to believe!

Harper girl officially weighs 6 lbs 4 oz!!! She has tripled her birth weight! She's such a big girl now. I no longer feel like I'm going to break her when I'm holding her.

We had a little scare this past Saturday, but luckily our pediatrician was in town and was able to check her! Have I mentioned how much I love Dr. Fowler? Everything is fine now! She just has some tummy issues! She is just the cutest little thing and she's already a daddy's girl, too! Mark and I are just nuts about her. He and I still have moments where we look at each other and say, "WE'RE PARENTS!!"




Watching t.v. with daddy


Twins


Henry is officially 8 lbs!! This makes me so happy, and yet so sad. I feel like my baby is growing up in a hospital instead of his home. It's getting harder and harder to leave him. He's so much more alert these days, and he's even started cooing! He has the sweetest little face. I can already tell that he is going to be so kind and sweet spirited. We love him so much! This past week we said goodbye to his doctor, Doctor Ferguson. He is on a two week vacation. We are going to miss him so much! He was such a sweet doctor. Henry and I just loved him. Luckily, we will have Dr. Joi these next two weeks, and we adore her. She and her husband mean the world to our family! Her husband is the doctor who delivered Henry and Harper. Mark and I think it would be really special if she were the one to discharge Henry from LeBonheur. However, I'm not getting my hopes up of him coming home just yet. We were hoping to have him home by July 15th, but then he had such a bad reaction to the vaccinations that coming home was not a possibility. The hurdle we are facing now is that his CO2 levels are too high. They will not let him come home until they can get his blood gases lowered. To look at him, he looks like the picture of health, but his little lungs are so very weak. He might be bigger than Harper, but he is much more fragile. We continue to pray that his lungs will heal, and grow. We pray that they can BOTH stay infection free this next year.




Saying goodbye to Dr. Ferguson




Sweet Henry


His little shirt says it best! He is indeed "wonderfully made!"

Mark and I continue to be overwhelmed with love and prayer from our family and sweet friends. We love you and are so very grateful. We humbly ask that you please continue praying for our babies.

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Too cute

At least his mommy thinks he's too cute! Mark sent this picture this morning and it made my day!



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Good morning

On my way to see this baby girl! Grandmommy hasn't figured out that blue socks are for boys, but maybe this is a sign that mommy needs to pick up some more pink socks! :)


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