~~My Phone Has Been Taken Over~~

More often than not lately when I am looking for my phone I find it here:

So if you ever get a really strange text message from me~~~ just figure it came from Zeke.
I'm just saying...

~~2 Months Going On 2 Years~~

Trey is two months old and I can't believe how strong he is. When we put him down for tummy time he "army crawls" across his play mat. He also rolls all the way over and has for a couple weeks now and that was quite a surprise the first time he did it and about fell off the couch. He "talks" and laughs all the time and if someone will talk back with him he can go on for hours~~ to cute!!! He has held his head up since the day he was born and he is just getting so dang cute looking around and taking everything around him in. He is so aware of everything!! He has also learned how to copy someone when they stick their tongue out at him and he does it right back over and over so we know it isn't just a fluke when it happens. And then today, just when we thought he was slowing down, he got his first tooth~~ 2 months old and getting teeth. This kid is growing up way to fast!! Here is his new picture. Daddy is a die hard Yankee's fan so it only makes sense that Trey is too! (Well that and he can't dress himself yet so he wears what mommy & daddy want)

~~More Primary Children's~~

Trey was admitted back into Primary Children's today. His fever will not drop below 103 and the swelling in his soft spot is back. At this point they are sure he has Adenovirus and that is causing his fever and spewing from both ends. They don't know, or at least haven't figured out yet, what made the fluid retention and swelling come back. Jacki is about to lose it and I don't really know what to do to help her. Please pray for her to be strong, for the baby to get better and have his fever go down and for the doctors to figure out what is wrong with him.

Update on Zeke~ Trey

He has been admitted to Primary Children's. The CAT Scan came back OK, but obviously something is wrong so they drained some of the fluid off his head and also did a spinal tap to test for meningitis and other diseases and have set up an MRI for tomorrow. They did start him on an antibiotic so if it is meningitis he will already have started the therapies for it. They have told her he may be there a long time so we are going to take up the trailer tonight and hopefully they are wrong and we will be bringing it home on the weekend. I will let everyone know when we know exactly what he has. Thanks for all the well wishes and prayers.

~~What a Difference a Year Makes~~

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This day last year we were all at Primary Children's Hospital taking turns holding Zariah and telling her how much she meant to all of us. Hoping for a last minute miracle, yet knowing it would not happen. Our sweet baby was going to die from the horrible cancer she had been born with despite the chemo, radiation and many surgeries her little body had been through. She fought so hard and endured more than any 2 month old, or any child should have to. It was so hard to turn off the machines that were keeping her alive, it felt so wrong to make the decision to let her go, yet it was the only thing to do to make her comfortable. She had suffered long enough and there was just nothing more the doctors could do for her and to keep her from being in such horrible pain. It was the hardest day of my life. I felt I had failed somehow in protecting this precious little life. But at 6:40 pm the angels that had been holding Zariah, took her by the hand and led her home to Jesus. God needed to call her home and she is brightening Heaven with her beautiful eyes and smile, no longer in pain and not suffering in her earthly body, waiting for all of us to meet her again.

One year later as we visit her grave and tell her how much we miss her, we also get to tell her about her little brother. I feel she hand picked him for us and he looks so much like her it is amazing. At times he stares at her picture by his crib and smiles and "talks" to her. Other times he coo's and smiles at nothing, staring off into space and we are just sure he is seeing her and she is telling him stories and watching over him and the rest of us.





He is such a blessing and I would never say or think that he is taking her place, but he fills a void that losing her left in our home. He is such a sweet baby and he is loved so much. I never thought my heart would heal, but holding that little boy makes a calming feeling come over me and I feel her in my heart & soul.

So what a difference a year makes. This time last year my heart was breaking and I didn't think I would ever stop crying and not knowing how I could go on. Today I am playing with my grandson, enjoying his smiles, amazed at how fast he is growing and looking forward to him growing up into a handsome little man.

If you would like to read the story of Zariah's life you can go to www.carepages.com and her page name is Zariah111207.