Prayer is Powerful

Thank you all for your prayers...God is good. Aubrey is making baby steps but doing so well. She was able to come off of the high pressure oxygen and is now on low pressure...even at a lower level:) Thank you Jesus. We are hoping that if not tonight, that tommorrow she will be able to be tube feed.

Update #2

"Trust in the Lord with ALL your heart and lean not on your own understanding"

...this verse is proving to be a true test for me over the course of today. Once again we are overjoyed that Aubrey is continuing to make baby steps. As of tonight they have lowered her oxygen 10% which is great:) If she continues on this path thru the night then we stay here in Hastings, but if they are unable to wean her slowly from the oxygen then we may be headed to Omaha. God is able and He can do anything...He is the one true Physican. I am so thankful for all of the prayers and support from all of you.

Aubrey Update

Today has been a day of ups and downs...right now we are on our way back up, praise the Lord. The doctors and nurses have been so good to us and continue to keep us updated on what is going on. The question has been, What is going on?? We were told at she may have to be flown to Omaha, at that point I started to worry. I know the doctors just want to cover everything but as a mom it was hard to hear. As of now, they are monitoring EVERYTHING and thinking that since she is now improving with the new approach that she may have a virus. We are praying that this is the answer and now we can move on from hear. Sean and I got to go in and see her and took a few pics:)

"For I know the plans I have for you...says the Lord." Jer 29:11

We are praying and will continue to trust in the plans God had set before us.

Aubrey Christine

On February 19th we were blessed with the arrival of Aubrey Christine. It all started with contractions the night of the 16th that continued hours on end. My doctor decided that she would break my water and the rest was history.

Aubrey was born at 3:28 pm weighing 6lbs 8oz and 19 1/4 inches long. She has been in the NICU since she was born which is not how we planned but we know that God will heal her in His perfect timing. Sean and I still get to hold her which makes it alot easier. We are still unsure why her oxygen levels are so low and continue to take it one day at a time. Please pray that God will continue to work in her little body. We are looking forward to begining life with her at home. Thanks for all of your prayers.

NESTING

So here I sit, still pregnant but having plenty of contractions. 'D' day is drawing near and I have mixed emotions. So excited about meeting our new addition but feeling a bit unorganized!! Unorganized because we just moved, AGAIN!! This is it...we are so happy and feel so blessed that God works in His own timing. We love our house and feel like this is our HOME...forever. I am so glad that we were able to get moved before the baby arrives. The kids love it here in the "country" and Hailey can't wait to ride the bus to school next year. God is good.

Here I stand pictured at 36 weeks:)

Move #1

Yes, we have moved again. This is part one of a 2 step process, I hope!! With Hailey starting school in the fall we decided that we would like to live in a different school district...Dist. 60. So crazy as we are or should I say I am, we decided to put our house up for sale the weekend before Christmas. We prayed that if God wanted Hailey in a different school that the house would sell and our prayers were answered. On Jan 1st we sold our house and 1 week ago today we moved into our temporary home.(good friends of ours are renting to us and we are overjoyed and feel blessed...thank you Trausch's) We are going to finally build after toying with the idea over the past 3 years. We feel so blessed that God answered our prayers and look forward to what He has in store for us over the next 9 months.

*9 tends to be our "lucky" number. Hailey was 9 months when we moved out of our first house, Austin was 9 months the next move and I am 9 months pregnant this move!!

Winter Days

We have been very busy these cold winter days...weddings, moving and preparing for the arrival of our newest addition.

My little brother was married to a sweet girl, Korrie. We are so happy for them and can't wait to create many memories. Congrats Will and Korrie.


We haven't had a ton of snow this winter, but enough for yhe kids to enjoy a day in the cold with their daddy.