Sunday, March 29, 2009


Need your prayers! Maddie in PICU!
Posted: 29 Mar 2009 07:55 AM PDT
Maddie started running a fever last night we suspect due to another uti. She was admitted to the hospital and put on antibiotics, then her blood pressure started dropping. She was moved to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit this morning when she was diagnosed w/ sepsis. They are filling her w/ fluids, strong antibiotics and having to intubate her. We need your prayers now more than ever to bring Maddie through this trauma.Love,Liz, Brandon and Maddie

Sunday, March 22, 2009

OUR NEW YEAR

We were partying hard!
We had a nice quiet New Year party.
On New Year's day we took Nick, Gabe and Caleb to Fort Fisher, which is a Civil War landmark. It is a beautiful area surrounded by water.

Watcha doin Nick?


There are these amazing trees that are great for climbing.

Me, Nick, Caleb and Gabe.


They are so sweet!
I got so many great pics of the boys!

Sweet!

My little peanut.


Nick is never happy about me taking his pic and he never smiles.
Apparently it isn't cool to smile!

Caleb is such a little monkey he was in heaven with all of these trees!

Gabe, on the other hand, is very reluctant he did not want Daddy to move back for me to get a pic.
I also had to promise him that the bugs were hibernating.

This would have been a great pic but Nick refused to stick his head out!

I love this one with Jim and Gabe peeking through Caleb's leg.


Caleb, Daddy and Gabe

Best buddies



It didn't turn out but they were showing their muscles.

Peeking out through the fence.

Nick giving Gabe a ride.

He has his occasional moments of sweetness and brotherly love.

Gabe taking a rest.

Caleb and Nick
That is Nick's tough face!


Caleb, Nick, Gabe and Jim

They look so sweet!

MORE FROM CHRISTMAS

Elijah giving Nick and Zach their gifts.

Zach

Nick

Santa rode through our neighborhood on a firetruck and threw candy to the kids.



MORE CHRISTMAS

I did not get any good pics of Nick but it is cute how Tootsie is helping.

Zach and his snowman mug for the cocoa that Santa brought.

I had a little fun with them and put a small gift in a series of bags.


Another bag

Awww another pink bag how sweet!

Then I took the gift and wrapped it with all of the scraps left over from wrapping.
It was a mess!





I'm such a fun mom and I crack myself up too!

Wow, still going!
I don't even remember what the gift was.


It reads "Zac, open in case of emergency."
It is a Zombie survival book!
We are always talking about what we would do if zombies attack!
Really it should be a standard in every home!
Nick and Zach preparing for their Bakugan battle with Gabe and Caleb.
Gabe and all of his Bakigan Cards.

Marty, Gabe and Caleb playing Bakugan.





For some reason Jim felt it necessary to have his butt in this pic!
What a WEIRDO!

My sweet little angel!


Marty and his lil angel.
Marty is completely silly with this dog!