AJB Baseball ⚾️
Andrew’s first ever baseball game is in the books! It was a loss, but still such a great time and a beautiful day! Final score - Winthrop Harbor 13 Antioch 9. ⚾️💚⚾️
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LJB
Our 7th child, born on 9/11, Lucas John……..HAPPY 4TH BIRTHDAY LIL MAN!!!!! Oh what to say - I don’t want to get too wordy!!! His first year of life was spent in three NICUs - East TN, Vandy, and Boston. His first year of life he underwent two heart surgeries. He lived at home with us on oxygen and a feeding tube. He didn’t start eating solid food until he was 3.5 years old. He just started walking this summer. He doesn’t talk much. He’s not where he should be developmentally. He has many scars from all of his hospitalizations. Where his chest was cracked open for his heart surgeries, it still bulges out. He has Down Syndrome. And until this last summer I could just stop there and say “The End”. My heart was full of bitterness, brokenness, and anger. I didn’t understand why God chose me to be his mom ...
Andrew’s 10th
This guy is officially in the double digits! He has always been my little buddy. He loves to cuddle, talk, and just spend time with me. And even though he is 10, he still has a lot of little boy in him and I am more than OK with that. No need to rush growing up! You are a blessing my third child. Happy 10th birthday Andrew Joseph! 💚
East Troy Railroad Museum
We’ve made it a tradition to go on a train every year for the past 10 years for Andrew’s birthday, so today we got to do it again! And as pictures show, we had some real goofballs today. So happy Dad (Pappy) could join us! Can’t wait to continue celebrations on his actual birthday this Wednesday!! 🚂 😜 💚
Fort Brewner
Loving the girly-girl flower decorated fort Hailey, Addison, and Jessica built today. Too bad they used the flowers from my gardens lol 😂 🌼💐
Sawyer MI
Surprised the kids with a weekend getaway to Michigan! Enjoyed beautiful sites, great food (even a Kurdish restaurant), the Best. Coffee. Ever., and the 10 of us managed to barely 😅 fit in a tiny house. All of us except Ryan added MI as a new state that we visited. And even though we were supposed to be rained out all weekend, the Lord graciously gave us sunshine ☀️ and perfect weather while we were out and about.