Summer cutie!

 

New Family Pics!

I LOVE JoAnne!!! She is the BEST!!! More to come!

Spring Concert Videos - Witness & Balm in Gilead

Here's a couple videos from our spring concert this past Saturday night:
Click on this link if you can't see the full screen - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biz1iUJHlGA



Balm in Gilead: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuYfyzqpcwM&feature=related

Ellie's Walking Update - Thank You!!!

Dear friends and family,



The results are in! The deadline for Ellie's walking was midnight last night (her birthday). Since you have all been praying for her, she has definitely had an increased desire to walk and she has made a lot of progress. She can definitely walk (see video)!

Before the prayers started, Ellie had stopped putting forth much effort toward walking and just stubbornly crumpled her legs up every time we tried to work with her. Soon after the prayers began, she started taking steps and has been getting more and more solid at it everyday. Uncle Mike has helped her make some breakthroughs including launching on her own and turning mid-walk. Ellie still has her stubborn moments (don't we all? and prayers still don't override freewill) but she can basically walk as far as she wants to.

Ellie is still not very confident on uneven or scary surfaces like cement and she doesn't use walking as her preferred mode of transportation (still prefers the free ride in daddy or mommy's arms) but she has made miraculous progress. Thank you for your faith and prayers in her behalf and for participating in her development. I'm sure the day will probably come soon when we ask everyone to pray for her to stop walking so much!

Love,

Matt, Erin, and Ellie

Happy May Day! Ellie's surgery

Happy May Day! I hope it's warmer and sunnier where you are! :) It felt like March today...blah! Oh well. So glad it's finally May! Looking forward to spring!

Ellie had her adenoids removed, a bronchoscopy, allergy testing, nasal and ear cleaning all in one shot on Thursday. We feel very fortunate that they did it all at once. I'd like to write more about it but for now, I'll just post pictures and say we are grateful that everything went well.

Daddy playing with Ellie pre op

Getting ready to go get anesthesia.

Our Angel Nurse Pam! It's a miracle we got her AGAIN!!!!
Ellie with Pete Clarine who is our friend from church and works at Children's. Matt holding Ellie after surgery. She slept most of the rest of the day.

This is Ellie 3 days later! She's doing great and is mostly happy!