Abby's appointment

Abby had her surgical consult today in Ann Arbor for the feeding tube. Her surgery is scheduled for next Thursday, Jan 15th, but I am going to see if we can change that to Friday the 16th, since they want to keep her overnight. She has lost a bit more weight, and is still not eating much during the day, so it just confirms that we are doing the right thing. Even with the feeding tube in (it is just a "button" on her belly and we insert the tube and put the Ensure or other formula into it) she can still eat by mouth and we will still try to get her to eat more. She just can't go on like this, she officially got the "failure to thrive" diagnosis and so we have come to the point where the tube is the answer for her. I have joined an online support group for parents of children with feeding tubes and I have already learned alot from them. I feel confident in our decision to move forward with the g-tube, and even though I know it will be hard, I am just glad there is something we can do to help her get healthy again. Keep praying for her!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!

Well it's already 2009, hard to believe! Here are a few photos of the kids celebrating the new year. We are dog-sitting for my Aunt Sheila, and Mason and Jasmine tried to stay awake to watch the ball drop, but clearly did not make it. :)

Some Auntie Bragging

I decided I would just take a couple of posts to brag about my nieces and nephews. These are my brother's 3 kids, Sebastian, Rachel, and Andrea. Aren't they SO adorable?????? My sister in law is the photographer responsible for the gorgeous photo above and for just about any gorgeous photo you see of my kids. She rocks!

My Sweet Nephew

I have to brag on my sweet nephew and post some photos of him. His name is Pete and he is almost 15 months old and is TOO CUTE!!!!!!!!! Here are some of his cute little antics and a photo of my sister Heather and her husband Peter. There are even more adorable photos of him on their website www.babyhomepages.net/pete Sorry for the shameless brag, but I'm just a proud auntie!

Please Pray for this Special Family

Click on the photo above to go to the website for the Riggs family. Their little Abby was adopted from Guatemala and has leukemia. She is currently in treatment, and they received the sad news that she has a rare genetic profile which makes her at high risk for fatal complications from chemo treatments. We all know that God can heal this child, so please join me in prayer for her complete healing.

A Great Video for Hockey Parents

I LOVE this!!! It's so true, and it applies to any parent who has a child playing sports.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWjBvcfhRX0

Merry Christmas!

At Bronner's Christmas Wonderland in Frankenmuth, MI


Olivia checking out a nutcracker


3 of the 4 kiddos at Bronner's (Abby did not want to be in the picture)


Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! We had our annual Christmas Eve visit to Bronner's Christmas Wonderland in Frankenmuth. and the kids loved it as usual. We love going there on Christmas Eve because it isn't terribly crowded and there is no better place to get in the "Christmas mood" than Bronners! Here is their website in case you have never been: Bronner's Christmas Wonderland Then we went to my parents' house in the evening to do our family gifts after church and have a Christmas Eve dinner. The kids got new Christmas jammies from Grandma Bettie and changed into them as soon as we got home to get ready for Santa's arrival. The girls went right to bed, but Mason had a hard time falling asleep, he finally fell sound asleep at 10:30pm so Santa could come! ;) Then at 2:30am I heard a "WHOA!!! AWESOME!!!! WE WERE REALLY GOOD KIDS!" coming from downstairs in the family room. David went down and let Mason look at the wrapped gifts for about 5 minutes and then told him we had to go back to sleep and couldn't open gifts until morning! (Can you imagine opening gifts at 2:30am?) We finally made it until about 7:30am, and then we all got up to open the gifts. The pictures we took that morning turned out really dark and blurry for some reason, but I will post a few anyway. The kids had all day to play with their new treasures, then at dinner time we headed back over to my parents' house for the HUGE extended family Christmas (about 45 people). The kids draw names for gifts and it is a madhouse when my Dad plays Santa and passes out the gifts. We got home at about 9:30 and everyone (including mommy and daddy) was ready for bed! It was a very fun and lively Christmas at the Weiss house this year.....hope yours was happy too!


All ready in our Christmas jammies


Kids and wrapping paper EVERYWHERE