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Spring is here....

Thank goodness for a little sunshine!  All that rain and gloom was starting to get on my nerves!  February was fast and furious and we are about to be done with most of the madness!  It's been a great semester of YoungLife/WyldLife but I am ready for Spring Break!!  I have been working on the North Texas YL Family Ski Trip and I will be nice when I can close the books on that project. It's been really fun to get to know alot of our families on a more personal level and to be able to serve them....but it has been a little more work that I had anticipated. Well, maybe it just feels like a little more work since I have a 10 week old at home! 

On that note, it is has been interesting as we have started to get Brayden out a little more, how we explain his age when people ask. Sometimes, if I'm in a hurry and don't have time for the 20 min story, when strangers ask how old is our baby I'll just give them the corrected age...."oh, he's 10 weeks."  Corrected age is a medical term for preemies stating how old they would be IF they had been born around their due date.  What really gets people is when we respons with his Actual Age.  You can see some people trying to compute....then it's fun to share with how the Lord truly blessed our little man! 

I'm sure that several people have considered calling the authorities on us a few times.  It get's funny when David responds with his Actual Age and I respons with this Corrected Age. You can almost hear them think..."These crazy people don't know how old their baby is!"  LOL.... It hasn't happened that many times, though!

Brayden is doing really well! We have seen his PT and Dietician this month, and scheduling a session with OT soon. He seems to have a little tightness in his muscle tone that we are hoping to correct with some therapy.  This month he has learned to stand up on our lap, push up on his little hands, and is starting to chew on everything.  The dietician said that we can start trying Rice Cereal but not to expect great results the first month!  I want David to be here for our first feeding so we think we will try it this weekend sometimes!  He also got his activity center this past weekend when Mimi and Aunt Kaysi were here.  It took a few times, but he is finally starting to have fun with it. I think at first, it was a little sensory overload! David said "It's like Las Vegas for a baby!"  He just learned how to bang on the keys to make the sound himself this morning. Here are some picture....

We have the follow up appointment with the Neuro Surgeon and Neurologist this month.  I have found that just knowing those are coming up, I am really having to fight off the anxiety!  We will be imaging the cycst on his spine and following the development of his brain.  It's funny how God gently speaks to us sometimes. Yesterday morning during our playtime, I had a cd playing of Children's Bible School songs.  "My God is big, so strong and so mighty! There's nothing my God can not do!" came through the speakers as we played under his floor gym.  How much more peaceful I would be if truly claimed this promise in my life.  God has delivered Brayden from so many things, do I really think that he has stoped caring for him at this point? I feel like the children of Israel sometimes? Have I told you that before?  I tend to forget all the mighty, marvelous things God has done in the past and question His sovereignty. Lest I forget..... there is nothing that our God can not do. May we not fail to approach His throne with boldness.

Kelli