In Christ Alone our Hope is Found

It has been 10 months since Micah's surgery and he is still cancer free. I can hardly believe what God has done for us. Last March 25th, the day of Micah's surgery, if someone would have told us Micah would be here and healthy on January 31, 2011, I think I may have been angry at them. It would have sounded ridiculous and very far fetched. It would have hurt my heart! Really, we were praying for Micah to be healthy when Grace came. Then we asked for six more months of life for him. Now we are at 10 AND he is healthy. Simply amazing! Only God could do that! These scan results for Ken and I are so different than last time. In October, we saw the last clear scan as a small battle won in a huge war. It didn't really change the reality of life. Living scan to scan is hard. There was only one day of relief, but no joy. All of you were much happier for us than we were for ourselves. Ken and I were both in such a rough spot then. We were so down.  I am so thankful that God pulle...

Grace is now 7 months and half months and is chomping at the bit to move fast and far and all she has managed is to scoot backwards. She gets excited as she starts to move, but then realizes that she is going the wrong way. She is funny to watch. In this first picture she looks pretty happy to be on the floor! She is starting to get annoyed that she is moving the wrong way! Frustration! Oh so sad! This one makes me laugh the most. I know my girl, and she is wondering why I am laying on the floor laughing and taking pictures and not picking her up instead! Since I missed her seventh month post,(it was the month I was going to try to remember to do a monthly post about her)  I will do a little post here about where she is at. I didn't record nearly enough for my other kids. I need to try to do better for Grace Girl! My girl at 7 months and 14 days. She is..... A chunky 18.5 pounds. Wearing size 3 diapers. Wearing some 6-9 months clothes and many 12 and...

We found out today that the scan showed that there is no cancer in Micah's lungs. We are so thankful. Praise God from Whom all blessings flow!

I found this picture as I was looking for pictures of Micah on his past birthdays. I had to document this one, just in case I never get my act together and make a digital scrapbook. Nads was almost 4 here - February 2008. What a little lady! I couldn't decide which one I like better. I like the black and white because it gives the picture a beautiful look and cleans up her face. But I also like the color one because it shows her dirty face and her pink cheeks.

Ken's youngest sister Aileen has sent Micah balloons on his birthday for the last 4 years. I had to hunt, but I found a picture of them each year. The first year I didn't have a picture of Micah with the balloons, but the other years I do. I thought it would be neat to document those 4 years of birthdays for Micah in pictures. It is a blessing to see where he has been and where he is now. Micah turned 6 in January of 2008. He started chemo a few weeks before on Dec 28. I can already see that he was starting to lose weight. But he still smiled and laughed. It is amazing that through the hard times, he was often so happy and could see the joy in the moment and didn't look at the big picture. I know that it was the Lord who gave him peace. Balloons from 2008 In January of 2009, Micah turned 7. He was weeks away from being done chemo. He had been on steroids for 4.5 months. We were getting excited to be done. The future was so exciting to us. January 2010, Mi...

When the kids were little I always used to decorate the house after they were in bed the night before their birthday so that they would wake up to a birthday house. But as the they have gotten older they like to help and tell me how they want their balloons.So the afternoon before the birthday we all blew them up together. Grace loved this. She loved looking at the colors. Then the kids would let them go. Surrounded. My boy. This year, Micah wanted to decorate his own cake. So I took him to the Bulk Barn and he picked out what he wanted to put on - jujube things, gummy army men and gummy worms! (o: The finish product. He was proud of his work. I am so sad this one is fuzzy. My camera isn't doing so well. I don't know why it takes some great pics and some awful ones. When I looked at this picture I saw 2 guys. They look so old and big. You would never know there is 4 years between them either. This picture is special to me. Maybe I will t...

One of the purposes of my blog is for me to have a place to post pictures so I can remember dates and what was happening when. I have totally fallen behind. So here are some of my favourite pics from the last month or two. I am pretty sure this is older than a month. But I love it. She feels so at home with Josh. Just look how her hand is on his hand. So cute! Everyday girlie is so excited to see Ken come home. It is so sweet. He is just as excited to see her. He is still smitten. She just loves kisses. No words needed! (o: My favourite PJs that Siah has ever worn. He wore them for 2 years. They started out really big and he wore then until they were rather smallish. Just hanging with Daddy-O. In my opinion that is the best spot in the house! (o: Her new weird smirk! Sparkly eyes. Grace DOES NOT cuddle. She won't even sleep on me. How much more comfortable could it get! But she fell asleep on Nads for the first time. Nads was thrilled. A self take...

Today Micah had his chest CT.  It is very hard to wait for results. Please pray with us that the scan is clear.

These two pictures below are very flawed. They are SUPER fuzzy. Micah has his shirt on backwards. Josiah has no shirt and actually no pants either!  They show our nasty ugly walls. I can't rid of the red eye on Joshua. Grace is not looking in either of them. It is not a "good picture". As I was going through my pictures I almost deleted them twice. But I just couldn't do it. I think these two pictures are almost my favourites ever, even with all of the flaws.  Look at them and I will tell you why I love them so much. These pictures were taken on my 34th birthday this past September. Ken and the kids spoiled me with presents and cards. But these pictures are by far the best presents I could have received.  I love these pictures because we are so happy together and because I am surrounded by all of my littles. I have always appreciated my kids and have loved being a mom.  But since we have had Grace, my perspective has changed quite a bit. I never...

 AAAHHHHH, I am a day late. I had this written, but forgot to publish it. It was busy day! This is my latest picture of Micah. It seems that most of his pictures have Grace in them. Here he had taken her up in the pantry closet.I guarentee you that sometime just before, during or just after this pic was taken he asked me if they looked a like! (o: It is a daily occurence. Our Micah turns 9 today (yesterday) at about 12:04 pm. He is our only child born at Children's Hospital in London. It is ironic that he has had surgery 5 times a hall away from where he was born. He came into this world quite quickly for being induced. The Doc didn't make it and Ken had to call the nurse in. She was chatting on the phone with her teenage son, who had just broken her washing machine. I don't think she was impressed about her machine. Ken liked that nurse. She was a Native and they chatted about Native issues. I had to "politely" tell  them at one point to stop talking. I ...

I just got the date for Micah's next CT. It is January 21 at 5:30. Scan times are pretty tough for us. We experience a mixture of dread and excitement. We can imagine the excitement of a clear scan, but also can feel the devastation of cancer. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom (or what) shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom (or what) what I be afraid? Psalm 27:1