My little elf

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Lisa Julia, my mentor, friend, idol made that for me. She is a natural, true talent. Check her art out, on my blog roll. Thanks you Lisa, we LOVE it, I can't wait to hang it up on my wall.

Praise the lord Jesus

THANK YOU, THANK YOU to EVERYONE for your prayers!!!! Leelyn is FINE! WOOHOO!!!! The reflux is no more and the left kidney has grown and is the size it should be! Praise be to the man above.

AWESOME news and we really just want to give thanks to everyone, for your prayers, emails, phone calls, text messages....thanks from the bottom of our hearts!

Did I say THANKS?????????

Sweet Leelyn, all smiles

I find it funny how yesterday I felt as if Leelyn held my hand comforting me. My precious little angel was all smiles and not one burst of cry from him. I was so relieved that they numbed him this time before inserting the cath, as last time they didn't and it was horrid.
We will hopefully receive the results this week, but the doctor who ran the test said he didn't see anymore reflux, and his right kidney look comparable to the left praise the Lord Jesus!
I feel like we will be putting this behind us, finally after 16 months. God is good!

Major props to my awesome husband

In STL once a month they have what is called a moonlight ride. Basically die hard bike riders (road bikes) get together on the full moon and ride starting at about 10 PM. Now, let me preface and say my hubby isn't in the best of shape. He has a very nice MOUNTAIN BIKE, not road bike and trust me, they are very different as you can imagine.
Our neighbor invited him and he decided to try it. Word was there is less riding and more drinking....not this night! Boy was Brian in for it. They rode from Dog-town to downtown...about 20 miles in FRIGID temps. on the major roads and bad areas. My poor honey wanted to give up numerous times but good ol' Jim was an awesome coach and pushed him like he has never been pushed! I think he set out for a good time and ended up I believe a changed man! In almost 17 years I have NEVER seen Brian like that when he walked thru the door at 4AM. I am SO proud of you Brian! I could not have done what you did and this story will go down in the books for the boys! Congrats to you babe, that was no small task! Brian has some shots that he took I will DL later if I have time.

Leelyn's VCU Kidney Procedure

Is scheduled for Monday the 12th. Please lift him up if you remember, we kindly thank you from the bottom of our hearts. We pray this will be the final set of tests and we can put this behind us- oh how I believe! ;-)

My farewell to 2008 blog

What a whirlwind of a year 2008 brought. First and foremost, our little miracle boy Leelyn Daniel Gourley born Leap Day 2/29/08, 20 3/4 inches 7.4oz via c-section. Most of you know the horrible time I had with this pregnancy and the fear of not knowing about his kidney's........(which leads me to state that our test is coming up, date will be announced for as many prayers as possible, thanks)





Our first meeting of our Godson Jace:




Some WONDERFUL friends I was blessed to hang out with and spend valuable time together:




Time spent in the ER (true to form) on our trip to Houston which was also Leelyn's first airplane ride and Blaines tenth I think: (now is a good time to mention all point and shoot photos here) LOL



Our first family of four vacation to Indiana Dunes, Ky, and Ohio:




We did a lot of travel this past year and are already jammed packed this year with trips. Our year ennded with a bang, pun intended with a car crashing into our home due to a drunk driver and just one or two more trips to the ER. I have met many wonderful people, rekindled one or two friendships thankfully and most importantly I am just happy that my family is here, healthy and happy.

Here is to a new year which has started off with a new addition: Cohen Michale Weed, my Godsons new baby brother. So long 2008, your memorise will be with us forever ;-)

Fruits of my labor

I really don't like having to cook every night, and I don't. Lastnight I was feeling blah and really didn't want to make dinner, but I did. Then, as I walked over to the buffet I turned around and saw this

and boy did I enjoy the fruits of my labor of being in the kitchen preparing this meal. All three boys chowing down, Leelyn included:


That little booger wants nothing to do with jar food anymore but he has no teeth, not one! Seems like we have been teething for months!

I also love it when dad comes home from work:


as does the boys!