Tulips and Rembrandts

From the moment of your birth you have been a gift of grace to our family. You are full of life and laughter and snuggles and spark. We are ...

We're home and Elizabeth has shaken off the anesthesia and just ate a good lunch of her favorite oatmeal. We're so pleased that the...

We're taking Elizabeth in for a regularly scheduled endoscopy tomorrow morning to check out her varices. (to review, last winter they ...

Well, it's actually steps 2 & 3, but we'll have a pedestrian before too long!

See that smile?? That's the smile of a girl who just finished eating her meal all by herself for the first time in her whole life! She ...

This afternoon went to the pumpkin patch at Eckert's Farm in Illinois. It was a gorgeous fall day and we had a fantastic time watching t...

We had the most wonderful week with Granna. She delighted us by flying out for 7 days, just to treat us to happy meals, shopping, a little s...

Our Dear Little Bug, What a wonder you are! Three years have passed sine we first laid eyes on you, and I it has been the joy of our lives t...

We made it through September and Elizabeth is as healthy as she's ever been. Praise God! I'm sorry we haven't updated you sooner...

For the first time in her short life, Elizabeth spent the entire month of September out of the hospital. We loved every minute of it!

We had a fantastic time at Grant's Farm to support the Jerry Lewis Telethon on Monday. Last year when we went, Elizabeth wasn't walk...

We were blessed by our friend Megan with a free airline ticket that expired in October, so we decided to fly Grandma out to keep us company ...

I can't wait for 2024. I'm 9 months old now, and am practicing push-ups so I can be in top form when it comes time for the Olympic t...

We're all big fans of the "red sunshine".      

While overall, our appointment with the feeding therapist went well last week, in the aftermath, I realized I'd been hoping for a magic ...

It's nice to be home. We had a fantastic time in California. Both girls were healthy the entire time and the flights to and from were un...

From our 8-month photo shoot      

Elizabeth is tri-lingual! She speaks English and American Sign Language, and apparently she's decided to add German to the list. Uncle R...

We're having a fantastic time at Granna & Papa's house. We've enjoyed swimming, eating, laughing, playing, and relaxing with...