Something special for Gracie

I made little Gracie a special "Mema" gift today. I always make my grandbabies a door hanger announcing their birth. Since Gracie decided to make an early appearance, I had to get busy and get her door hanger made. Gracie's room at home is decorated in hot pink and lime green, so I got her door hanger made tonight. Aunt Kristi helped me put some special touches on it and Grandma wanted a bear that was on her Christmas tree put on it. This little gift was made just for you Gracie, with lots and lots of love poured in it!! God, please protect our little "Miracle."
Please continue to ask everyone you know to pray for our little Gracie.

Miracle on 24th Street continues

Look what Gracie has to look forward to when she comes home!!

Big Sister Callie

Big, little sister, Kadee

"A Christmas Tree for Gracie"

This is the little tree we decorated for Gracie it's on her shelf above her bed in NICU.

Gracie, Tuesday, Dec. 9

Gracie didn't want her picture made. 4/09/08

Little Gracie continues to amaze me. She did lose a few ounces this week, but quickly has gained some of them back. When I go in the NICU to see her, my heart absolutely breaks to see all the little babies in there, especially ours. She is absolutely adorable and I can't wait until she comes home. I'm very impatient, wanting her to grow alot faster. It's amazing how far technology has come and the care Gracie is getting is evident of that. She has developed a small heart problem, they're hoping to correct it with medicine, if not they'll do a surgical procedure in the NICU unit. She also has developed quite a personality, the nurses say she flirts with them. She likes to lay on her stomach, which the nurses say they can cheat by letting her do that since she's on a monitor. For all you older generation, they don't like babies to sleep on their stomachs like we did with our kids. Robyn is still very weak, but she manages to go see Gracie every day. Todd has been a trooper, doing all household chores, taking care of Callie & Kadee, and of course taking care of Robyn. I'm proud of him and how He's taken over! Please continue to keep Gracie and Robyn in your prayers, we know God answers prayers. On our way into NICU yesterday, Robyn and I saw Jeanette Gurley in the hall. We go to church with her and Jeanette works in Labor and Delivery. She told Robyn she was the talk of the unit. No one can believe Robyn and the baby lived through this, but Jeanette said an angel was sitting on Dr. Hales shoulder that night. All the doctors still can't believe the outcome. Thank you God for hearing our prayers and taking care of us.

Miracle on 24th Street

Wow , what a week it's been! As most of you know, My daughter, Robyn, was expecting her 3rd little girl in February. Gracie Robyn Tidwell, weighing in at 2lbs 8 oz, 14 inches long, decided to make an early appearance on Tuesday. It was a very scary night, something I never want to experience again!! God chose to give life to Gracie and Robyn, whose Dr.s all said neither usually survive an incident like she had. Her uterus ruptured, causing her to bleed internally. Little Gracie went into stress and the Dr.s had to do an emergency C-section. Robyn was bleeding internally and she and Gracie had to have blood. I do believe in prayer and now I have witnessed first hand how God hears prayers and performs miracles. In our classes and groups at church, we have been studying parables. we could write our own parable with this story. Little Gracie is breathing on her own and has never been on a ventilator. I will go see her tonight and since she's out of the oxygen tent, I can get a better pic of her that I'll post later. Robyn got to hold her for the 1st time last night and her Dad, Cecil, captured it all on video. Also, Cecil had hernia surgery this morning and is doing well. Thank you God for all you've done for us and please continue to watch after Gracie and Robyn.

I don't know about this tag thing, but here goes.

8 TV shows I watch

Dora the Explorer
The Young & the Restless( I record and watch it at night)
Days of our Lives( not for long though, they're messing it up)
The Amazing Race
Survivor
Dancing with the stars
The Bachelor
House hunters


8 Favorite Restaurants

Luans
Texas Roadhouse
Rudy's
Taco Villa, yes I love their diet cherry DPs.
50 Yard line
Chili's
Cracker Barrel
Whataburger

8 Things I did last week

Went to church & small group
Went to Todd's 30Th birthday party
Went to all 4 Walmarts with Kristi, looking for a Christmas village piece
Made sloppy Joe's for Aaron's mom who had surgery
Oiled all my kitchen cabinets
Mowed the back yard, hopefully for last time
Helped put some Christmas lights on the trees outside.
Went to Rebecca's & Ben's beautiful wedding.


8 things I look forward to

Grandma's 80Th Birthday
the Polar Express ride
Hosting Christmas progressive dinner for Amy & Brian's class
decorating my house for Christmas
starting a new year
A new granddaughter
an evening out with friends
a cold night, a hot fire, a blanket, and no phone

I tag Cheryl.

A slumber party full of fun!!

The girls decided they wanted to spend the night Tuesday since they were out of school. So they all packed their bags and what a night we had. Of course, the girls picked pizza to eat and boy do they like it. Pa always gets into the action with the kids, so he taught Kadee to raise her arms and say "touchdown." He was trying to get her to just raise her hand and say hi, but both arms would go up. After supper, while the other girls were playing, Kadee made it known to Pa she wanted M&M's. Pa has his Dad's M&M dispenser we gave him years ago, the one my girls use to beg M&Ms from his Dad . So he gets the M&M dispenser, puts it on the bar with Kadee in front of him, gives Kadee a handful of M&M's. Then out of the blue she sneezes all over Pa, not the usual, but a mouthful of M&Ms. That's when I got the camera and took these nasty pics. It was so funny, Kadee tried to eat the droppings off his chest. But of course, we didn't let her do that. She is quite a character!! After the girls played, they watched Polar Express since we're going to ride it this weekend. They all sleep in our room, just like our girls used to do. Those are the memories our girls still talk about, getting their sleeping bags and everybody finding a place on the floor in our room. Aunt Kristi had to tuck them all in, and amazingly all were out in a flash.

Pa and Kadee "playing at the table"

Yummy pizza

Kadee getting an handful of candy

Whoops! AH-CHOO!!

YUK!!

Kourtney teaching Kadee more tricks.

4 little ducks all in a row.

How sweet it is!!

Busy Busy House

It's been a very busy week at my house, which is nothing unusual. The kids had a Thanksgiving Feast at school on Tuesday, so they were wired when we got home. After being home,5 minutes, the state food agency decided to make an unannounced visit to monitor me. Everything that could happen did. The phone rang twice, and the kids were hanging from the ceiling, two got into a screaming match, but through all this, I did pass. The lady observed them having their snack said, "well, they all seemed happy." I was relieved when she left. This is the first time the state(Dept. of Ag) came. They do to different cities and pop in, making sure you're doing what your are suppose to be doing. I have another agency under them that monitor me every 4 months. On Wednesdays, Amy and Robyn stay for supper since church is only 5 minutes away. It's a busy night, starting with giving baths and washing 4 girls hair. We then go to bible class looking all clean and pretty! We girls have been teaching the 6 mon-1yr class, just finishing up our term. These pics show just of touch of what a week at our house is like,and I wouldn't change a thing, even if it is crazy!

Kadee decided to paint herself with mashed pototoes!

Yummy, good eatin! They don't look so happy though.

Girl Talk

Brayden and Macy, decorating the tree.

Mia & Callie, wild indian and pilgrim.

Ryder, "cheese"

Going for a ride on Grandma's walker.(motorcycle)

My "superheros"

A Silvertone Thanksgiving

"Generations" singing

Our own R.A. Bradley singing

Buffet table

Easy table decorations

My favorite pumpkin!

"South Plains Singers" A group of members who all just love to sing.

Lots of food!

Lots of fellowship

Miss Talented , Glenna Burns

I guess you've noticed in my past blogs, our life evolves around kids and old people. What a great combination!!!! We had a busy, but fun weekend. We had our Silvertone Thanksgiving Dinner, so we spent Friday night decorating for it, and Sat. getting everything ready. At the last count, we served 96 people. What a turnout!!!!! We furnished the turkey, dressing, cranberry sauce, and bread and they brought the rest. Boy can these people bring good stuff. No diets that day. The South Plains singers and Generations sang for us. Also, our own Glenna Burns did a Thanksgiving reading for us with the audience making sound effects from Glenna's cues. She is a blessing to our group and is alot of fun. It was nice Charla and I didn't have to do the entertaining. We changed the time of our party to 1:00 pm, so everyone could go home in time to watch the Raiders beat OSU!!! Way to go Tech!!