Thanksgiving leads to Christmas!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!! We are so thankful to live the lives that we do. We live in the greatest country, defended by the greatest soldiers (both past and present). We have beautiful children, amazing family, wonderful friends. We live in a nice house, have food to eat, warm clothes to put on, and so many pleasures! Thank you to God who provides our every need!

Here comes the part where Thanksgiving leads to Christmas......I can now listen to Christmas music, put up my tree, wrap presents, and bake Christmas cookies. Another thing, I have decided to try my hand at selling a few things on etsy.com A website for selling all handmade items.

Happy Turkey day to you all!

Life on the RUN!

So, here we are, one month into our new adventure. We are LOVING being parents of two. Andrew is such a joy to us and Marianne continues to be a very good and content baby, also a blessing!! We cannot believe how time flies! As we look at our little girl and see how much she has changed already, we know that this precious time is going all too fast. Andrew is quickly approaching two. I have started planning his birthday and am really having fun! We are looking forward to my sister, Krista, and her hubby, Brian coming to visit on Saturday. We get to keep them here in Michigan until the Friday after Thanksgiving. We are really excited and Andrew has been practicing saying "Aunt KK" and "Uncle Brian" FUN!!! Nana and Papa come back in only four weeks....We are also excited to see them as they will be here for both Andrew's party and Christmas!!! Hip Hip HOORAY!

Please Pray!

We just got word that some friends of ours from church need prayer. Seth and Meg have two beautiful children, Annabelle (2) and Talin (2 months). Meg went to the hospital last night (November 10) with bad back pain and has now been diagnosed with cancer. She has a mass in her uterus and it has spread to the outside of her lungs. She also has dirty bacteria inside her lungs. This cancer is treatable with chemo. A CT scan today showed that it has NOT spread to her brain....Praise God!
Please pray for this dear family. Meg is still in pain and lots of medical "stuff" will be going on in the next weeks and months to come.
Thank you!

Back to reality.

Well, here we are, the first day home with just Mommy, Andrew and Marianne. What a good day it has been too. We had a successful trip out for errands and amazingly both kiddos are napping at the same time. I think to my self, what in the world am I doing awake??? Good question, in fact, this will be a short post so I can take a nap! Just wanted to say thanks to all who have prayed for us, visited us and especially to my parents to did so much for us while they were here. I miss them already but am excited to know that my sister will be here in two weeks and my parents will return in six! Can't wait to see them again.
Marianne is growing fast! Her two week appointment showed that she has grown an inch and now weighs 8 pounds 9 ounces!!! Andrew is still doing really good with her and wants to know where she is and what she is doing! He said to me this morning when we were loading up to leave..."Momma, baby come grocery too?" I said, "of course" and he replied with "Put her in the car, lets go!!!" It was very sweet.
On another note, many of you have been praying for our sister-in-law and friend, Lisa. One of our prayer requests was that she would get to meet our baby...well, praise God, not only has she met her, but there are no signs of her missing out on much for quite a while!!! Thank you all for your prayers and thank you Father for your love!!!

What a week!!

Well, here we are a week into being a family of four...What a week it has been. The excitement of having a baby....the excitement of the baby being a girl...the scary dejavu of her needing oxygen....the excitement that she was fine....the excitement of going home.....the long wait of discharge....the excitement of being home.....the first trip to the ER with mastitis....the pain of that....the happy knowledge that she gained 6 oz in three days....the emotional thoughts of having to see a cardiac specialist.....the total elation that once again, she is very healthy......the next trip to the ER for Marcie worried about the possibility of having influenza.....the relief of knowing it was only a reaction to the antibiotic....the tiring night....taking Andrew for his flu shot....being impressed that he only whimpered a little and was a "tough guy"


I'd say its been a roller coaster around here this past week. Paul and I both want off!!!! Here are a few pictures from the hospital.

Passed out with Mommy!! She loves to have her hands up by her face. Its very cute but hard to hold her sometimes.

Andrew LOVES his baby sister. He can say "Marianne" in the cutest way imaginable, but chooses to mostly call her "baby" He wants to hold her and see her a lot...He is really adjusting well!

Marianne Marie

First picture of Marianne Marie Bush. Born October 22!! We are so excited that she is finally here and healthy! More to come very soon, I promise!

Vote for life.....Why?

Alaina and Addie are the little girls of some friends of ours. Alaina was born at 24 weeks gestation and has CP. Their mommy spent 18 weeks on bed rest with Addie making sure she was born healthy. These girls are a testament of God's power!

Meet Brecken. She is the beautiful and funny baby girl of my good friend Aleen. She is one of a few little miracles we know.

This is Brecken mighty surprised by what happens when your Mommy thinks your Daddy's pants make a good place for a piggy back ride....maybe not such a good idea!

This is Anaya. She is a blessing to a family that we know. She was adopted from Guatemala. She is loved by her 4 older brothers and many many others!!! Another miracle of God's working.
Jordyn is full of life. Her Mommy and Daddy are special to us in many ways. This little girl is an example of real love! We miss her now that she moved to Montana, but are excited to see her when we go back!
Naomi is the blessing in my friend Rachelle's life. She is much loved and much wanted little girl. Its impossible not to smile when she does.

Normally I stay out of politics all together. I just wanted to take this opportunity to show some examples of little ones that by choice are here. If nothing else matters to you in politics, I encourage you to think about the importance of every life when you vote in a few weeks! Planned, unplanned, loved, healthy, or challenged.....every baby shows God's blessings to the world!