Prayers for Baby Stellan

You may have noted the button found on the top left of Nick's blog which shows a picture of a baby and the words "Praying for Stellan". Stellan is the almost 9-month old son of Jennifer & Israel McKinney, a young couple living in MN. Jennifer is the author of www.mycharmingkids.net, a blog with faithful readers totaling in the hundreds of thousands (from all around the world!). Almost exactly a year ago, the McKinney's were told that their unborn son was in heart failure and would almost certainly not survive. But Stellan did survive, miraculously, and seemed to be healed. However, his stubborn condition reared its ugly head and he has been hospitalized several times in his short life.

As of this moment, Stellan is in a desperate condition and desperately needs prayers. Please click on the link, read about Stellan & his story, and join me in praying for this baby & his family.

Splash park fun!

Nick wants to send a special "hi" to his fan (and one of his mom's favorite people) Monica! :)

Bam Bam!

Joy

We visited Charlie/Alex/Tyler/Michael earlier this month to catch up on life & hang out. You can see who the biggest kid was at that visit, LOL! On our way home, we happened to call my mom & sister and learned they were close by so we met for a fun lunch at Cracker Barrel.





If I can digress for a short moment...it's days like this that really, really, really (did I say really?) make me miss my dad & Chris. I can't even describe to you how much they would have enjoyed Nick. Sometimes I allow myself to imagine how they would have played with him - Dad would be "racing" Nick down the driveway, just as he did with me at Nick's age, while Chris would be rocking Nick & reading one of the hardcover books she read to her own kids - but I quickly dismiss those thoughts or risk dissolving into a blubbering mess. It just makes me so sad to think how much they're missing.

Happier posts to come, I promise.

First Haircut Hijinx

My silly boys

Sometimes the best toys are free...