If You Look Up Miserable in the Dictionary….

You might find an illustration similar to this picture of Brooks: The boys (minus Isaac) have been suffering from a respiratory illness going on a week now. We’d like to kick it out of our house and home, but it keeps on lingering. Good news is their O2 saturations are well in the acceptable range …

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Hands on My Heart…

This morning I found our Valentine’s Day card from last year in our NICU Memory Box. Lisa, our primary night nurse made it for us, and it’s something we’ll hold on to for life! It’s really surreal to think about how tiny and precious their hands were a year ago. Tomorrow is the BIG One …

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Our Journey of 1 Year with 4 Miracles….

Dust off your computer screen, turn up the volume, grab a tissue or two, gather around your co-workers, family, and pets and watch My Favorite Post EVER!

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We Took Pictures So It Would Last Longer…

By popular demand – The 1st Birthday Pictures! I don’t have too much commentary for these; they pretty much speak for themselves. =) Besides, y’all don’t come here for my words – you come here for the pics! I did a mix of b&w; and color, because I think some pictures almost demand it! (Left …

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Behind the Scenes of the 1st Bday: A Monkey’s Eye View

I thought some of you might like to see some of the details from the Monkeys’ 1st Birthday. The print on the left was on the invitations. Barrel of 4 Monkeys – appropriate or what??? Friday Brad and I teamed up to make Monkey Cupcakes. I think they turned out quite cute, don’t you think? …

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“Let Them Eat Cake!”

Happy 1st Birthday Henry, Brooks, Clark, and Isaac! We had an awesome time celebrating LIFE today! We started off the day singing “Happy Birthday” to the boys (individually, of coarse) in their cribs, prayed in their exact time of birth (12:33pm-12:35pm) with our parents, and celebrated with close family this afternoon. I have lots, lots …

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Murray “Crew-Cuts”

You are in for a great post….The Murray Crew’s 1st Haircuts! I can’t get over how handsome and grown-up they look! I’m sitting here chuckling as I post this, because it truly has the appearance of Extreme Makeover, Hair Club for Men, or something along those lines….. Warning: If you are a grandparent, aunt, future …

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Almost ONE Year “Behind” Us….

5 Days until B-DAY! I’m in partial denial. Seriously – where did my preemies go???? We have an eventful week ahead:~1st Haircuts (Tuesday)~1st Year Pictures (Thursday)~1st Year BIRTHDAY and gathering with family (Saturday)~1st CAKE!!! So many firsts in one year! Can’t believe what’s behind us, looking forward to what God has for us in the …

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