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Our story sounds like that of many other families in the world. A boy meets a girl, girl likes boy, boy takes his sweet time figuring out just how perfect girl is for boy... they get together, they fall in love, and they get married. Then come the sweet babies... three little boys later, here we are, a family of 5, blessed beyond measure.

Jordan and I have a story, like most people... I am not sure how much to tell here, how much you actually need or even want to know! This blog has gone from being my personal reflections on motherhood, food, life, and the funny things my little boys do each day. And it is still that.

On February 10, 2010, our second son, Jack, was diagnosed with Leukemia when he was a little over 2 years old, and then this blog became a tool to update those who would pray, a place to document the journey we were on, and a testimony to God's faithfulness to us during this time.

So much of what describes who we are, and what our story is about, can be summed up in this: we are weak, we are needy, and God is strong and faithful. I hope to add to this story more details of who we are, but for now, welcome, and thank you for taking the time to read about us.

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Diagnosis and Grace

Friends- "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble" Psalm46:1 Much has happened since I last wrote only 2 short days ago. We found out much later that night a new diagnosis, that our sweet boy has leukemia . We were not completely shocked but we were certainly shaken. After I posted about what was going on at Shady Grove, and we waited a bit more for some results, and we were informed that we needed to take Jack to Children's Hospital in DC for further testing with specialists. This raised our concern level quite high as you can imagine, that even with a snow storm coming, we were needing to make this trip. I began to google the combination of things they had found in the tests done on our little boy (swollen spleen, low platelet count , swollen lymph nodes) and came up options that were NOT Lyme disease, although a few of these symptoms did also look like Lyme. As a result of the google quest, I came across some concerning outcomes, one of the most

Just too funny

I had to share this funny moment with Tyler. I guess I will always be a cheerleader at heart- so I was cooking dinner and decided to do a little "cheer" of Tyler's name for him to see what he would do.... and he just laughed so hard- it was on the verge of crying! See the little video below!

.Results and Re-Admission.

I am so happy to share that the results from the bone marrow biopsy came back with the results we had hoped and prayed for! They said they found less than 0.1% Leukemic cells in his bone marrow!!! So this is such great news! The prognosis is a good one, and now we get to keep marching on into the next 3 years of making sure the Leukemia does not come back and he is fully in remission! Thank you all so much for all the prayers said on our behalf! I also have the happy report of how last night and this morning went as well... So last night, we woke Jack up at 11:30 to feed him one last time before midnight. He was so sweet and groggy but ate a bunch of nuggets and french fries. We gave him a bottle and put him in bed at midnight and hoped for the best... well, he did not wake up again until 4:45... which was AMAZING for us and him! That was a long stretch for the little guy! After that he cried for a while and Jordan tried distracting him with books and holding him for a while. Jordan w