It was a beautiful summer morning and we headed downtown to the courthouse. We were one of just a few families there so it took no time at all to get in to see the judge. And what a kind sweet judge he was. We answered questions admitting that Jack had no belongings of […]
Mom and Dad had gone to visit some dear friends of the family who lived a ways away. So I was a little surprised she was calling me when the phone rang and it was her. I could hear the excitement in her voice from the start, as she began to tell me about this […]
We drove south for about 2 hours and just when we were in the middle of seemingly nowhere, we saw it… lots and lots of buildings surrounded by fences and barbed wire loops. We found the one where Jack's mom was at and pulled up. This was a totally new experience for us, we had […]
Happy Half Birthday Little Man Jack!! If you remember, We Chappell's like to celebrate the very first 1/2 Birthday of someone's. Here are some sweet pics of Jack's 1/2 cake and present!! I can't believe he's 6 months old!! He's sitting up on his own and almost crawling. He's almost in sz 4 […]
Here's some cuteness for you this wonderful friday afternoon. Say "More" Say "Food" Where's your… Hair? Where's your…. piggies? Where's your….tongue? Didn't teach her this one. :o) Where's… Monkey? Give Monkey loves. Bathtime My boy is all smiles most of the time! […]
I'm trying this out to see if it helps me organize my thoughts more. Every Tuesday I'd like to just share 10 things I'm thinking about or learning about or experiencing. I think this will help me journal everyday life things and thoughts so one day when I realize that life was a blur when […]
I can't believe it but he is already 3 months old. And it seems like he's getting bigger by the day. He's eating wonderfully and LOVES to be talked to. He's a great sleeper and sleeps through the night all the time now. I'm really glad the newborn weeks are behind us and I […]
I need to blog. Well, what I really need to do is go to bed. But for some reason I"m not sleepy. So I try to use these times to blog. So, if I complain on facebook that I'm tired… tell me I asked for it and should have gone to bed about now. I've […]
I've been wanting to share on here some of my mind's thoughts this past week but just haven't had the time or the words to put it in. So when I found myself being able to put it into sentences for a dear friend today I thought that it pretty much summed up the past […]
I love all his little newborn baby parts. :o) Jack is such a good baby…… he Sleeps ALL THE TIME! which is great seeing as how he wasn't supposed to be born for another two weeks. He's eating okay but still needs to develop more in that area, we do a lot of coaxing for […]
Jack… it means God is Gracious. And indeed He is and undoubtably will prove so in the months to come as we parent this little one and watch where the Lord places him long term. This is a special name that we named him. We choose a different name than what's on his birth certificate […]
I'm coming to get you today!! You just got out of the hospital yesterday, Grandma Joy came to pick you up and she spent the day and last night with you. Her voice was full of that "newborn giddiness" that just happens when you have a baby around you for any length of time. Yesterday […]
Well, I think this baby was more premature than everyone thought. I think the Doctors said that they thought that he might have been about 6 weeks premature. So that being said, he is still in the hospital learning how to be a newborn. We don't have much more information than that and I'm learning […]
I haven't even met this baby yet and already he fills my thoughts. But then I can't think about him too much because I'm trying to fit three weeks of work into this one week. And so in a way it's good that I'm occupied… but I'm also a stress ball. I think hours of […]
Last month God brought my parents together with some long time family friends for a sweet time of fellowship. During that time they found out that their granddaughter was about to give birth to a baby boy and needed a home for him because of some choices she had made and she was serving time […]
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