Feeding Tube is OUT & Updates!!!!

Picture above is Liam eating for the first time without the feeding tube!!! PRAISE GOD!!!!

Mar. 1
Night Post:

Psalm 5:1-3
Listen to my words, LORD,
consider my sighing
Hear my cry for help,
my King and my God,
for to you I pray.
In the morning, LORD, you hear my voice;
in the morning I lay my requests before you
and wait expectantly. "

Thankfuls:
-Liam slept well again:)
-Happy happy day for Liam today--love it.
-Liam is now walking with just people holding both his hands.
-Liam does not cry through any therapy now (just a few tears here and there)
-Liam got fitted for his hearing aides and they are rush ordered and should be here early next week-praying praying praying they help.
-Liam ate and DRANK today and still no throwing up...He ate a half a grilled cheese for lunch today and a whole piece of banana bread and cheetos for snack/dinner this afternoon. He of course wants to feed himself. Next week we will be trying to get him to eat even more---wahooo!
-Casey had to head back home today and so he picked up Liam to hug him goodbye and Liam said "Dad". Very sweet moment...he knows his daddy!
-Liam just seems to be figuring stuff out...he is very perceptive despite his hearing and sight loss...this is very good to see! We are working hard on creating as much of a routine as we can and signals and signs for him.

Prayer Targets:
-Safety for my hubby while he is away and also for friends and family traveling to visit/help out.
-For us all to continue to grow closer to God through all of this and continue to seek him. For God to continue to call his people to pray!
-For Liam to continue to grow during his therapy sessions and enjoy them.
-Please stand and believe with us that God can and will restore our sweet little man. "Look what the Lord has done!"
-Please pray for another good nights sleep for Liam and another happy day tommorow..pray that he is good and hungry and will try new foods!! (Project Get That Annoying Tube Out:)

We can't thank you all enough for continuing to lift our family up in prayers...may God bless you all!!

Thank you Jesus. We give you the glory for ALL these miracles happening in Liam's Life!

Mar. 2

Night Post:

Thankful:
-Liam had a great morning...just happy. Slept well the night before.
-Ate pretty well today:) (he ate a cinnamon roll, drank a lot, ate some chicken nuggets and part of a fish stick yogurt and cheetos-still working on trying a variety of food) Keep eating buddy and we can work on getting that stupid tube out!

Notes:
I went to our weekly Friday meeting with all of Liam's therapists and case workers. Everyone is extremely pleased with Liam's progress. Our estimated time here is now 3 more weeks. We have a lot of big things happening next week. Liam's first vision test (keep praying for a miracle) on Tuesday and a huge ear appointment on Friday (about 4 hours long)...they worked hard to get an appt this next week to 'get the ball rolling'. He trials his hearing aides (should be here by Tues. or Wed of next week). There is a lot of talk about cochlear implants...there is a small window of when we can do this for Liam (if we choose to) because of the effects of Menegitis. He would be a good canidate since he was born with hearing and still has some speech. They will be checking this kind of stuff at our Friday meeting. Please pray for wisdom for us as this will be a big decision for Casey and I to make. Please pray for God to make it completely obvious what we are supposed to do. Please pray for a complete healing of his ears.

Prayer Targets:
-EYES TO SEE AND EARS TO HEAR!!
-Wisdom for Casey and I
-For Liam to continue to eat more and more and get that tube out
-For all the hearing stuff next week.
-Safety for all family/friends traveling back and forth to be with us

Thank you Jesus. We have so much to be thankful for.


So on a more positive note....Liam had another great day. He is eating well and in a good mood!
Next week we have some big prayer requests coming up. Liam will have an eye test, pray we have another miracle.....Liam will be getting hearing aides also pray those work for him and he can hear his mommy's voice!
God has blessed us even in a horrible situation. I have my son, I begged God to save him and he has. I can not get caught up in how I wanted our life to go, or the things I wanted to do. I need to always remain caught up in the blessings. Phil 4:8 tells us to focus on the good things, not the bad. I choose to thank God everyday for how awesome my life is in the middle of everything. So I am going to try and say something I am thankful for everyday.....today I am going to cheat and say 2 things.
I have a wife that is good to me even though I am not always good to her. She supports me and is a wonderful mother.
Liam, He truly has changed me as a person. I have never felt this kind of love for anyone. I cannot imagine my life without him. He makes me smile everytime I think about him.

Keep praying people.....God aint done.

Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things. Phil 4:
Mar. 3

Night Post:
Philippians 4:6,7
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Thankfuls:
-Liam ate AMAZING today...his happiest time by far is eating time:) Breakfast: he ate half a pancake, a few pieces of toast, and juice...Lunch: 2 1/2 chicken nuggets, some tater tots, water (thickened still), pudding. For dinner: almost a cup of mac and cheese, a little broccoli, half a rice crispy bar, 4 oz of water, 4oz of OJ, and 4oz of apple juice...WAHOOOOOOO!!! Here is a plan that the speech therapist will suggests to the head therapy doctor (forgot her official title) and the dietician (then to finaly be approved by Liam's peditrician)...Monday turn off the feedings while keeping the tube in-just to see how it goes...Wednesday, if all goes well, goodbye tube! just a tenative schedule please PRAY PRAY PRAY PRAY PRAY
-Liam keeps saying new words each day...still the cutest one to me is when he fake sneezes for the speech therapist to get her to laugh...
-Liam went from laying down to sitting on his OWN today and played with his toys for about a minute before he started to realize he was sitting on his own:)
Just love that boy.
-Thankful for our other little boy that is growing like crazy (along with my belly) and kicking kicking kicking me all day long-love him already. A little less than 8 weeks left-yikes.
-Thankful for my hubby--love him so much
-Thankful for supportive and loving friends and family

Prayer Requests:
With this "thanksgiving" Lord we present these requests to You:
-Please restore Liam's hearing so that he may hear Your word and his Bible stories everynight...so that he may hear all those around him that love him.
-Please restore Liam's sight so he may see his Mommy and Daddy and new baby brother.
-Please give Casey and I wisdom, clear answers, and peace about our family's future.
-Please let everything go smoothly with the feeding tube tenative schedule.

Thank you Jesus.

Mar. 4

Night Post:
Psalm 23
1The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 4Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. 5Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
6Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

Verses that many of us know by heart...verse 4 especially has played through my head the past two months...Thankful for HIS Word.

Updates/Thankfuls:
*We have a MOVER on our hands! Liam has officialy crawled on his own. Started with an 'army crawl' then he got up on his hands and knees and started crawling. He can't do it very long yet-has to keep building those muscles. He keeps trying to go from laying to sitting. Needless to say we are kept a lot busier now with this little man...making sure his not banging into stuff and not getting wrapped up in that stupid food tube. A busy little 2 year old is a good 'problem' to have:)
*Cutest thing ever: Liam and I were playing on his mat and he was laying down like normal and started to try to sit up and get on my lap...he then said "hold me" he did this a couple of times this evening...loving all these little blessings!
*Liam ate a ton again today!! yea Liam

Prayer Targets-
-Please pray for all the big things happening this week: tube to come out, eye appt, hearing/ENT appt, and hearing aides. Please Lord, give us all strength and wisdom.
-Please pray for us to all be healthy...pray for my husbands cold to go away so he can come tomorrow
-Continue to pray for Liam's eyes to see and ears to hear. Believe! We have a BIG GOD:)

"Look what the Lord has done!"
Thank you Jesus

Mar. 5
Liam update COULDN'T WAIT UNTIL TONIGHT:)

FEEDING TUBE IS OUT!!!