In the midst of a very busy week (baseball and last week of school), we celebrated Evan's 12th birthday!!
Evan was our preemie baby. He was born a month early and weighed in at 5 lbs, 5 oz, which is actually not too tiny considering his early arrival. (His older brother weighed in at almost 9 lbs, so a 5 pound baby seemed very small to us!) Shortly after his birth, Evan had some difficulty breathing and stayed in the hospital for a week. When he came home, he had to have oxygen for another week or two.
It was a very stressful time, dealing with Justin (who was 2 years old and not particularly happy about Evan's arrival) and the constant worry that I wasn't doing something right with Evan's oxygen and the machine that monitored his saturation levels.
Looking back, what I remember most about that time is the outpouring of love and prayers from family and friends, and deep gratitude to our Father in Heaven for answered prayers and blessings of peace.
Today, Evan is a healthy, happy, intelligent, and athletic young man. He is very kind and is a good friend-- not just to the "cool" kids, but to kids who struggle and need a friend.
Evan wanted a new bike for his birthday.
Flashback of Evan, doing what little boys do best! I had forgotten how white his hair used to be! :)
5 Kind Words:
Happy birthday!!!
Wow...look how he's changed! Time sure flies doesn't it?! Happy Birthday:-).
I bet you are proud! It makes you feel like you're doing something right when your kids do well.
You've got some good lookin' boys there, Gwen! They must have girls worshipping them from afar -- hopefully from afar, huh? Girls are a lot bolder now than they used to be. :)
Gorgeous family Gwen- you all should be proud and should brag!
What a sweet post! I haven't been on the internet for a couple of weeks now! I remember when Carson had oxygen at home. Did your monitor beep all the time? It drove us crazy!! Especially in the middle of the night. Every time he moved that blasted alarm would go off!! Finally we realized that we had never adjusted his oxygen, so we just took the monitor off and just checked his sats a couple of times a day. Hopefully now that swimming lessons are over I can be checking your blog more often!!
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