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An Updated Update

Excitement and terror. Those two feelings were playing a heated game of Tug o’ war on my uncertain state of mind. Then, they met up with thankfulness and guilt, for a round of doubles. We were leaving the NICU. Why the battle of emotions? Here is the current update on Annette, Charlotte, and the rest of us Prescotts.  No more goodbyes and counting the days until we will see the boys next; this week we got to go home! It happened so fast. During the weekend we trained how to insert and maintain Charlotte's NG tube on our own, and then, badda-bing, badda-boom, we were discharged! We gathered our belongings and walked straight out the door with baby girls in tow, just as I had imagined it from inside alcove #3553, for 47 days. It would have been all sunshine and roses too, if not for the previous day. The baby didn't make it. I didn’t need to see the blotchy cheeks and tear-stained faces of family members to put it together; in the NICU you just listen to the beeps. Dings a
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Throw back to Pregnancy #1

We have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of our first son, Easton, for the past seven months. This adventure has been wonderful and exciting from the get-go! Here is a little synapses of our journey!

A Belated Update

February 23, 2018 Dear friends and family,  Hello to you! We write this from the Salem NICU. Here we sit and watch the sky lighten and darken in a morphed cycle of hours that have all blended together. Cody and I have received your text messages and read your Facebook comments. Please accept our  apologies for the lack of information or response. Here is an update for all of you who have been wondering about our current situation. Where to start? We found out we were expecting, approximately three days after Cody cancelled his vasectomy and relented to go for “one more baby”. At 15 weeks I measured what would be a normal 20 week size. Two heart beats would clear up that confusion. Surprise! Cody replaced his hesitations about having three children with extreme excitement to have four. I however, was slightly terrified. They say if you can manage three kids that you can manage any number....I guess we’ll find out!  Loe and behold, our twin girls, Annette Fa

I Was Wrong

Jesus going to the cross. Seems simple enough. You don't have to set foot in a church to get the main concept. Up to this point, I thought I had a decent grasp on those pre-resurrection hours. I have to admit, I was not only missing a huge part, I was flat out incorrect about the biggest factor! Embarrassing.   Just to (very minimally) set the scene: Jesus and the disciplines went to the Garden of Gethsemane. Jesus prayed. Jesus was scared about what was to come. In a simple synapsis; Jesus was about to be crucified, and he was scared. Sounds reasonable to me. I am ready to sweat blood every time I am driving in Portland, and that doesn’t exactly compare. He dules death, takes on all of evil and we think; ‘Gotcha, moving on.’ However, I was missing a very important factor. You see, Jesus is 100% God and 100% human . So when we say that Jesus took on 'the wrath of God', the truth is that He is the only human to fully understand the exten

Pregnancy #2 Progress Pictures

   Mary Mary quite contrary, how does your belly grow?? Well here is how mine did:             And that, in a nutshell, was my 9 months...minus the Silver Bells and Cockle Shells and pretty maids all in a row.  

We've Expanded

There have been some changes up in here! Between Cody's job, babies and our living situation, we have been looking to God with our jaws dropped, marveling at His gifts. H ere is our family update as we cruise into the new year.  As it turns out, Cody can really work semi formal attire. Total eye candy . This discovery came with his new position in the payroll and budget office at WOU. He is LOVING both his job and coworkers. Currently, he is completing his degree in business (only because there was no degree for duck hunting available).  Four minutes, by foot, is his total commute time. I get to see him for lunch and he is off at 5. This schedule has me utterly spoiled. Meanwhile, my job is full time Moming. It lacks a salary but hey, I'm my own boss, although Easton (age 2) often forgets this.  Talk about job security, I have currently prolonged my position at home with the arrival of... dah dah dah tah dah: our second son! Let me formally introduce you to the newest addition

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