~~Been a while..... 50 weeks old~~

Okay, so this slacker mom had too much going on last week. I never got to post....been a little busy tying up loose ends for our Meet the World Birthday Party!!! We do hope you will join us!

March 19 from 1:00 to 3:00 at FUMC Activities Center

Not a lot to update this week. I'm afraid we are starting our third round of ear infections. Wayne will take Reed to the doctor tomorrow morning to see if that's why he's running a fever and SCREAMING in pain. It's been a long and tiring day since our little fellow has felt badly.

A few pics from the past two weeks. Praying God's blessings for each and everyone of you this week. Don't forget to email if you plan to be at the party so we can have some idea of how many to expect (whputnal@mchsi.com).



Love to all,

~48 weeks and counting~

Who would've thought we would make it this far when our journey began on March 14, 2010??? In 4 weeks from tomorrow, Reed will be 1 year old!!! WOW!!! Thank You, God, for sparing our baby! We have only battled 2 sets of ear infections in 11 months, which is AMAZING!! The dreaded one year at home sentence has been a tremendous blessing to us. Keeping Reed at home and having Grandma keep him instead of a daycare has truly kept him well enough he could THRIVE at such an amazing rate. Tomorrow we will celebrate Reed's 11-month birthday along with Valentine's Day. I can definitely say in the past year I have experienced every type of love that exists....even a love that never stopped in the darkest days.

Our little man is crawling like lightning, and getting into everything. I have made 2 trips to Wal Mart this weekend and forgot to buy cabinet locks both times. I'm still in shock that he's big enough to get into the cabinets, I guess. HA!

In 5 short weeks, we will celebrate Reed's birthday with a BLOWOUT. We want all of you faithful prayer warriors to join us for his 1st Birthday/Meet the World Party. Please mark your calendar for March 19, 2011. We will party at the Activities Center of First Methodist Church. The party will be from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Feel free to drop by or stay the entire time. Good times and great memories will abound! Thank you for staying with us on this journey as we have all experienced a modern day miracle! We love each and every one of you, and look forward to spending time with each of you at the party!

Love to all,

What a Blessed Birthday ~ 47 weeks old

What a wonderfully blessed birthday I've had this year! I have the best birthday present to celebrate as I turn 34....a precious son who is my modern day miracle man. I have enjoyed my day today just snuggling with all three of my precious babies, and there was nothing I'd have rather been doing. :) 

Reed started the weekend off with an after hours appointment at the pediatrician. He has a full blown ear infection in his right ear and a lot of congestion/upper respiratory stuff going on. Thanks to those two upper teeth coming in! He's been on plenty of meds, including breathing treatments, all weekend. We have actually seen some improvement, and pray that he's back to his normal happy self soon.

My sweet babies and husband sent me beautiful roses to school Friday for my birthday. Wayne and I went to dinner and a movie Saturday night with friends, while the girls made me a birthday cake with Grandma. Today has been a lazy, snuggling day with my babies. What a wonderful birthday weekend!!! Thank You, God, for blessing me with another wonderful year with my family!

Now that my birthday has passed, we are in HIGH gear racing towards Reed's big birthday/meet the world bash!!! March 19th....BE THERE!!!!

Much love to all,

~~46 Weeks Old~~

Reed is 46 weeks old tonight! My, oh, my, has life taken a speed surge! He's completely mobile now, between crawling wherever he wants to go and cruising around the coffee table. :)  My baby is growing up too fast!!! He's eating table food without any problem now...and LOVING it! Today he tried Pibb Xtra for the first time. Oh, you could see the look on his face of remembrance....... I drank at least one 20 ounce Pibb Xtra EVERY day of my pregnancy! He absolutely LOVED it! I discovered last night that he has 4 teeth now. I didn't know there were 2 on top that had cut through the gums. He doesn't like anyone to touch his teeth, so he doesn't give us opportunities to feel for new teeth. :)  Reed's new furniture came in this past week. His mattresses will come in on Tuesday. I'm so excited - it's BEAUTIFUL!!! He wakes himself up every night when he rolls over because he rolls into his bumper pads. Hopefully, moving him to his big boy bed will allow him to sleep better. :)

We are 6 weeks and 1 day away from Reed's first birthday!!! Thank You, God, for such an awesome  year for our baby boy. He started off with a bang, but life has been so calm ever since. We like it that way!

 Reed was so happy to get outside in the nice weather!

 Loving his mommy

 All smiles

 Really?!?!?

 Giving mommy sugar

 Life is good

 Pushing mommy away

 Best buds

 Enough camera already! Shoving the camera

Who me?!?!?!



We are just under 7 weeks away from our 1st birthday/Meet the world BLOWOUT!! I hope you will ALL put March 19th on your calendar and join us for his big party. So many of you prayed us through our dark days, and have wanted to meet this modern-day miracle. This will be a wonderful opportunity for that.

We are beginning another busy week. However, at the end of this one I'll be another year older..... Boy, have I felt this one! I should probably get credit for about 10 years' worth of life in the past year. :)  Thank God for another year to spend with my family and friends! I anxiously await what He has in store for us in the coming year.

Much love to all,

~~45 Weeks~~

45 weeks old!!!! In 7 weeks and one day, our precious miracle baby will be one year old!!! WOW!! What a whirlwind of a year! We thought, once we finally got home from NNICU, that the one-year mandatory house-bound requirement woudl be HORRIBLE and feel like ETERNITY. But it hasn't! It's been wonderful. It has flown by in the blink of an eye. It's really been nice to have an excuse to make us stay at home. Having followed doctors' orders, we have kept our little man perfectly healthy. He has thrived in an amazing way since March 14, 2010, and we are eternally grateful for God blessing us with him. Although I feel ridiculous, I STILL, probably more so now than when this journey began, cry when anyone asks about Reed. I feel so crazy since he's perfectly healthy and about to turn one year old. I am not a sharer of emotions, and I think all the pent-up emotion has finally begun to leak out....each time I talk about Reed. I, and very few others, know exactly how bad this journey was when it began. I was there every minute of every day, praying for my baby to make progress in the direction of healing. I was on the roller coaster ride that took two steps forward and, on very few occasions, one step back. Enough of my blubbering...

We are having a first birthday party for Reed. We are also combining it with a "Meet the World" party. So many of you faithful prayer warriors have never seen Reed other than in pictures. I'd love to have this opportunity for all of you to be able to see the fruits of your prayers in person. We will have the party on March 19, at the Activities Center of First Methodist Church. I'm not exactly sure on the time yet, but it will be in the afternoon. We would be so honored for each of you to join us as we celebrate a modern-day miracle.

I'll close with some random pics from the past week  I hope each of you has a wonderfully blessed week, and take the time to find those small, often ignored blessings that God gives us each and every day of our lives.

 One of my favorite places to be - riding my roller coaster!!!

 Let the torture begin! Anna put me in her baby doll stroller! HELP!!!

Enough already!!! Get me out! I'm so over this!!! MOMMY!!!



Much love to all,

~~Call me a slacker....~~

Reed is 43 weeks old!!!

Okay, so I'm a slacker... I never got around to updating the blog last weekend. I truly cherished every minute, to my very last one, that I had on Christmas vacation. :)  For the first time ever, I did NOTHING for school my entire break. I devoted all my time to my babies. :) It was very hard getting back into the work thing this week. Now, we are blessed with a snow day tomorrow!!! YAY!! More time with my babies!

Reed went back to the doctor this week with what we feared was another round of ear infections. He did not actually have infections. However, he was congested from allergies, so we are continuing with the Claritin. He has two really big teeth on bottom, and acts like he's working on some on top. He weighed, unofficially since it wasn't on his official weight check scale, 16 pounds and 3 ounces. He's a big boy!

We are staying busy as he becomes mobile - not walking yet and not really crawling - but scooting all over. He busies himself daily playing with all of his new prizes he got for Christmas. He has developed a strong need to be entertained since the girls and I were home for 2 weeks with him. He no longer likes to entertain himself, but that's okay, too. :)

I am busy planning his first birthday party. We are going to combine it - a first birthday party but also a "Meet the World" party. There are so many people who have prayed without ceasing for this little man, and have been dying to meet him. We have followed doctors' orders and limited Reed's contact with the public. This one-year "sentence" ends when he turns a year old, although we will continue to keep him away from places like Wal Mart. :)  We want all of you who have been such a vital part of his life - even though you haven't met him - by praying for him, or preparing meals for us, or so many other ways - to finally be able to meet Reed. This party will be a time for all to come and meet him. There's no better way than to combine the two events into one big PARTY!!! Save the date - Saturday, March 19th. We are so excited to finally be able to show him to the world!!!!

We had a private Christening for Reed in July. However, the church body was not able to take their part in the vows. The preacher wants to finish the Christening in the church, and we are wanting to do that on March 20th, if the church calendar allows. Oh, how wonderful it will be to finally be able to participate in so many things that we had to put on hold during our year being home bound!!!

Posting many pics from last two weeks. I want to ask for your prayers for a dear friend of mine. She desperately wants another baby, but has miscarried twice. Please lift her up in your prayers...for healing, understanding, and the baby she so desires.

 Reed & Memmy

 Reed & Nurse Emily from Macon NNICU

 Reed on his roller coaster

 Reed in his favorite place - the TUB

 Reed & Mommy :)

Much love to all!