Christmas with Jesus

I see countless Christmas tress around the world below,

with tiny lights, like heaven's stars, reflecting, in the snow.

The sightis so spectacular, please wipe away that tear,

for I am spending Christmas with Jesus Christ this

year. I hear the many Christmas songs that people

hold so dear, but the sound of music can't compare with the

Christmas choir up here. I have no words to tell you the

joy their vocies bring, for it is beyond description, to hear

the angels sing. I know I am spending Christmas with

Jesus Christ this year. So please let your heart be

joyful, and let your spirt sing, for I am spending

Christmas in heaven, and I'm walking with the King.

In Memory of

Bea Allen

My Grandmother

Crazy Times!!!

Crazy Times!!! I am so ready for life to slow down. Will that ever happen???? I have my doubts.

My Grandmother passed away on Thursday evening. She is celebrating Christmas with Jesus!!! I am ever so thankful that I got be with her for her last few moments. And very greatful that she got to see Quilon. That is what she wanted. I will miss her greatly.

I am in Michigan now. Got here on Monday...Wedding Time!!!! We hit the ground running and wont be stoping till who knows when. Reherseal was the evening we got in. Have done last minute wedding stuff yesterday and today. And more than likely tomorrow too.

Its Christmas Eve and we went to church....my dad's church had a nice service. My Aunt Carol came into town tonight and after the church service we all went home and just hung out.

Life is just been so crazy busy. And after my sisters wedding I am going back down to Alabama to help clean out my Grandmothers apartment. Then when I get back to Minnesota I have a wedding to attend. Then we will have Seth's family Christmas.

CRAZYNESS!!!!

G-MA Update

We laid our heads on our pillows at 1:30AM at 2:30am we got a call from the hospital saying that things were not good. My Grandmother's vitals had bottomed out and they put her on a ventilator. My Dad, Aunt Carol (who also came Wednesday from FL), and Sister went straight to the hospital. After arriving my Dad and Aunt knew that Grandmother did not want to be on a ventilator so they decided to put her back on the C-Pap like machine.

My mom and I stayed back with Quilon so that he could sleep. Or that was our intentions. We left about a half hour later to go up to the hospital. We felt we needed to be there for our family and in case she went HOME.

My dad and aunt decided to take the C-Pap like machine off and just put her on plain oxygen mask. They want to make her as comfortable as possible.

The Doc doesnt think that there is anything else that can be done. He moved us out of the ICU onto the main floor.

We are trying to keep her as comfortable as possible......

Oh and Quilon is a champ! He has been sooo great. Slept most of the flights yesterday. Sleeping at the hospital and bring many smiles to the families waiting in the ICU waiting room. I am so proud of that lil man!

Flights Out

My dad flew down to Alabama first thing in the morning on Tuesday to be with his mama. After many talks back and forth my Ma, Sister, and I all decided we need to go too. We wanted to be sure that we got to see her whether its her time to go HOME or if she got better.

It was such a hard descion to make but we weren't going to regret it either way!

So on Wednesday morning at about 10:30am I booked a flight out of LaCrosse that was to take off at 12:45pm. I scrambled my stuff together as fast as I could. Quilons too!

I decided that Quilon really needed to go with me. My Grandmother had never seen him and was so looking forward to the my sisters wedding to she her newest great grand baby. I wanted her to be able to see him. So it was a must for me!!!

We got to the airport at 12:00pm by the help of my great sister-in-law Noelle. Once I got us all checked in I find out my flight to Minneapolis was going to be delayed about a half hour. Which then made my time between my connecting flight to Memphis go from an hour to a half an hour.

Well as soon as I landed at the Minneapolis airport I had to book it to my connecting flight. And let me just tell you that was a work out and more than likely a sight to see! I had Quilon in the Baby Bjorn, a diaper bag, and camera bag haulin my fanny to the other side of the airport as fast as I could. Which isn't fast....I'm not speedy! I am sure people were scared that I was either going to trip and fall hurting my lil man or that I might just have a heart attack. And boy did I feel like my heart was going to come thru my chest.

Needless to say I got to my connecting flight as soon as it was boarding!

Once in Tenessee I meet up with my Ma and Sister. What a relief that was for me! and Quilon too!! It was so great to see them now if only our flight could take off.

How is it that they(Northwest) can book a flight even over book it but forget to have a crew!!!! A little over an hour later we got our crew and boarded the plane. Well once aboard they(Northwest) would not close the door for about 15 minutes after everybody was on board. Makes you feel safe!!

We all finally made it Huntsville, AL. How great it was to see my daddy. We then drove the hour to Guntersville, AL where my Grandmother lives.

Once we got to town it was about 12:00am and went straight to the hospital to see Grandmother!

Dad, Quilon and I went straight back. I was so nervous to see her but once I got in there that mostly went away. My Grandmother was on a breathing machine that was very similar to a C-Pap machine only larger scale. Her mouth and nose are covered with this mask to help her breath. As soon as she saw Quilon she reached her arms up to touch him and was trying to kiss him thru her mask. It was so sweet and precious. My Grandmother was SOOOO happy to see her newest great grand baby.

That there is why I need to go. To let her have that joy of my sweet baby Quilon!!!

Pray Please!!!!

On Friday my grandmother fell and broke her pelvis. She lives all alone down in Alabama so the docs decided to keep her there knowing that she really wanted to heal to be able to fly in about a week to go to my sisters wedding on Dec. 26th. Well it is a great thing that the docs decided to keep her because her breathing has become really hard and her blood pressure kept peaking then falling rather low. Her chest has been in great pain. Well it turns out that she has a blood clot in her lung. They can't get images of her lungs do to the fact that they could ruin her kidneys. And well those are pretty vital as well as her lungs. They are trying blood thinners hoping that will work but there are no guaranties right now. My Dad flew do to be with her today and he is telling us to hold off coming for the time being. We know that she is more than likely not going to make it to the wedding but we would like her to just live.

Pray that she will recover from this. Pray that we will get more time with her. Pray for my sister who is taking this the hardest.

Landlords Rock!!!

Seth had his surgery today. I guess he had a cyst that had to be removed in a pretty crappy area. Oh I just can't stop crackin' jokes about it. What a great wife I am. He loves me though! Anywho everything went really well. We got there about 7:45am and he didn't go in till like 10:15. Long wait before hand but we had great nurse's that helped the time pass. The procedure took about an hour. And after the recovery period and making sure he felt alright after the meds, we were leaving by 1:00pm. Seth is kind of sore but thanks to great pain meds he is doing pretty well! He also has a sore throat from having the anastasia. He is a tough cookie!

At first I thought I was going to have to sit alone the whole time. Its not that the surgery was major but it is still a surgery and I really wanted somebody to be there. That was my hubby in there! Well thanks to one of my ever so great land lords I wasn't alone. He came and sat with me right as Seth was going in. It was so nice having somebody there to keep me company. Thank you so muck Mark!!!
Once again a great benefit to communal living.

The kids are gone butt.....

Usually I am all about my kids staying somewhere other than home with me. Like when they get to go to Michigan to see my parents or when they are staying at the in-laws because Seth has something great planed for us. Well Seth sure has something great planed....a minor surgery to fix his broken butt. (oh how funny it sounds) It is an out patient procedure butt the fact that he will have to be laid up for a week or two we figured the kids being away for the first couple days would be best. Plus I am working all weekend at the hospital which means overnights for me. And I would like a few hours of sleep each day if possible. I am not super woman to were I can care for my two lil guys and a broken husband. Well after the surgery he will be fixed just REALLY sore. Poor guy!

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