Little Taryn

About 10 days ago, some friends of ours from Hardin, KY (where we used to live) were in some dire circumstances. Their 17-month-old daughter, Taryn, who is the newest addition to their family through the miracle of adoption, contracted Strep Pneumonia and became acutely ill. So ill, in fact, that she was not expected to live and was transported by helicopter with a team of 6 medical professionals to Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville. They desperately tried to save her life there. The prognosis was grim. The first night, her family was told that they needed to decide whether or not to put her on life support. As soon as their church family and friends heard, we all started to pray for little Taryn. The second night, they were told that Taryn had a 50/50 chance of making it. Prayers continued to go up before God. Well, our great, almighty and powerful God was at work in little Taryn's body and now 10 days later, her body is recovering so well that she is no longer on the critical care floor! The doctors are amazed and perplexed. That's just how our God works, isn't it? He's so merciful. Sometimes we don't understand His mercies, or why He chooses to heal some and take some home to Him. We are so incredibly thankful that He healed Taryn!!! She's doing great.

Through the journey that Dave and Traci have been on for the past 10 days, they've been able to share the gospel with other families on the critical care floor at the hospital. They've seen some families lose their little ones, and others have victories like Taryn. I'm sure it's been heartbreaking, but it's so cool that they've been available to share Christ with others during their time of deepest hurt and need.

Please continue to pray for Taryn's family, especially her parents Dave and Traci as they navigate the recovery period with her. Please pray also that Taryn's breathing would be less labored and that her low-grade fever would diminish such that she could be allowed to return home to her brother and sisters.

If you're interested on how to pray specifically each day, visit www.henrysky.blogspot.com for details on Taryn's recovery and specific needs and prayer requests.

Easter Pictures

Here are a few pictures from Easter weekend. We had a great Resurrection Sunday! Scott and I played in the church praise band, which was really fun for us. Scott's mom (Kilee's mamaw) and Eldon came to visit and we all had a great time!

Our Girly Day

Last Sunday, Scott had a meeting after church, so Kilee and I went home and played. She looked so cute in her little pink dress that I thought I'd start taking some pictures of her. Well, then she started to do the girliest things! She picked up my purse and carried it around, pushed the stroller with the baby in it, rocked and kissed the baby doll and made some of the cutest girly faces! Here are some pictures from our day together.

Using a fork!

Ladies and gentlemen, for your viewing pleasure, Kilee has mastered the FORK!

Thinking about it . . .

The Bite . . .

The chew . . .

Yea, Kilee!

Runnin' Free!

Ah, the total freedom of being a baby!

The BIG Snow

We have been blessed this weekend with an enormous snow! We've got about 10-12 inches on the ground and Kilee doesn't know quite what to think about it. I have had a fairly leisurely day as Scott has watched Kilee for a good part of it. They played in the living room, threw birdseed out to the birds, played with the dog and took a nap in the recliner. I was able to take a nice long shower and a big nap! So nice. I made a trip out to the grocery last night and made it home just in time! By the time I was heading home, the interstates looked like our front yard -- covered in snow.
We are doing well and have had a healthy month so far. Kilee is talking all the time. Most of it is unrecognizable babble, but she does have some new words under her belt! "Here you go," "Thank you," "This," "Whatisit?" and "Mum-Mum" for (yum-yum) are some of the newest ones.

Here are some pictures of Kilee out in the snow. We had such a great time!