The past year!

*** Just so you can see I'm real and still a work on progress in the blog world






Our two little NICU Babies!

Babies Dedicated! OK So my little Princess Wasn't Looking

I Love these two picture from thier first year my little princess and little prince.

Well ok, I am thinking more than the past year. I am thinking back to when our babies were first born. With the wifes condition we were fortunate enough to bring home everyone. While we we enjoyed Christmas two days later came the greatest gift that 2007, . . . OK besides two big tax deductions.

As if TSK's weren't enough, I began a long process of going to school once again, but to gain a MBA. Through those times, it was difficult. It took a lot of patience that my LOVE so greatly gave. And it was late nights of studying between my TSK's crying and feeding and whatever else they like to do during those long nights. We were so blessed during those months to have family and church support that we did. It was a great time for us to truly see the network that surrounds us.

I am so lucky to be a father of two amazing kids. Everyday I consider it a great gift from God and just can't believe the little people they are becoming. It is truly amazing!

Life in Fast Forward - Origins

A little back ground on who I am and why I think life is sometimes lived in fast forward.

I am proud of who I am and have become. Are there things that I wish I could change . . . sure, but don't we all. I was born and raised in Northwest Indiana. My father a Preacher, my mother a teacher. Christian school helped keep me educated and sheltered, but life at an early age throws curve balls. (Learning lessons early in life isn't fun, but it can be beneficial) My father developed Cancer and passed away when I was 16. There are so many things that shaped and molded me. It was only through God's Grace that I made it through those years as well as I did. I think this was the start of life in Fast Forward. While my mother was a provider, friend, and light of Christ. As a guy you just feel certain aspects that you need to grow up fast. While I may have had no contributions or actual growth, it was just this feeling deep inside that told me you need to become a man.

Through my early twenty's . . . .yeah, not so good, but despite the fun that may have been, life just moved way to fast.

Then came along Kelly. . . . . the most amazing woman I have ever met. Call it trite, and sorry Jack hopefully I'm not infringing on your rights. But. . . . "She made me want to be a better man." Kelly just blew me away at her humbleness, her life she lived, and her completely adorable innocense. While she hates the term bubble girl, she lived life just that way. Thus is the life of Growing up in the Hospital. While she suffers from Cystic Fibrosis. She is what I would call the poster child. She has never missed a treatment. She has exercised daily since she was 16. And she is doing fairly well. Don't get me wrong after a whirl-wind relationship we were married in just over a years time. (Yes I know that some people get married after 6 weeks, but hey I'm a guy - committment issues, Right?)

Our life is less than usual. Her biggest dream, fullfilled in being one of few CF patients to have twins. By the grace of God our twins are healthy and doing great. They were born 12/27/07. The miracle came through, due to Kelly getting super sick and the heavy drugs she was on during pregnancy. I remember having faith and knowing that God would give us two healthy babies. I just didn't know if we would be bringing home a new mom. But she did come through it all with a great doctor who gave a 110%. (ok more like 150%, she went above and beyond)

We continue to make sure she does as well as possible. It seems like a constant struggle and battle between doctor visits, hospital stays, constant fear of lung collapses (She's had a few) and taking care of twins (she's my hero). With the help, love an support of amazing family and church family, we have been blessed beyond belief.

If I told you everything, I'd have to kill you! Well ok not true, but you wouldn't believe the half of things!

Not Me! Monday

Again - It is another Monday! Another start the this crazy week. Granted this is my second posting, and consistently back to back weeks. I still am a mystery. I have not yet detailed who I am or why I think life is so crazy.

I wouldn't be the one who lost his wedding ring on his anniversary, only to step on something Saturday night. . . . . and low and behold it was my ring. I would never intentially, on the Sabbath no less, try to set up my wife. Who in the world would take the make-shift ring he had been wearing and stick it on her dresser; knowing full well she would grab it and accuse him or losing or forgeting something. Then as slyly as possible say he didn't loose anything and his ring was right on his finger where it should be.

I would in no way every try to play a trick like that on my wife, so it very well couldn't have been me!

Hope this Monday is a start to normalcy or something close!

Not Me! Monday

As a first posting - I would never try something as crazy as tattling on myself.

But Thursday, I most certainly did not celebrate my wedding anniversary by having to call the wife before work, to inform her that I had lost my wedding ring that morning. And by no means are we still looking for it. As if life wasn't crazy enough!