An Example of Faithfulfulness

On Wednesday, June 11, at 6:00am, Kiara Tyler, daughter of our good friends Gary and Toya Tyler, went home to be with the Lord. Kiara was born with a rare disease called Fanconi Anemia. For the past two years Kiara has been in and out of the hospital for long periods of time, been unable to go out and about like a normal child, had to endure up to 30 shots a day of medicine, and has even had a bone marrow transplant. She experienced more pain and suffering in her six short years than most people will endure in a lifetime. Her parents were by her side the whole time, making whatever sacrifices they needed to in order to care for their precious daughter.

The truly amazing thing about Gary and Toya Tyler, is not only seen in how faithfully they cared for both their daughter and their 12 year old son through all of this, but how they placed their confidence in God and trusted Him at every moment. In Kiara's final days, they preached the gospel to the doctors announcing their faith and trust in Him. On the day that little Kiara went to heaven, Toya was talking about all the ways she wanted to use her time to serve others in the church. This is a couple who truly has an eternal perspective and find their joy in pleasing the Lord. And they would not dare take any of the credit for themselves, but attribute it all to the Lord's grace in their lives!

As we anticipate the arrival of our first daughter in October, I think the reality of what they went through rings truer in our hearts than it would have a few months ago. We love our little baby girl so much already, and we haven't even met her! How much more will that love grow in the next six years. Do we have the faith to truly give our child over to the Lord in whatever He requires of us? Would we be able to praise Him still even if He brought little Suzie through the pain that little Kiara had to endure? Our prayer is that we would!

Thank you Gary and Toya for being an example of faithfulness, selflessness, encouragement and love in ALL circumstances!

TEXAS!

A couple of weeks ago, Kyle and I were able to fly to Lubbock, Texas for his sister Debra's college graduation. We had a great time catching up with that side of our family! Here are some pictures of our time there.






As you can tell, I'm definitely the shorty in the family!

20 Week Belly

So here is my belly at 20 weeks! It's getting bigger by the day too. I'm still not feeling too much movement from little Suzie, but the doctor said it's still pretty early. I found a pic of my sis when she was 20 weeks pregnant and she was wearing the same shirt! (Thanks for letting me borrow all your clothes Deece!) So I thought it would be fun to post both pics as a comparison. oh the joy of being short and having nowhere for baby to go but straight out!

How Do You Spell Souix-zee?

So now that we have actually given our baby girl a name, the debate between Kyle and myself has come down to, how will we spell her name?? Cast your vote to the right help us decide:)

It's a...

That's right! Yesterday Kyle and I went to the Dr. for my 19 week check up and they did a very thorough ultrasound. Dr. Frields is very confident that in less than five months we will be the proud parents of a precious baby girl! We couldn't be more excited to welcome Suzie Lorraine Sanderson (named after both of our moms) into our lives in October.

One thing you can be praying for is that while everything else looked great, Dr. Frields did notice that there is a possible Ventricular Septal Defect in Suzie's heart. It is a very small hole that goes between the two chambers of the heart. He didn't have the greatest angle so he wants to check next time. He said that it is not uncommon and most of the time these holes just close on their own. If he sees it more clearly on the next ultrasound he is going to refer me to an echocardiologist just to follow up. If they do deteremine there is a VSD and it doesn't close on it's own, he said that it is very treatable and nothing to worry about...(but I think being tempted to worry comes with the territory of being a mom!) Dr. Frields said there is nothing they can do to treat it while she is in the womb, and they would just wait until she is born and monitor her from there. Again, it may close on it's own or it may be too small to affect her in any way. Or, they would have to operate somewhere down the line, which he said is the most basic of heart surgerys and again, nothing to be too concerned about. But please pray for us and for Suzie! We know she is in the best care in the world...our heavenly Father's care! He loves her more than we ever will and we want to grow in our faith and trust of Him.

I'll post a belly shot soon. I really am getting big!

Let the Belly Shots Begin!

Yesterday I had my third doctor's appointment! Everything seems well and I heard the healthy little heartbeat once again that Dr. Frields' said couldn't have sounded better. I am in my second trimester now and doing well!

I have been doing a lot of blog surfing lately and have really enjoyed seeing all the tummy shots of expectant mothers in each stage of their pregnancy. So I decided to cave in and be one of those women who posted belly shots for each stage too! Plus, I've had a few special requests for it:)


This is my fifteen week belly! I thought it would be good to start now, even though I look more like I have a pooch than I do pregnant! The fact that I'm wearing all black does hide it a little though. But I've been told I'm going to pick up speed here really soon and my belly will get much larger in very short period of time! So in a few weeks when I post another picture, I'm sure there will be a huge difference.

Four weeks from yesterday we should be able to determine the gender of the baby! Cast your vote on the right side if you have a guess what we're having. I'm still feeling good other than being very tired and I'm so thankful to God for all His many blessings!

Another Glimpse of Baby Sanderson

Kyle and I were able to go for our second doctor appointment last Thursday. I was one day away from being 11 weeks along and here are the pictures we got of our little one! It's a huge difference from the first picture we got. We can make out the little arms and legs now, which were frantically moving around the whole time we were watching. Everything seems to be going well and I am still feeling great, except for some fatigue. Thanks for your prayers!