I don’t have any fancy words tonight.  I’m too exhausted for that.  Josiah is back in the hospital with low blood counts and pain…again.  It’s been a long and frustrating day, but Josiah is resting comfortably in his room at Methodist hospital and that is what’s important at this point.  I have to say, that with all the medical professionals that I have met, I am thankful that the majority of them have been good at what they do and compassionate for their patients.  But there have been a few (and I won’t mention any names, but we had one today who was someone we don’t normally work with), that just don’t seem to have a clue as to what they are doing.  This can be extremely frustrating when you are trying to get your point across and are getting no where.  It makes me appreciate so much more the wonderful medical staff that God has provided for both Josiah and Ava…we are very blessed!

I’m sure I will update more soon.  I just wanted to get a quick update out before I hit the sack.

We are still plugging along here in Iowa City.  Josiah only has 2 more chemo treatments (+ some other meds) left…one at 4pm and one at 4am.  I’m hoping that we can get home at a decent time on Saturday.  We are soooo looking forward to being home on Saturday and seeing our kids on Saturday….have I mentioned that we are coming home tomorrow as in SATURDAY!  Soooo happy about that!  We are really digging this 3 day instead of 5 day chemo.  Josiah seems to be tolerating this chemo much better than the last round.  He’s tired and a little nauseous, but is pretty clear thinking which is a huge blessing.

I just can’t wait to see my munchkins!  I can’t wait to kiss those kissable cheeks a million times!  The first time we left Ava overnight at Nana’s house for more than 1 night at a time was about a month ago when Ava was 3…little Lincoln is at my mom’s house this week for four nights in a row and he’s only 6 months old (did I mention that he turned 6 months on Wednesday…and I wasn’t even there to celebrate with him…although we did call him on the phone and “chatted”).  I miss my chubby little buddy-boy!  Oh, and I have great plans for his 6-month photo shoot…we’ll see if it happens 🙂  One of my projects that I brought for this week was organizing some photos on my computer.  Now of course 99% of my photos are of my kids, so I have had many reminders of 2 of my biggest blessings.  After going through what we have with Ava and seeing God’s mighty hand so evident in her little life, and then having our second little miracle go to heaven before we could even meet her…we don’t take time with our children for granted…not even with our healthy, bouncing baby boy.  They are in God’s hands and we wouldn’t want them anywhere else.  One thing that has brought me comfort over these last few weeks of separation from our “normal” life is to remember all the times that God mentions in His Word that He will be a Father to the fatherless…and even though I realize that my kids Dad is very much still here, he is apart from them quite a bit right now…but I know that our Heavenly Father will be faithful to fill that void in Ava and Lincoln’s life, and that brings such peace.  Do I miss them?  You bet!  Am I worried about them?  No.  They are in good GREAT hands!  Of course, knowing they are with their ever loving and doting Grandparents helps too 🙂

OK, I need to wrap this up and take my husband for a walk…looks like a beautiful day today and we are going to go out and enjoy it!

Rejoicing day by day!

PS  If you want to see proof of how stinking cute my kids are, follow this link:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/39888341@N00/