Trying to catch up on my blog....

It has been a crazy couple of months!! I'm going to attempt to slowly catch up on all of our family happenings...attempt being the key word :)


So where to begin........


First, on March 21st my SWEET niece was born at 1 pound 3 ounces at UAMS in Little Rock! She is SUCH a miracle. Holly was admitted to the hospital the Thursday before she was born and then sent to Little Rock on Friday. We had plans to leave Friday night for vacation (Florida, Georgia, South Carolina) BUT since we were told by doctors that she would have her baby within 24-48 hours we didn't want to go. In Little Rock the doctors told her that they would keep Emry in utero as long as possible but that she more than likely had a chromosome defect and wouldn't survive...It was a hard decision but since they didn't think she'd have her within the week we decided to go on with our vacation...

I have a TON of vacation pictures so I will make a separate post about vacation..But while we were in Disney World, Emry was born!! I remember getting the phone call and all 5 of us stopped what we were doing in the middle of the CROWDS of people, held hands and prayed and cried out to God for Him to save Emry and protect Holly during her c-section. We were getting on a ride when my Dad called and said "She's here and she's breathing!!" I sat there and cried the whole ride! Praise God!! As soon as we got off the ride, we sat down on the bench, held hands, and all prayed and thanked God for his miracle!! Scariest day ever!! But it turned out good! Emry is doing well. She is growing and getting stronger every day!! You can read Emry's story at http://www.walkerfam05.blogspot.com/ Here is her 1 month picture:





Brandon got sick towards the end of vacation and everyone ended up getting it...Cade spent 5 days in the hospital for his asthma :( It was hard! His pulse/ox would stay up during the day but when he went to bed it would drop way down in the 80's.. At his follow-up appointment after being released his doctor decided to keep him on meds for a long period and treat him chronically :( Poor baby!!

It's been crazy around here :) More to come soon! I hope!!

A few beach pics!

Little Model!

Bella! So pretty!

I LOVE sisters!

this sweet boy is a finalist on www.nwamotherlode.com for this cute picture!

haha..we tried for a good family picture. This is the best it got :)

My sweet niece

Please read my sister's blog: http://www.walkerfam05.blogspot.com/ and PRAY!! Thank you!!

Student of the Month!!

We are SO proud of Laney! She made Student of the Month for January at her school!! The word of the month was Cooperation! :) She got a certificate and some cool tickets to U of A games (basketball, gymnastics..) Unfortunately, she had the flu on the day the picture at school was taken so she didn't make the paper :( But we can show her off ourselves!! HA Way to go Laney! We are so blessed to have you as a daughter!

Praise the Lord!!

We are very pleased and excited to announce that Sadie has NO MORE BRACES!!! YAY!! Thank you God!! We went to her Shriner's appointment on November 4th and were a little nervous about it because we hadn't been the best about making her wear them this summer. It was just TOO hot! And the braces were making welps and she would sweat really bad in them! So we prayed, prayed, prayed that God would still heal them without braces and He did!

Although her legs are still not "perfectly" straight (they are very close and SO much better than they used to be), the doctors agreed that her growth plates in her knees were healed and healthy so that being said, her legs will straighten and grow the right way as she grows taller. We were so happy!! Sadie celebrated the news with a fast run around the hallways of the hospital!! We couldn't keep up with her! She said she wanted to "throw them braces AWAY!" As I was putting her in the car, I started crying, and she said "NO MORE BRACES!!!!" and let out a loud scream! My sweet, sweet Sadie!!

I also have to brag on Laney Beth! During the summer/early fall, she drew and sold artwork to family and friends and saved up all that money and took it to Wal-Mart and bought new toys for patients at the hospital. I was sooooo proud of her! She delivered them right before Sadie's appointment and the lady in charge of donations told her how much they appreciated it and how much it would help little kids who were scared or hurting at the hospital...yes I cried during this too!It was an emotional, GREAT, awesome day!! Thank you God for your blessings!! We have so much to be thankful for!

Our Handsome Sweet Brother :)

We are hooking up with 'Show Us Your Life Friday' over at Kelly's Korner. This week is 'Show us your single boys' and we just so happen to know of one :)

Meet our brother, Dustin, a handsome, single, 23 year old, from Northwest Arkansas! What's not to like about Dustin?! He's one of the most amazing men we have ever known
(yes, we may be a bit partial but hey, he's pretty great!)

Dustin is a laid-back kind of guy, doesn't worry about too much. He's a family man. Fond of the outdoors, Dustin enjoys hunting and fishing and fourwheelin'. He also likes looking at the stars and the sky and he's got some pretty cool pictures to prove it!

He loooooves his nieces and nephew. He always buys them the coolest, most thoughtful gifts, shows them magic tricks, and teaches them pretty neat stuff. Just recently, he called his oldest niece to have her look at the big, cool clouds outside.....aww....so sweet! He's the best Uncle so we KNOW he'd make an awesome Daddy!

He's a very talented man. Music is a big part of his life. He is a self taught guitar player and has been apart of praise and worship for several years (he can sing too but he doesn't like people to know that...shhhh-ha!)

He's also very wise and very deep. The boy knows lots of stuff, whether it be Bible verses, music lyrics, TV quotes, etc, etc. He's just a smart guy!
He enjoys helping people, which is why he's currently going to school and got accepted to the EMT program (we are SO proud!) He should've been a doctor as much as he knows about medical stuff! He amazes us at how knowledgeable he is!

Last but most importantly, he has a wonderful heart for God. He is not the type of guy who just “dates around.” He doesn’t want to date a girl unless he can see himself marrying her one day. How sweet is that?? He is such a wonderful guy, and any girl would be so blessed to call him her own.

P.S. Dustin doesn't know about this YET! So we'll post for now and brag on what a great guy we think he is and he can thank us later :)
Also, we apologize none of the pics are of him by himself. We could only find ones of him with our kids. HA!

Sadie's Legs Update

Hey All :)I will start with the bad news first..Sadie still has to wear her braces :( But the good news is the braces ARE working and they told us when we come back in six months we will more than likely get to get rid of them! Yay! Her legs in November were at a 21 degree angle but today her left leg is at a 15 degree angle and her right is at a 19 degree angle!! Woo hoo! If you'll remember they told us that we would not see any changes in the first 6 months BUT what do they know anyways?! Haha GOD is good! :)We were also told that we can take them off of her for bedtime, when she's just laying/sitting down or swimming. Before they had said only take them off at bath time. Which I will admit we didn't follow the rules all the time :/ Its hard sometimes but even with our 'cheating' the braces have worked tremendously!Then we visited the shop for some adjustments (her legs have grown a lot) and some pressure points were bothering her so they had to make her braces a bit longer and push them out. They told us in six months at our appointment in November we should be able to get rid of them!!! Then we dropped off some toys/coloring books for Shriners patients (we have been collecting stuff since February for a part in Hearts for Hannah..you can go here to read about it:http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/hannahgracecrumby).

Here is a picture of her legs in June 2009 (at our family reunion)

Here they are today (June 12, 2010)

PRAISE GOD!!!!!!!

Thank you all so much for your prayers!! You do not know how MUCH they mean to us!!