Geshay Christmas

We had a nice time spending the entire the day with the Geshay family! We got to see everyone which was very nice, just unfortunately not at the same time. A great day spending time with family and friends. We had a nice quiet time in the morning with just the 3 off us in our basement apartment and then went upstairs for the craziness! What a great day!

Reading the Christmas story from Wyatt's Bible!

Family picture

Amy and Michael

Laura and Shawn!

I love the look of sheer joy on his face in this picture!


Matt approves of his new fleece!

Chris saying "Cheese" like Wyatt!

Grandpa saying "Cheese" like Wyatt

So excited to open a present!

Merry Christmas

I'll post about our Christmas a little later, but I had to share this little video of our kid with his favorite present of the day!

Merry Christmas Eve!

I just had to share this story with you all. We had our Christmas Eve service tonight. A night of singing carols, reading Luke 2 and hearing a short message from our pastor. This year Chris sang "Mary Did You Know" with his guitar. He did a very nice job, such a nice job that as soon as he was finished Wyatt yelled out at the top of his lungs, "Good job, Daddy"

Everyone enjoyed a nice laugh, my sister Katie was laughing so hard she was crying! What a great memory!

Its a....

Girl!!!!


We had our routine ultrasound today and found out that we are having a little baby girl join our family in May. Everything looks great! We are very excited!

Profile shot, and kind of a back shot.

Two more profile shots, the top one she looks like she's got big lips.

Top I guess shows its a girl, bottom another profile shot!

Day 30

The last "Day of Thanksgiving" so this better be good :)

Provision.

I think that I already posted on it, but today it is extra special. I praise the Lord that He always provides at the holiday's for us. We don't usually know where our Christmas money is coming from, but it always comes. We don't go overboard, usually one present for each person in our lives, including each other and maybe 2 or 3 for Wyatt. But we like to give and its neat how God allows us to do it. I Praise the Lord for a great place for Chris to work, which has been amazing, other than the hours! Even though he would rather be teaching I love that he is doing this for our family!

I just Praise the Lord for his amazing provision in our lives!

They're just too funny

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Elf Yourself #2

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Day 29

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Day 28

Super fun Grandparents! My Grandpa is turning 80 this weekend, but he sure doesn't act it! Love You Grandpa!

Day 27

Neighbors

I love our neighbors here in Delaware. They have all been very welcoming and frankly have shown us up in the hospitality category. I also love that it is a very diverse group, and Indian family, an Asian family, an African American family and a Caucasian family. Wyatt has had a blast playing with all the kids. I am very thankful that we have such a great place to live. Even if its only in the basement of one of these beautiful houses :)

Day 26

A kid that loves his vegetables!

Wyatt does really love veggies. His favorite is broccoli. He cheers when we tell him we are having it for dinner. And seriously, what kid turns down ice cream for broccoli. Which is exactly what happened last night.

Day 25

I'm going to stop thinking back to what I did on past days because its pretty sad, I can't remember some days! Blame it on the prego brain :)

Cold Medicine

I have been sick the last few days, I thought at first it was just pregnancy congestion but it progressed into a sore throat and now I can't hardly talk. I'm thankful for cold medicine because I can't take it right now. I have heard I can take sudafed, but I had never heard of that before now so I'm a little leery to take it. If I was farther along I would consider it more, but being only 17 weeks I'm not miserable enough to test it. So I long for the days when I can take some cold medicine to help me breath at night!

Day 24

Short Weeks!

I know even though I don't work I look forward to when Chris has a short week! Not only because he doesn't have to get up at 3am, but because we get to spend more time with him! It was nice to look forward to spending that time with him! I love my hubby!

Day 22 & 23

Day 22

The Hibbards
The Hibbards allowed us to stay with them for our little vacation week. The funny thing is it was in our old house. A little weird. Anyway, it was great to talk with them and they were very gracious! Thanks guys!

Day 23

A long day in the car....
....with a perfect child. Everyone with small children enters a long trip with some trepidation. We are no different. I get worried about how Wyatt will do, if he'll scream, if he'll be cranky, if I will constantly have to turn around to entertain him. On previous trips, that has definitely been the case, but today, he was an absolute angel! No crying, no fits, I didn't even really have to stay turned around to give him anything. He took a nap ok, he was amazing! A DVD player helped and it also helped that after our exciting week he was exhausted!

Day 20 &21

Day 20

Fun with friends! We arrived in Elkhart and almost immediately went to our good friends the Butler's! (Beccah is Owen's Aunt) We were also met by some other good friends, the Burkhart's. It was awesome to spend some time with all of them, loud kids and all! It felt like no time had passed, we picked up right where we left off! We love and miss all of you!

Day 21

More fun with friends! We got together with our Host's the Hibbards and our old music pastor's family the Perstrope's. Another great time of laughing and loud kids! We laughed a lot and had such a great time catching each other on our lives. Our kids love to play together and have all asked about each other on a regular basis since we moved so it was great to see them remember each other and play and have fun! Thanks guys!

Day 19

Gotta catch up a little!

Lower gas prices!
Our trip was a lot cheaper this time because of the lower gas prices. We saw them go down from $1.76 when we left Delaware to $1.67 when we got to Elkhart. It is so great to have that little bit of relief from the amazingly high ones when we had when we moved back to Delaware. Then it was about $3.80 if not more!

Praise the Lord for small relief!

Day 18

Vacation
Today we left for a little getaway back to Elkhart! But tonight we stayed in a hotel. Wyatt got to swim in a big pool with floaties again for the first time since early summer. He is such a fish! It was so much fun to watch him jump in and learn to swim around the pool! It was nice for all of us to just relax a night away from everything! Anxious to get up and get going to Elkhart the next day!

Day 17

Patience
I had a bad mom day today! I thought it would be fun to take Wyatt to the park! And it was until it was time to leave. He doesn't usually throw a fit, but today was different. He screamed and he slid right out of his booster seat that we usually don't have unless we have someone elses car. Anyway, an hour later I ended up calling Chris because there was nothing I could do in the parking lot of a public park. After Chris left with him, I sat in the parking lot and cried! I was very thankful because God gave me the patience not to go crazy trying to punish him to get in the seat or get angry with him.

Day 16

A Risen Lord!

Today in church we sang the song "In Christ Alone" What a powerful song! My favorite phrase is..
"Then bursting forth in glorious day,
Up from the grave He rose again!
And as He stands in victory,
Sin's curse has lost its grip on me;
For I am His and He is mine—
Bought with the precious blood of Christ."

Wow! "Sin's curse has lost its grip on me." I do not live like that. What a challenge. I need to live like Chris paid my price because He did! I don't have to be a slave to sin. With His help I can overcome it, because I certainly cannot do it on my own!

Day 15

Miracles
I really believe I saw my first physical miracle this last year. I wrote about Owen in this blog and how he drowned in a backyard pool. It is truly a miracle that today he is almost walking on his own, clapping his hands, playing with his brother, trying to talk, eating and breathing! AMAZING! I know that we are all miracles, but this is a miracle like from the Bible! We all wish we could have been there too see the healing of the man born blind, the man lowered through the ceiling, Jesus walking on the water. I love that He has allowed me to "see" this miracle in Wyatt! What a mighty God we serve!

Day 14

Music!

I come from a musical family and I love it! I love that at holiday's we usually end up gathered around the piano at some point singing. I love that all of us randomly break into song at any time when a phrase or word reminds us of a song. I love that we can still sing most of the songs from critter county we listened to when we were young. I love worshipping with my family! I love that it is being passed down to the next generation. Every day Wyatt finds something new about music that he loves. From the drums, to the piano, to the violin, to just singing at the top of his lungs. Thank the Lord for music!

Day 13

Laughter!

I love to laugh and I love having a kid that makes me laugh. I think that it is important to laugh at your kids! Kids say the darndest things! Wyatt just comes up with the most hilarious stuff. The other day I was tickling him and he shouted out "Tickle my nipples" I couldn't stop laughing! I did realize later than he was calling his armpits his nipples! He's too funny!

Day 12

Provision - Today I was able to go to IKEA and buy a new dresser for Wyatt. It was so wonderful to be able to save up the cash and pay for it not with credit! It is so wonderful that God has blessed us with a job that can finally allow us to save a little so we can buy some of the things we've needed for a while! Thank the Lord for His provision of a job and in helping us we wise with our money! We've come a long way :)

Day 11 - Veteren's day

I am so thankful to all of the Veteren's who served our country! We don't say thank you nearly enough. Specifically I am thankful for my brother-in-law, who served in Iraq a few years ago in the marine's. He loves his country and he loves his family. He's a great brother-in-law, and I love being part of his family. Thanks Tim!!!

Day 10

Party time with friends! Last night I got to go over to my sister's house and have a little craft night. It was great to just hang out and laugh! I'm not the craftyiest person in the world, but I loved hanging out with the girls. No kids, just us. So fun! Thanks Kate!

Day 9

Church - Mostly being with my church family. I love going to the service, singing praise to our Lord and hearing the word given. I love small group classes too where great conversation can happen and help open your mind to scripture in a way you hadn't thought of before! I usually leave so encouraged and I am thankful to be part of the family of God!

Day 8

Fun, relaxing days. In this go go go world its nice to have days that you do nothing. The margins of life if you will. I think back to my life before Chris and I got married, the running around of life working at BBW, working 60 hour weeks at about this time. Holiday's were crazy. I don't think I took enough time for margins. But I am thankful that the Lord built in a natural day of rest, I think it speaks to how important it is to our lives to rest. So, take today, thank the Lord for it and then relax!

Day 7

Beautiful weather in November. Right now I am looking out the window to a gorgeous sunset. The sun it just coming below the clouds and it it bright orange. Truly breathtaking. There is no more beautiful artist than our Heavenly Father!

Day 6

A great Dad! As I speak my dad is in the basement painting getting it ready for us to move down there. He has spent the entire week painting. What a guy. I help a little this morning and he kicked me out because he didn't want me breathing it in too much. I am so thankful for more than his painting but for the fact that he is an AMAZING example of grace to me! He has been tried, tested and proven! I could not ask for a better Dad! I love you!

30 days of Thanksgiving!

My sister is taking this month to write 30 days of thanksgiving so I thought I would join her, if only a few days late. Today will contain 5 reasons I am thankful!

Day 1 - My amazing husband Chris, he has made some sacrifices for our family in the last few months so that I can stay home with Wyatt and our future children. This has been such a blessing to me! Not many can understand. He is a teacher at heart and had to leave some amazing kids in order for this to happen and I am so thankful for that!

Day 2 - My Wyatt. What a sweet little boy I have. Challenging at times, but an amazing kid. He makes me laugh and he makes me cry, but I couldn't have asked for anyone better! I love his laugh, I love the way he loves to play the drums, and I LOVE that he loves music. He has a determined mind and doesn't like it changed very easily. All of these things amaze me. My favorite these days are how he loves to talk to the baby. He'll crawl in bed with me in the morning and get under the covers, or as he says "in tent" and talk and sing to the baby! Love it. I pray that he someday comes to know the Lord and becomes a man of God.

Day 3 - A great pastor. We are enjoying our new church and really enjoying our new pastor. He has such a great heart for people and wants to see them understand the word and love the Lord so much. He has a great way to communicating this to his church and I am very blessed to have him. Thanks chill! He has a blog if you are ever interested in reading it.

Day 4 - A free country. Where we get to every year vote for who is running our country. The right to vote is something many have never had and I count it a privilege to join with my country (wish it was more of the country) and elect our officials.

Day 5 - A God that is in absolute control. We woke up today to a new president. And yes, our God is still in control. He may not have been the choice for some, but apparently he was the choice God wanted to be in control. We as Christians need to submit to that and trust in our Ever
Faithful, All Knowing, All Powerful, Living God.

Amazing news about Owen!

I just read this post on the caringbridge website and am helping Micah shout to the world about it!



He tells it so amazingly I don't want want to change anything, so please visit this link http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/owenlambert to read about this miracle!

This is Owen and his brother Wyatt in Owen's bed in the hospital!

They run for cancer

My sister Katie and her husband Matt ran in their first marathon on Sunday. They were joined by about 30,000 other people to run the Marine Corps Marathon. What an experience! Weeks and weeks of training for a little over 5 hours of grueling running. All five Geshay siblings joined in for the spectating as well as Matt's younger sister and his parents. We placed ourselves at points though out the race to encourage our runners. Our new associate pastor, Stan, also ran but it was his 3rd time. He's old hat :) It was so much fun to encourage all of the runners as they ran past. My sister said to me at one point, "Who knew you were such a cheerleader" to which I responded, "How can you not cheer as they run past" it was so inspiring. Especially in this marathon, seeing all of the members of our military as well as some who have lost limbs in fighting for us. Katie and Matt ran for the American Cancer society. On their shirts they had names of people listed that they were running for. There were teams running for Autism, which Stan ran for, for lymphoma and leukemia foundation, the wounded warriors foundation and about 66 other charities. A very exciting and exhausting day. Matt finished in under 41/2 hours and Katie in just over 5. Both were slowed down at the beginning b/c there were so many people running, they couldn't really get their stride til about mile 16. They both did so great and we are all SO proud of them! Congrats guys!

Here are some pictures, I wasn't the best photographer this day, it was too exciting, I was much too concerned with encouraging them I took horrible ones. I missed Stan every time he ran by. It ended up being emotional too. Katie was so exhausted at the end, I ran with her for a little while to encourage her. We were all choked up! So I don't have any of them finishing! If you click on the link above for the MCM you can look up more pictures of them. You can get their bib numbers from the pics.

Walking to the start - - SOOO many people look carefully, they wind through the whole picture!

Funniest part of the day, men going to the bathroom in the trees before the race.

Katie and Matt waiting to use the Port-a-Potty's before the race :) Stan in the background in the green Autism shirt.

The starting line. Can't you pick them out?

Matt just after mile 10 just to the right of the picture in the green.

Katie, just after mile 10, turning around for energy beans :)

After the race!


Such strong runners! They were awesome!

Baby #2 on the way!

As you can see from the ticker on the top and from the previous post if you didn't catch it. We are expecting a baby again! 11 weeks down many more to go. Our estimated delivery date is May 13, 2009. I had my first check up yesterday including an ultrasound. Everything looks great so far. I got to see a head, body, two arms and two kickin legs. And a beautiful heart beating! It doesn't feel real until you see/hear that baby for the first time! I have a picture, but I need to scan it in and I'll post it! We are so excited, but looking forward to this trimester coming to an end. I am sick of being sick, but also glad to be sick to know things are good! Can't wait to keep you posted!

I have been tagged

I have had hard time finding things to blog about lately. My heart just hasn't been in it. I promise I will start to blog more soon about our life these days! But for now, enjoy this little list about me.

8 things I did yesterday
1. Took a walk
2. Played with Wyatt
3. Took a shower
4. Took a nap
5. Saw my husband for the first time in a week
6. Started watching the movie Ironman
7. Ate breakfast for dinner
8. Went to bed early

8 favorite places to eat - in no particular order
1. Don Pablos
2. Chick-fil-A
3. Chili's - love the chips and salsa
4. Olive Garden
5. Texas Road House
6. Moe's - newly acquired taste
7. Wawa :)
8. Wendy's

8 Favorite TV shows
1. Heroes
2. Lost
3. ER- I have watched every season I can't stop now.
4. The biggest loser
5. House
6. Survivor
7. Amazing Race
8. The Unit

8 things on my wish list
1. Get completely out of debt
2. Buy a house
3. Have a healthy baby :) yes, that would be the official announcement

That's all I've got, I'm not too picky :)

Now I will tag
1. Kristi Walker
2. Katie Lynn Hall
3. Tanya Nolette
4. Danielle Wilson

This is Owen

They put up a few pictures of Owen on his group page on facebook. So I thought I would introduce you to Owen. Please keep praying for him. They have moved him to Indianapolis for more intensive therapy so his brain can get fully healed. He is going to live, but we need to pray for his little brain. There is a blog of sorts that his daddy, Micah is writing at http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/owenlambert so you can read more there! Please keep praying!

This is Owen being held by his mom!

Praise the Lord!

I just got off the phone with Beccah, she had texted me a picture of Owen in the hospital. Owen is awake and off the ventilator. Much earlier than expected! He has been awake quite a bit today and seems to be doing ok. Micah asked the dr/nurses today, "So he's gonna live right" and they responded positively. Praise the Lord. Micah puts the miracles happening in phases. Phase 1 was him living after drowning, Phase 2 is living this week and now being off the ventilator and the medications. Miracle phase 3 will be his brain, which is now the next item of prayer. This week he is going to start therapy. So that will tell us more about his brain activity. But praise the Lord for this amazing miracle! Keep praying!

Also, Beccah mentioned that now that he's out of the woods, the financial burden is starting to get heavy. Even with good insurance they could possibly have to pay 20% of the bills they get. So they are probably looking at a huge bill! So, if the Lord should move in your heart and you would like to help out financially, no matter how huge or how small, please send me an email and I will give you their address.

Thanks for all of your prayers! We have all just witnessed a miracle!

Update

I just got off the phone with Beccah. She told me that as of 12:15 they had taken Owen off of all medication and off of the ventilator. They are now waiting to see if he wakes up. This is a positive step and a nurse actually told them today that he was doing well. Still a big question as to what is going to happen now, so keep praying.

I'll keep you posted!

Our Lord is good!

An update

The following is from an email that Beccah sent to our old Sunday school class in Elkhart.

"I just talked to Micah. He is not off of the sedation medication yet. BUT, they did take that hot/cold blanket that was regulating his temperature away and his brain has kept his body at normal temp by itself for almost 4 hours now. The medication that he is off of will take about 12 hours because they are going to finish the bag that's dripping. It;s the med that was making him swell up not the sedation one. Thank you for everything....especially the prayers. My brother's faith has always been a little shaky with lots of questions. He is so believing that God is going to do the "first miracle I have ever seen." He has been around alot of death, even when we were young. I beg, plead and pray for God to save Owen and bring his sweet smile home to us but I pray for Micah if He doesn't. We all wonder why God would tell literally thousands of people, "no" for this request and why He would let him live in the first place and now have him doing so well. The doctor is a Christian and has told them that the fact that Owen is still here is a major miracle in itself."

Keep praying!

Small Update

Owen is still on a ventilator right now and there is no real change in his condition. He is having a CAT scan today to see the damage or progress of his brain. Please continue to pray not only for Owen but for their whole family. Mom and Dad, Micah and Jen, they have one other son Wyatt who is 3. Also for my good friends Michael and Beccah, this terrible tragedy happened in their back yard. Pray for faith and trust in our Mighty God!

Please Pray

Friends of our from Elkhart, Micah and Jen's littlest son Owen fell into a pool earlier today and is in critical condition. He has a heart beat but no brain activity. Please pray for a miracle! Please pray for Micah and Jen as they deal with this, no parent should ever have to! Also pray for Beccah and Michael (in-laws) that they will be able to help comfort them and be there for them in any way possible while dealing with this tragedy also.

Again please pray. My heart breaks for this couple! I can't begin to imagine! Pray for little Owen!

A few favorite things

My first favorite thing is Fall! It is my very favorite season. I love that you can go outside with jeans and a sweatshirt and be perfect. I love the colors and I love the smells! So that explains my new blog template. My second favorite thing is my family. I love my hubby (as seen in previous posts) and my kid is great! Ok, so only two favorite things.

Here is Wyatt's new favorite thing.

Man o man does he love this tractor. We have to see it every day when we got for a walk around our neighborhood!
He says "kick a tires" and kick he does. Every tire.
He did this himself. No staging except to have him look at mama. He was even looking at the Bible all on his own.


What a riot!
I just loved this goofy smile!

Weekend Away

This past weekend Chris and I got to go away for our anniversary. What a great time. We went down to Baltimore and walked around the Inner Harbor for a little but then were too hot and decided to go to the National Aquarium which was a great idea. I love that place. We met up with Laura and Shawn for some amazing dinner at Fogo de Chao AMAZING! We went to their church and got to see their cute little house again! All in all, a great weekend of relaxing! Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Geshay for watching the boy for us!

4 Amazing Years!

Today Chris and I celebrate 4 amazing years together! It took us long enough to get together, but then it took a short time to get to the alter! I am so thankful for the time God took to work on us separatly. I have loved every minute of our life together. All the laughter and even the tears. You are an amazing husband and I could not ask for more! Thank you for being everything I need and more than I could ever want! Thank you for being the amazing Dad you are to Wyatt! Wow, that kid loves his daddy! I can't wait to spend many many more years together! I love you babe!

Well, here is my first attempt at making a movie with the new Picasa 3. I liked making it, but uploading has been a little annoying. The music is cheesy but our selection on the computer isn't very large. Anyway, enjoy! These are our fun days already in September!

Brandywine Zoo

Saturday we decided to take a fun family outing. The three of us went to a little zoo in Wilmington, the Brandywine Zoo. It was a lot of fun, there was a nice little park right by it so we were able to walk around it and get some nice pictures. We have discovered Wyatt has a huge love for the "wild" he loves to explore. Not to just be outside, but be in the woods, and on rocks and in creeks. He can't get enough. The zoo was perfect for a two year olds attention span. Here are some of my fav shots of the day.

Walking on the rocks

My absolute fav!

Very proud of himself that he climbed the rocks. Chris was excited for him!

Trying to feed the goats.

I thought this sign was funny.

Wyatt's new love

Coffee. Every day he asks Grandpa if they can "make coffee?!" with much anticipation in his voice. Tonight Grandpa actually gave him a tiny bit of coffee. He really drank it and appeared to like it. Keep in mind that my dad only drinks Starbucks. This kid is crazy. I did warn Grandpa that e would be taking care of the kid if it made him hyper.

Love the one handed grip

He even enjoyed coffee on the porch with Grandma and Grandpa

Here's a little video