Mulitcultural night

Katie's ballet recital

Katie is 6

Katie had her birthday party today after school. We had pizza and cupcakes and then they wanted to dress up. Mary and I then took them to get their toes and fingers painted. They had a blast

Karissa turns 12

It's hard to believe that 12 years ago today Karissa came into this world 5 weeks premature. She weighed 5 lbs 3 oz and was 17 inches long. She had a head full of dark hair and the nurses were arguing on what color it was!

That day started out with me just thinking I was going to just check my blood pressure and go home but it proved not to be so. Dr. Wheeler was very concerned and told us to go directly to the hospital, not to go and get my suitcase, I remember thinking I feel fine and I'm not even packed-we still have 5 weeks left to get the baby's room ready and to pack. I called my mom and Jason's mom crying-I was 23 years old and scared. Jason's mom packed for me and got the car seat out of the box for us!

Jason's parents sat at the hospital with us that day and the next! Jason never left my side which I was very grateful for because I had never been in a hospital and I don't particularly like Dr's or pain for that matter. My parents and sister drove up on May 7th and got here just in time to say hello to me. Karissa was born at 10:30 p.m. on May 7th.

I remember Chanda and Jason shopping for clothes for her because everything we had were too big. They only could find 3 outfits in a preemie size now I can walk into any store and see preemie clothes everywhere!

Happy 12th Birthday Karissa Lacey. We love you and are so proud of the young lady you are becoming. I know I will have a hard time letting you go when you go to Jamaica for 2 weeks but I'm very proud that you want to go on a mission trip and I know you will have a great time helping the people there.