Lottie Moon

Kamryn peed on dad before her bath and thought it was funny!


First baths in the big tub- we loved it!



Early Christmas w/ Kerri's parents

If you haven't heard of Lottie Moon, she was a single lady who was a pioneer Southern Baptist Missionary long ago. There is an offering in her name, called the Lottie Moon Christmas offering. This offering is the main support for Southern Baptist missionaries around the world today, including us, and every penny goes to international missions. If you'd like to support us and our fellow missionaries, please do so by giving to this offering at any Southern Baptist Church.
With Thanksgiving now over, Christmas is creeping up fast. Please don't let the busyness of the season and worrying about gifts given or received get in the way of celebrating what Christmas is all about- The coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who left His throne as Almighty God to come to this sinful world to die a horrible, torture ridden death to save sinners like us. We'd like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas.
The Girls are doing well- we continue to get good reports from the doctors. We didn't get to do the MRI, so we'll keep you updated when we know something about that. The Occupational and Physical therapists said at their appointments yesterday that they were doing well and even were further along than 4 month olds should (which is their corrected age), praise the Lord! We have to go tomorrow for a swallow test to see if they are refluxing. Pray that goes well. Taylor has had a little cold or something, but seems to be getting over it, but now Kamryn seems to be coming down with it. Please keep her in your prayers. We are still awaiting medical clearance for them in order to go to Costa Rica. We do know, however, that we will not be going this month. It looks like now we will go in March or April. Please continue to keep us in your prayers about that, and pray with us that God will not let us miss the purpose for which He has kept us here for now. Thank you all so much for your continued faithfulness, support, prayers, and the kind comments.

so much to be thankful for...

Psalm 105:1-2
Give thanks to the LORD, call on His name; make known among the nations what He has done. Sing to Him, sing praise to Him; tell of all His wonderful acts.


Happy Thanksgiving!

MRI and Shots...

Hope you enjoy the new pics. The girls are growing so fast. They are so much fun and they continue to remind us of what a powerful God we serve.
We wanted to ask for your prayers for us for tomorrow morning. We are going to the hospital to have a follow-up MRI done on Taylor early in the morning and then to the pediatrician for some shots and a follow-up visit. The girls have both been a little sick the past couple of weeks.
Taylor will be put to sleep for the MRI and will receive an IV, so please pray that they are able to do this without any pain to her. Also, they are due for their monthly synagis shot (for RSV). Last time they cried terribly because it hurt their little legs. Please pray for them. Also, they are due for their 6 month shots probably next week.
We are STILL working on getting medical clearance on the girls. We are working on getting some more paperwork in and hope to know whether or not we will be able to leave for Costa Rica within the next few weeks. Please pray for God's Will!
We are anxious to go, but are reminded with the girls getting sick these past couple of weeks that we must rely on God's perfect timing.
Thanks so much for your continued support.

6 1/2 months old and doing well!

The girls have both been doing well. Taylor had an appointment yesterday with the neurologist. After a physical observation, he said she seemed to be doing well and he had no qualms with us taking her to Costa Rica in January from a neurological standpoint. She will have another MRI next Friday as a follow-up. They both have physical therapy tomorrow. We are trying to get everything together that the medical department needs for them in order to be cleared medically. They will both get their 6 month shots Thursday. Pray they will not have fever or reactions from those. Also, I (Ted) have been battling some type of crud, so pray with us that it's not something that they will catch. Thank you all for your continued prayers and support and Continue also to pray for God's timing in going to the field. We're hoping for January, but we know God's timing is perfect.

lil' pumpkins

Almost 6 Months Old!

Sorry for being so long on posting. We don't have internet service at home right now, so it's harder to do. It's hardly worth it if we'll only be here two more months. We are still hopeful that we can leave right after Christmas for Costa Rica to study Spanish. It all depends on the girls' medical clearance; which we probably won't know until around December. We've ordered some books and are doing some studying to try and get ahead of the game a little.
The Girls are doing great, Taylor weighing in at 10lbs 9ozs, and Kamryn at 9lbs 5ozs. They are getting cuter by the day, and more fun to be around since they're smiling and even starting to laugh a little. We had a great shower Sunday back in Greenwood, and had a diaper and wipe shower the previous week at our home church in North MS- Great blessings!! We've been able to see more family and friends who have been praying for our girls, and that's been wonderful as well. Our Doctor's appointments have all gone well- The eye doctor says both girls' eyes are almost finished maturing and are looking great. Continue to pray for their wellbeing and ours as we take care of them through the winter months and for God's will and timing in going to Costa Rica. Thanks again so much to our faithful prayer warriors.

Back at home!

Sorry for the long delay in posting. We have been in the process of moving and at the moment we have occasional internet service. The girls are doing great. We had a little scare last week when Kamryn started running 101.4 fever. We called the after hours nurse, who said if it's over 100.4, we should go to the urgent care clinic. We were fortunate to be five minutes away from a lebonheur clinic. The only thing the doctor found was a red throat and swollen gums, which the gums mean she will be teething soon. Some sort of virus that, with prayer, didn't turn out to be much. She was over it the next day. Taylor never did run fever, praise God. They turned 5 months old on the first! Can you believe that? We can't. They will be walking and talking before we know it.
On the way back from Florida, we stayed in Birmingham a couple of days to visit with some of our friends and Kerri's family, who threw us a great shower. Kerri's mom is helping us bring back all our stuff, and she stayed in Birmingham for a week, and will be coming in tomorrow.
We got to go to church Sunday night for the first time in a while, which was great. It was against doctor's orders, but we let everyone know up front to look and not touch- I think they all understood and were glad to see these precious babies whom they have prayed for all this time.
The Lord worked it out for us to be able to bring their monitors back with us, get set up with a new company, and Kerri's mom will return the old monitors when they go back to Florida the end of the month.
Ted's parents got to come and spend some time with the girls for a few days last week for the first time since July. Needless to say, the girls have changed a good bit since then. Thanks for keeping up with us and pray with us that we may be able to leave sooner than later for Costa Rica- We have a bit of work to do to get the paperwork ready and to get the girls cleared medically. Thank all of you for your prayers.