I thought it would be short...

Hi everyone!

A new baby just arrived and the mother is sitting here. Wow! I feel for her, it brought back all the memories from the beginning. I look where we are now and ya know it feels like a long time ago but also a flash of time.

Josiah had a great day today (and so did mommy :)) I am so confused. We were planning on changing the tube today but we now have decided against it? Ya I know the roller coaster of choices and decisions. We feel and know that we have made the right decision today. We will re evaluate on Friday when our favorite doctor is back and he can do the procedure for us. So again we are hanging tight and just praying that God directs us to make the right choices for our son.

I thought at this point the decision we would have to make would be what cloths to put on him in the morning, whether to change his diaper or not and when to wake him or not. But those choices will come soon enough when we are home. It will be a day for celebration.

We had two visitors today. My dads cousin and wife Murray and Heidi they took time to pray over Josiah. It was very special. There have been many people who have prayed over Josiah, Grandpa Haak, Grandpa and Grandma on both sides, myself and Andrew, Ken Esau, wow what a blessing. I am so exited and anxious for the day Josiahs healing is revealed. uggg I feel like trowing temper tantrums I am so anxious. But patience is a Virtue. God talked to me about this one through a starbucks cup :)

Dad and Josiah are hanging out right now. I have had him all to myself all day. IT was very nice.

Oh he farted while we were away and half the room heard him for real! Go Josiah! you the man. (The things we moms are excited about) And he peed all over his bed today while I was wiping his bottom. I then had to pick him up to change the bedding. I had his head in my hand and the respirator on my arm and his bum in the other hand. he was all tense then realized he liked is and flopped his arms and literally hung peacefully with a little smile on his face. IT was so cute!!

So please pray that we have peace. I am starting to feel that the end is near. ( no I am not preaching on the streets because that is what that just sounded like to me, he he he, OK never mind) So we must persevere and run as God is asking us to. I have learned that I need to let go of my past disappointments and look ahead to the hope that we have. It is a hard thing to learn.

Mommy,
Marie

Josiah says...

"I have had a great day. I am glad that God is going to heal me! I am trying to wait patiently like mommy and dad are asking me to but is hard. I really do not like the thing in my throat but I have learned that I can breath with the bubbles in my tube. And I learned that if I swallow they do not shove the awful dentist suction in my mouth. I like my soother instead.
Daddy keeps playing this game of stop punching myself and I think he is weird but I love him still. He talks funny to me when I look at him just like mommy does. It makes me happy though. I like my new Seseme Street story book, Elmo is my new hero. I let a fart go today and I made people laugh, it was great, but it kinda stunk though, oh well it made me feel really good.
My friend Nolan beside me, he is really small, gave me an Easter gift. I heard is was chocolate. I am looking forward to tasting that someday because it sounds good, they said they would put chocolate milk in my tube but they have not yet, I was disappointed. They joked about this thing called Coca-cola it sounds good too. Oh well mommy's milk is good for me now.
Thank you for your love! I am excited to see you some day.

~ Josiah