Rivers of Joy: Andrew turns 14

Tuesday, March 03, 2009

Andrew turns 14

Today is Andrew's 14th birthday! Sounds like he wants to celebrate with fast food and shopping...I see Big Macs and Scheels in my future tonight! Hard to believe he was so little at one time...awwww. Doesn't that look like Natie??

wait....here's Natie....

my boys! (What's funny is Andrew took this picture!)

What Andrew doesn't know...is I have a surprise for him this weekend! And it's bigger than the jumbo-sized white chocolate candy bar I put in his lunch today :) Out of everybody that actually knows what is planned, and there are many who do, it'll be a miracle if I can pull it off as an actual surprise! More on that after the weekend is over! But for today...Happy Birthday, big son!

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beckybjMarch 4, 2009 at 6:01 PM
Happy Birthday Andrew!!!
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jennifer...March 5, 2009 at 10:25 AM
Look at you then and now! How is that possible to be more beautiful 14 years later?!? Plus, you birthed a couple of cuties along the way...
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nate...

our youngest son born October 20, 2007. Nate was diagnosed with Trisomy 21 just after birth. He is the source of never-ending rivers of joy. I heard someone say on Christian radio recently that people who have special needs children will tell you that the day that child came into their lives, joy came into the home. I couldn't have said it better myself! Was his diagnosis easy? No...and was there great anxiety? Yes...but there is no doubt about it that God was nearer than ever before. In the summer of 2012, Nate was also diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy 3, a rare, genetically inherited neuromuscular condition unrelated to Ds. Jars of Clay have written "The Valley Song" from where the title of this blog comes from. There are no truer words to describe our family journey..."I will sing of Your Mercies that lead me through valleys of sorrow...to rivers of joy."