Snooky Great: August 2016

Sunday, August 21, 2016

Happy 6th Birthday, Calvin!

Dearest Calvin!

We can't believe you are six! You've grown into such a nice, helpful, young boy. We love you so much. You sprouted three inches this past year and have hit the big 4-1 in weight! As you can imagine, you are a tall, lanky boy...just like your dad was at your age.

This year you are starting Kindergarten and we are so excited for you. You know so much already, but being in a class of kids that are your age will be so much fun for you.

You and Daddy went on your first mission trip with our church this past June. You had a great time and want to do that again. We love watching you develop a heart for helping others.

You love God more than us and that makes us very happy. Things are very black and white to you, we love watching you ask questions about your faith and making it more real for you.

We pray that God would continue to mold you into the man he would want you to be. We pray that you would fiercely love God and want to serve him always.

We love you sweet boy, our sonshine!

Love always,
Mommy and Daddy, Mia & Asher

Saturday, August 20, 2016

6th Birthday Bash

Today we celebrated Calvin turning 6. Family came over and a few of his friends came over and we had a nice, small party for him. He has been obsessed with Pokemon since the new Pokemon Go app and so that is what his party was all about. It was a big hit. All the kids had fun and of course, the birthday boy learned more things about Pokemon then he had ever known before...we may have created our own little pocket monster. Here are a few pics of the day.

Mia's Story

Mia was born October 12th, 2007. Lisa's water broke early at 34 weeks and she was in the hospital for 2 weeks because she didn't go into labor. During that time, they noticed a blocked intestine in Mia and determined that she should be delivered down at UCLA. So, at 36 weeks, Mia was delivered via C-section (because she was breech). We know that was a God thing because after she was born we found out her heart had not completed closing off the four chambers (an AV Canal) and a stressful delivery might not have been best for her. We also found out she didn't have an anal opening and her right nostril was blocked. Months later we would find out her skull had fused early. All of these things required surgeries. On May 1st, 2008, Mia had surgery on her skull and suffered a stroke during it. The doctors told us she would only "eat, breath, smile and laugh". People from all over had already been praying for Mia, but so many more joined in and she is truly a miracle because she continues to progress far beyond what anyone would have imagined. This is our blog to document that journey of our little girl, thank you for praying and we hope it will encourage you as much as it encourages us. God is good, all the time!