Family Night

Well its Friday night and on the weekends when we are home it is tradition to have "Family Night". Guess what Dave and the kids are doing? Oh, how I wish Ash and I were there too. We love family night. Its one of those nights where you all just sit around playing board games, eating yummy snacks, watching movies, and fellowshipping. Tonight I hear that Monopoly will be the game of choice. Watch out cause when Blake plays ANYTHING he is out to win! It is so funny to watch the kids battle for Boardwalk and Park Place, to listen to them try to make deals with each other, and to give each other advice. Ash loves to sit in her bumbo chair on top of the table and hold on to the property deeds. She grunts and growls along with Blake and Allie as the games start to heat up. I love our life and I can't wait until Ash and I get to move back home.


Ash is looking really good. She really doesn't look sick tonight. I turned her oxygen off about 3 hours ago and so far she is doing well. I am still in shock that she did not return to me yesterday on the ventilator. What a blessing. She is tolerating her feeds and by midnight she will be at 35ccs and hour. I am so excited that she is not vomiting. I pray that she will continue taking her feeds so that we might avoid the surgery everyone was debating over. I just know God is doing big things in her little body. We have spent precious hours rocking in our favorite chair today and she has snuggled in next to me as I have drifted off to sleep while memorizing the details of her little face. She smells so yummy and looks so sweet. Her little lips are so pouty and pink and her eyelashes are so long. I love to just stare at her. She makes the sweetest little squeeking noises as she sleeps. I really am blessed in this life. I wouldn't trade the moments I have spent with her today for anything.

My plan for the night is to snuggle under my blanket and do a little reading. My mind will probably continually drift to thoughts of what is happening back at home and I am sure I will call a hundred times just to listen to them talk. Eventually I will fall asleep and dream of the days when Ash and I are back with them enjoying "family night" once again. For now I will continue to wait on the Lord and see what He will do in our lives.

Thanks for taking a moment to read our Ashley's story today. Thanks for praying for us all. Thanks to all of you who have worked so hard on tomorrows Crop a Thon. I really wish I could be there to do a little catching up on my scrapbooks and enjoy looking at all of yours. I look forward to seeing the pictures. Make a few pages for me while your at it. Have a great night and I pray you get to enjoy a little "family night" fun inside your homes too. Trish