Another Update on Andrew

We went to the doctor's office on Tuesday thinking that he would get his little bandage off his head. The doctor told us that we took really good care of keeping it on him but that we would need to try keeping it on for another week. He is now supposed to get his bandage removed and staples taking out next Tuesday, yea! We did get some good news though. We don't have to make him wear the arm splints anymore. Man was he happy not to wear those. Anyway, so now we are playing the waiting game again. He has been coloring lots of pictures, playing lots of games and puzzles, playing on the computer and watching TV and movies. We have played outside a little bit but it is so windy that it makes the air really cold. He is really being a great little trooper through all of this. When we asked the doctor if we could use benadryl for any itching he said not to worry about it and to let him scratch. What a load that takes off all of us.
Please continue to pray for us as he seems to be a little hard of hearing at times. Definitely selective.

Have a blessed day,
Stephany

Recent LO's of Little "A"

Just thought I would share with you a few of the LO I have put together since the surgery.

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Kit: Dino Kid by DigiscrapJunkie
Fonts: NevisonCasD, Ribbon happy, Palatia

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Kit: BCS-Puggin
Fonts: Andy

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Kit: Scouts Honor by Raspberry Road Designs
Fonts: Auburn, Hello Sark and Papyrus

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Kit: CloseKnit Sampler by KimB Designs
Wordart: Obey_Rules (I don’t remember where I got this)
Font: A Yummy Apology

My little man is pretty much back to his old self. Youngsters really bounce back. It is really hard to keep him down and not bouncing around. He doesn't understand that he needs to be extra careful with his head. I just continue to pray that the Lord will protect him when Andrew will not. Thanks for reading about our life and praying for my little boy. He really is a precious child.

Have a blessed day,

Stephany

God answers prayers...

GOD IS GOOD! Andrew had his surgery today and everything went really well. The doctor came to see us in the surgery waiting room sooner than we expected and reassured us that everything went fine. We got to see Andrew within 30 minutes after that.
Andrew was so cute in his hospital pj's and booties. I brought my camera to take some pictures and found out there is something wrong with my memory card. It would not take any pictures. I am glad I uploaded all the pictures that were on it yesterday. Good news though, my wonderful husband, Eric, knowing that I really wanted pictures to scrap of this life event, went to the gift shop and bought me a one-time use camera. What a sweetie! When the nurses called us back in to see Andrew they said he was asking for his mommy. That didn't hit me until we got home that he asked for me and not daddy. He is a real daddy's boy and that really shocked me when it finally registered that he asked for me. He looked so sad when we first saw him in recovery, but cheered right up when the nurse gave him a rainbow Popsicle. The doctor told us he looked like a human Q-tip and sure enough he did. We have to try and keep this "cap" on his head for a week at least. Not to mention splints for his arms so he doesn't mess with his head. Andrew does not like either of them.
You can't keep this boy down though. He was trying to run all over the house after about an hour arriving home. I tell you what, this is going to be a challenge to keep him from hurting his head during the healing process. I made the decision tonight to make him a pallet on the floor in his room to sleep. I don't want to take any chances of him falling off his bed.
Thank you to all who prayed for us. Please continue to pray for healing.

Have a blessed day,
Stephany

Great News and a Prayer Request

The Tech Doctor was successful in retrieving all my files off my passport. I will be getting them back within a few days. He is taking our laptop to reload them on there. I can't tell you how excited I was to hear this great news. That's means I will have back the two months of our lives which consisted of November and December. Yea! It really goes to show that when you don't fret and give it to God, He can handle anything and everything.

My prayer request is this: My son will be having surgery this coming Wednesday and I would like prayers for peace of mind, wisdom and steady hands for the doctors, and a timely recovery. He was born with a birthmark on the side of his head that has a 10-15% chance of becoming cancerous when he grows older. With him being fair skinned that raises his chances. Right now it is hardly noticeable. But this type of birthmark becomes very unsightly once puberty hits. Thankfully he is far from puberty but we thought to get it taken care of before he starts school. God has answered our prayers in the timeliness of this surgery.
We are supposed to try and keep him down (couch potato like) for up to two weeks. Ha, we asked for sedatives. Andrew is a very rambunctious three and a half year old and that request is next to impossible. So really this is another prayer request: Sanity for our whole house.

Thanks for reading and praying for us. Some more good news is that I will try making more freebies while he is recovering. I have a request for a girl kit. I will have to look for some inspiration because I am outnumbered 2 to 1 in my house on the gender level. But I will give it a good try. Until next post I pray all is well for you.

Have a blessed day,
Stephany

ps. I will probably be taking down my freebies in a couple of days so snag them while you can!

Always Back-up Your Files

Okay I did something really dumb today and that was drop my WD passport (which had most all of my digiscrap stuff on it) on our wood floors. Silly me I have not done any file back-ups for about 1 or 2 months. I lost two months of family pictures, lots of different freebies I had downloaded, you name it. In the past week I had finished about 10 LO's but hadn't done anything with them. I think they are all gone. I am a bit sad right now but have had some time to realize that it all had absolutely no eternal value. Yes there will be two months of our lives gone but it has taught me some valuable lessons:

1. ALWAYS start your day with prayer
2. DO your Bible study (I am in Bible Study Fellowship right now and tried to put that after scrapping, wrong thing to do, lol).
3. ALWAYS back-up your files.
4. Make multiple copies.

I'm sure there is more I have learned but will just have to get over the loss.

But there may be a chance things can be salvaged. There is a computer guy in our church that helps keep our church's technology going. It is now in his hands to see if there is any hope.

Have a blessed day,

Stephany

Who wants another freebie?

I started working on this over the Christmas break and had the hardest time coming up with a name for it. Then I did some tweaking and and came up with Argyle Grunge. I don't know if that really fits it our not but I am not that good at naming kits yet. Anyhow, Hope you guys like it too. I also have a LO that I did with this kit.

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Kit: Argyle Grunge by Stephany Stratton

Fonts: Bookman Oldstyle

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Have a blessed day and don't forget to leave a nice comment here or on 4shared.
Stephany

Warm Winters Day Collab Kit Freebie

I was asked to do another collab kit with my friend Lisa (OscrapmomO). Wow, did I feel honored. I really appreciate her allowing me to practice my designing. I really have nothing else further to talk about so here I give you Warm Winters Day. Remember to leave some lovin. I like to hear nice things.


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Here is a preview of Lisa's Part

Go to Lisa's Blog to pick up her part of Warm Winters Day

Have a blessed day,



Stephany

Please forgive me...

Thank you to Fenn for gently reminding about saving as a PNG and not a JPEG on the word art files. Here are two new links one for each word art I have given so far. I really appreciate the kind reminder and it was very helpful that you left the comment on my blog as I get those sent to my email account and are easier to pull up. Hope I have corrected the problem quickly and efficiently. The PNG files have been flattened so the font remains intact but they should now be transparent. As always leave me a comment with some love and/or needing something corrected.

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Have a blessed day,

Stephany

Here is another freebie

It's amazing what a Sunday afternoon nap will do to you at night. Here it is 3:00 am on Monday morning and I really should be catching some zzz's just like my DH and DS. Instead I chose to stay up and finish working on a collaboration kit I am doing with one of my good friends. But I have another word art for you that I hope you like. I am still new to designing but I am loving playing around with things. Thanks to all those who are leaving me some love. I really like to read it just like all the other designers. Download EXPIRED"Leaving Your Mark".

Have a blessed day,

Stephany

Glad to be home...and a freebie

Well we got home from our "vacation" last Sunday. It felt so good to come home and start cleaning, of all things. We put all of our stuff away that day. We are very anal when it comes to coming home and putting our things away. Then we start to concoct ways to improve our house. I think painting the living room is in store for this weekend. We are also trying to finishing organizing our garage. Lots of boxs got put into the attic and many more will be ready for storing. With all that being said, it is just great to be home!

We had my best friend Shela and her family over on New Year's Eve and had a great time. We made homemade pizza's and then played some Wii. We are all very competitive. I like the Wii because it is very interactive. The kids played well together too. They left probably around 11:00pm so we got ready for bed. Andrew and Eric went to bed and I stayed up and got to hear our neighbors be very roudy. Oh well, that's to be expected, right?

We went to The Dump furniture store on New Year's day and had the worst time finding the place from the directions I got from Yahoo maps (which by the way I don't recommend using). Just when we thought found it there were no turn-in's. I had to go potty really bad so we had to go find a restroom. Stopped at a gas station and things were going fine until I came out of the store and fell flat on my face in the parking lot. What a way to start off the new year, clutzy! My mood was shot after that. When we did get to The Dump it was super cold because of the north winds and the evening sun was setting to make it very difficult to see anything in the store. I was a little relieved when we left so I could go home and nurse my wounded pride. Ha, pride really does come before the fall! It's good that I can laugh about it now.

Here is a cute story: last night when Eric and I went to check on Andrew before bed, we saw that before Andrew went to sleep he had put another pillow on the end of his bed and put his new little panda bear on it. He even put his favorite blankie over him to keep him warm. To see it really warmed our hearts. Andrew has a gentle side when he wants too.

Well here is a freebie word art that I have been meaning to send through before the new year. Sorry it has taken so long to put on here. Hope all of you had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

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Have a blessed day,

Stephany