THE BAINS FAMILY

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Snow Day take 2

Wednesday, splashing in the ice puddles

Walking through the woods with Daddy

Aren't I one blessed lady?

Still some snow!

Snow Day Part 1

Tuesday morning we woke up to see SNOW!!! It was everywhere...not just a little dusting. By noon we had 6-7" in our yard. It was such a beautiful day, and so much fun to have a winters season to enjoy!

Our back yard

The front yard & street

Andrew and Soph playing in the snow

A make-shift sled (a big piece of cardboard)

Hee hee....little snow baby

Look snow!

more back yard shots

Pile of snow on the deck table

Friday, January 16, 2009

Crazy Night at the Bains House

Tonight we have Sophia on lead vocals and Daddy on lead guitar

Mommy on back up vocals

harmony...

rock on dear friends...rock on!

Sunday, January 11, 2009

We are expecting!!!

"Behold children are a gift from the Lord. The fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of an archer, so are the children of ones youth. How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be ashamed." Psalm 127:3-5

Our baby is the size of a lentil :)

Andrew and I are thrilled to announce that we are expecting our second child!!! We found out Christmas morning that Sophia is going to be a big sister. We are so excited and feel so blessed to share this announcement with you. We are due the beginning of September, so the kids will be two years apart. I am only 6 and a half weeks in...which is still pretty early, but unlike last time we wanted to share the news with everyone so you can begin praying for us :)

We will keep you updated...love and kisses :)

Thursday, January 08, 2009

Prayer Update for Kai

Below is the update written by Kai's Mom...please continue to lift up this family in prayer.

PLEASE PRAY FERVENTLY:Well, Kai had a really hard time this morning before the procedure. He was SO hungry and he wasn't allowed to eat or drink. We finally went in for the procedure around noon. We got to pre-op and they realized they had forgotten to order his chemo (for the spine) - so we waited there another hour for that to be ordered and for it to come up. He went in around 1:30 - but didn't come out until about 2:15. We got back to the room and he pigged out on rice, half a cheeseburger, some pretzels, some fishy crackers. He wan't even half way through lunch when they gave him his Vincristine, then they started his Eprutuzumab. So, right now he still has about 2-3 hours left of the Eprutuzumab.

We got the results from his bone marrow aspirate. We needed his leukemia cells to be under 5%. Instead - 65% of his bone marrow was leukemia cells. NOT THE RESULT WE WERE PRAYING FOR - but, we do know that God's sovereign hand IS in this. The doctors did say that most of the 65% of the cells were dying cells (not active), which is good news, however its just not where we want it. They are going to continue with the plan we have been on the past 2 weeks. However, we misunderstood - his next bone marrow check is in 3 weeks (day 36). So, they have informed us we have 3 weeks to get that count to 0. There cannot be any cells present for him to be termed "remission." If this happens we will move forward with the plan already made for him. If not, they will come up with another tough chemo plan to try for the next month. So, we will see what the Lord has in store for our little Kai. I have to admit that I was totally shocked with the results. I thought that if it wasn't under the 5% - it would be about 10-15%, but when they said 65% - I emotionally lost it. I was stunned. I know that the Lord is in control and we are to wait for His results. Boy, our selfish desires take over and we want what we want. But we know that if the Lord wants to take our little boy, he will be PERFECT and PERFECTLY WORSHIPPING our Lord. Whatever the Lord has planned we are willing to follow in HIS footsteps. However the Lord commands us to ask - so, I am here asking you to pray that these next 3 weeks will be SO effective. Pray these next few weeks clear these cells out of his body completely. Pray that Kai's body will fully respond to the plan laid out before him. Pray that we can bring honor and glory to our Father as He literally carries us down this path!

Thank you for your prayers so far. Please continue to pray.

On a side note - Ethan had his screen for bone marrow this morning - what a champion. He didn't even cry - they filled up 3 big viles of blood - not one word! We were so proud - so of course we took him ot the gift shop for a prize. He picked out a Lightning McQueen car and he wanted a train for Kai. He was so sweet. We won't find out the results of that for a few days. Pray that Kai can get into remission, so we can do this process.You can always read daily updates on Kai at www.caringbridge.org then type in: malachismith (as one word)

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

15 Month Check Up

Our little girl {no longer a baby} had her check up yesterday. Sophia weighs 20.11 lbs {still}

she placed into the 20% percentile for weight. She is a string bean...which I do not understand because she is eating ALL THE TIME!!! An example...before her appointment yesterday she ate half a bean burrito and two bowls of pasta for lunch. How is she not the size of a tank?? She placed into the 55% for height and her head was in the 80% {one smart cookie}.

Right now she has about 11 signs she uses on a daily basis...she can sign for "food, drink, more, all done, bed time, bath, lights, blanket, banana, book, and cereal". She loves to sign and it's fun to watch her learn new things.

She is really in love with dogs right now...she calls all of them "Belle" which is the name of my parent's dog back home. So whenever she sees a dog she says "Belle" and makes her version of a "ruff" noise.

She is a joy and the sweetest little girl I know {i am biased, ya know}. I love her so much and am so thankful that the Lord entrusted me to be her Mommy :)

umm...and yes, she is wearing underwear on her head...I have no idea where she learned that from :)

Day after Christmas Zoo Trip

While the ladies hit the after Christmas sales, the men took the kids to the Zoo. They had a wonderful time and it was a nice treat for the ladies :)

A Birmingham Christmas

I apologize for the delay in getting these posts up...Once we returned home from Christmas the three of us took turns being sick. I was the first one to get sick...then got it again at the end. So please forgive me...and enjoy :)

Sophia's Santa stash