Sweet Collier....

Sweet Collier Anderson is finally here. He was born Tuesday November 23rd, at 10:42 pm. He weighed 5 lbs 13 oz and was 19.5 inches long! He is precious!! More pictures to come soon! Thanks for all the prayers and well wishes! We are both doing great!! Tired...but, GREAT!!!

Dr.'s visit....

Well, still no baby! But, it seems it will be very soon! At the latest, they have decided to induce on November 30th. With that said, she doesn't expect me to make it to Thanksgiving. My prayer all along has been to have this baby either over a weekend, or when the kiddos would all be out of school. It looks like I might get my prayers answered!! Hoping to make it until Friday, but as uncomfortable as I am, we can figure out the kiddos...I just want to get this baby OUT!! HA!! Anyway, I will keep you posted! Please pray for a safe healthy delivery. The perinatologist still thinks Collier is very small, and I am measuring several weeks behind my actual due date. Pray that he is not a NICU baby, and that his lungs work perfectly!!! Hopefully, we will update very soon!!!!!

Mina Ann...

I cannot believe that my sweet Mina is almost 8 years old. On December 5th, she will turn 8. Dec. 5th is also the day we knew that we would officially be Mina's new mommy and daddy. It was the day she turned 4 years old. We had met Mina in September, when a friend called and told us about a sibling group of girls that may be placed for adoption. Emory and I were not looking to adopt, we had Aidan, who was only 18 months old at the time. But the moment we heard about these girls in September 2006, we knew God had big plans.

We met Mina for the first time the next day, and would end up keeping her every Thursday-Monday until Dec. 5th, 2006 when she moved in permanently. Mina lived with us for over 2 years before her birth mother ever signed over rights to her. It was a long 2 years, but so worth every second.

Mina is beautiful, sweet, smart, kind, compassionate, athletic, and the list goes on and on. I cannot believe that she has only been in our family for 4 years, we definitely do not remember life without her!!

We love you, Mina and we are so proud of you!

Praying for a precious friend...

A precious friend of mine is 20 weeks pregnant, and her water broke last week. The entire amniotic sac is empty. Please pray for this precious family. The Dr.'s gave her 2 choices...she can be induced and deliver the baby, but it is not possible for the baby to survive, or they can hospitalize her, and pray that the baby can hold on for 4 weeks in the womb, and then deliver her when she would be able to survive outside of the womb. This 2nd option also poses great risk for my friend. The amniotic sac is what protects the uterus from infection. My friend has chosen option 2. Please pray that the Lord would put a hedge of protection around her, around this baby, around their other children and of course, her husband. Pray that this baby would make it to the 24 week mark, and then continue to thrive afterward as well! Pray that the Lord would be glorified through every decision, pray that HE would show HIMSELF mightily not only to my friend and her family, but to the doctors and nurses as well!! Please keep this precious family in your prayers. I will keep you updated!

Still no baby....

Still no baby...Can you tell I am getting anxious? I really hate being told that I am 3.5 centimeters dilated and that it could happen anytime....because I know that really means...we will see you in a few weeks for induction. UGH!!! I am no longer taking my contraction medicine, so hopefully some of these annoying contractions I am having will be productive. Meanwhile, back on the ranch, I have a sick kiddo....so, I guess I shouldn't rush Mr. Collier out in the midst of our little sicko storm. I am pretty sure that Mr. Michael has strep throat, we will find out at 11:30 or so. He came home from school not feeling great, and had a temp of 104.8...by bed time (which he put himself to bed for) he was over 105 degrees and that was with motrin on board. YUCK!! So, he woke up this morning, stating that his throat was the biggest concern. So, we will see. Pray that if it is strep, that he keeps it all to himself and doesn't share with the other 4, ESPECIALLY EMMY!!!

I will most definitely keep you posted!! Thanks for the thoughts and prayers, hoping baby C makes his grand entrance sooner than later! :)

October 2010

I cannot believe that today is November 1st! WOW!! Time flies! And the best news...I'm still preggo! That's right! I am over 35 weeks and still pregnant, pretty sure my doctors thought this baby would have tried to come by now!! I am 3.5 cm dilated and fully effaced, so I am hoping to go at anytime, but my pregnancy with Aidan was very similar and well, I had to be induced to get him out! So we shall see!!

October has been a crazy month! We had so many BIG things happen! We signed our adoption commitment papers for Michael and Carr! They are now officially, Michael Sims Lott and Carson Elias Lott. We plan to finalize the adoption sometime before the end of the year! We are so excited!!

October was also the 1st month that we didn't have to make a trip to Scottish Rite for Miss Emmy!! She is doing really well! We started her on a new med at the beginning of October, and it is doing it's job! Her hemoglobin was 10.3 last Wednesday! That is the highest it has ever been, without a blood transfusion! Praising the Lord for this medicine!! Please keep praying that it continues to work and that her counts will continue to stay high!! October has been a fabulous month!!!

I cannot believe that October has already come and gone! We made a visit to Burt's pumpkin patch, as well as a trip to the Boo at the Zoo fest!! We had a great time!! I'll post some pics of all the kiddos in their costumes, and also picking out our punkins at the punkin patch!!

Here are the pictures of my sweet kiddos!!

Our kiddos, plus my brother and sister!! They joined us for Trick or Treating Sat. night!

This is all the children in our great friend group in our neighborhood. Lovingly referred to as the Timba-babies!! There are 27 this year, and at least 3 more before next Halloween!!

Emmy Faith, my sweet Owl!!

Isn't she adorable? This was her 1st Halloween!!

My little elephant, Carson Elias!!

Our 5 kiddos at the Punkin' Patch!!

Fun at the Boo at the Zoo fest!

Burt's Pumpkin Patch 2010

Quick pic at the Boo at the Zoo fest!!

Check this out....

Check out the sweet post my mom wrote on our 3 little musketeers!

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