Christmas Eve

Last year on Christmas Eve, we came home from a very long, stressful, and tortuous stem cell transplant that almost took our Addie Bean's life.  Our God is good and faithful and He saw us through those rough months of November and December.  God gave us a Christmas miracle... our girl, alive, healing and home for Christmas!!!  Addie came home with a feeding tube, a backpack full of nutrition and medicine, and a walker.  She struggled to stand and couldn't walk without assistance.  I can still remember that morning on rounds Addie throwing up blood right in front of all of the doctors... But that is Addie's style :). She likes to keep us on our toes!  Thankfully the doctors trusted us to bring her home and Praise God Addie thrived once she was home.  Today she continues to heal, grow and be happy :).  

My prayers continue everyday and the worry will stay with me forever and ever, but thankfully we have a faithful God that walks with us, every single moment!  As long as I keep my eyes directed where they should be, (on Him) my days are filled with joy and my heart overflows with gratitude!!!  My eyes sure can wander... But that smile and spirit that Addie possesses, always brings me back!!!! She is so perfect!  

Church last week talked about glory, and as I sat listening and learning all I could think of was Addie and her precious face.. That little face, those big cheeks and that sweet smile is a reminder of God's glory... Of his infinite goodness!!!!! She is here because of Him and her face reminds me daily that I should rejoice and be glad in every moment because each of those moments are precious!  

Tis the season to express our gratitude to our Heavenly Father, to love one another and to be glad in the life that He has given us to live!!! Praise God for His son that reigns in my heart and continually brings me peace and joy!  

Happy birthday Jesus!!!  

I pray all of you have the merriest of Christmases!  Here we go 2016... Lets make it a good one!!

Much love Team Addie!

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. 

Romans 15:13

12/24/2014

12/24/2015

Remember the whole keeping us on our toes thing?!  Well, staying true to form, Addie decided to break her leg last Monday!  It is safe to say college soccer may not be in her future :). It is also safe to say that she got her mother'a athletic ability, haha!!  Addie missed a kick in the basement, fell and spiral fractured her left tibia!  

She was sitting on my lap in the ER and she said to me, "mom, why is your heart beating so fast?!"  My response was, "Addie Lynn Brenden you are going to give me a heart attack someday!"  It took me days to recover from that incidence and I am still working on convincing myself it is just a broken leg, normal kids break bones!!!  The first few days were very rough for Addie as well :) but she is doing quite well now!  She can not walk for 4-6 weeks.  She is currently in a boot and her one week follow up showed that her bone is healing!  The smell coming from that boot is quite horrendous :) but she looks awful cute in it!  The high heels Santa got her for Christmas are going to have to wait a few weeks!! 

She managed to still make it to her preschool program and melted my heart singing on that stage!