Boaz's Miracle

 With all the fun to share from our California vacation in the last post I forgot to share what has been going on with Boaz. When the kids were with grandparents Boaz had his 6 month Dr. appointment. At his check up the Dr. found that he had a hernia. The Dr. showed it to me and had me feel it. It was a hard lump on Bo's right side and his left side was squishy. He explained that this is fairly common in boys and is just something that happened when Boaz was created in my womb. It is something that wont go away on its own so we need to make an appointment with the pediatric surgeon to set up surgery. Upon getting the news we have been praying and asking family and friends to pray for God to heal Boaz before the meeting with the surgeon. God healed Bo's belly button and we had faith He would heal his hernia as well. Not only did we want Bo to be healed so we wouldn't need to do surgery, but for the miracle to be a witness for us, others, and Boaz (when he is older to understand) to show God's glory, that He is real and performs miracles in our lives today. Yesterday was the appointment with the surgeon. The dr. couldn't feel the hernia, but he could feel secondary signs of a hernia. He told us that when those are present 98% of the time there is a hernia, but if we would like we could get an ultra sound to confirm. So we went straight down to have an ultra sound. The ultra sound showed that there is no hernia! Praise God that he completely healed Boaz of the hernia. The surgeon called today to explain the ultra sound. He confirmed that there is no hernia. They did find extra fluid around his testicle, which is called a hydro-seal. We have known he has had this since it was seen on an ultra sound before he was born. Every nurse, pediatrician, and ultra sound technician has told us about it followed by how it is no concern, fairly normal, and will just be absorbed into Bo's body. The surgeon also said that it will most likely be absorbed, but if it hasn't by a year it could be a sign that something else is going on and would need surgery to repair it. We will just wait and see what God's plan is for the hydro-seal. We pray it is nothing and will be absorbed by his body and time will tell. We are so thankful and in awe of the greatness of God in healing Boaz, and overjoyed to share in this miracle. Praise God!
 Here are some pictures of our sweet Boaz. Cassia also had her last day of dance on Tuesday. I am not able to upload the video of her dance on here since it is too big, but I will try to upload it to facebook. It is so adorable you will have to check it out.

Boaz in a bucket with a ball!

There is a turtle in our front yard so of course we need a picture of Boaz with it.

Boaz is getting better about sitting on his own and is enjoying playing even more with the other kiddos. Cassia was cooking for Boaz and continued to bring him lots and lots of food, which he did chew on.

Cassia with Miss Sunnie, her dance teacher and good friend of ours, at the end of her last dance class.

The greatness of the news above makes other stories seem little, but I do have a funny quote from Davey to share. Earlier this week Davey was playing with Boaz on the floor and he told me " Mommy, Bo has REALLY big knee muscles!" Our kids are constantly talking about how big their muscles are and how they drink their milk to get big muscles. So, it is a huge compliment even if Boaz's "muscles" are just his chubby thighs.

California Vacation

The whole family at the happiest place on earth - DISNEYLAND!!

What a fun vacation we all had. I can't believe it has already been 3 weeks since we flew out to California. I am not sure what has happened to the month of May. So, three weeks ago we flew out to CA and spent the weekend at Disneyland! It was a fun weekend seeing family and enjoying Disneyland. There are so many pictures and so many memories that wont fit in this blog. So here are some favorites.

Davey and Aunt Danielle going on Thunder Mountain.

Kiddos just before "World of Color" night show started. The ears light up.

 Davey was tall enough to go on most of the rides and his favorite was Splash Mountain. My cousin and their boys came out for one of the days at Disneyland as well. Davey had a blast hanging out and enjoying the park with them while Dave and I went and saw princesses with the girls.

Cassia meeting Sleeping Beauty.

Meeting Cinderella. Davey was very shy and didn't want to get too close to Cinderella.

 Cassia enjoyed seeing all the princesses. She got lots of signatures in her memory book and went to storytime with Belle. During story time Cassia and Abigail were asked to dance during the story. Her favorite ride was Mickey's Fun Wheel in California Adventure. It is giant Ferris Wheel that each car also moves on a wheel as the big wheel is moving (sorry it is hard to explain).

Sweet Abby wasn't too happy about something, but I can't remember what it was now. Just think she looks so cute in her mouse ears.

Meeting Tinkerbell!

 My sweet Abigail is pretty straight faced most of the time and doesn't always show lots of excitement, but she sure had the biggest smile after seeing Tinkerbell. She told me "Tinkerbell colored my book". I asked if she liked seeing Tinkerbell. She said yes, but was disappointed that she didn't fly.

Grandma and Papa with all the grand kids.

Adorable Chubby Boaz

Can't help, but smile at Boaz in his ears!

 That Monday Dave had to fly home and I drove up to Santa Barbara with Boaz to visit Aunt Danielle, Uncle Steve and Cousin Elliott. It was a lot of fun having Boaz and Elliott together. Elliott is 6 weeks older than Boaz. They had a bath together where Boaz kept kicking Elliott. Then on the floor later Elliott couldn't help but give Boaz kisses. The next day we traveled down to San Diego with Aunt Janine to visit with her and Great Gram. Boaz got to enjoy being an only child and get lots of attention.

Boaz and Cousin Elliott playing together.

With Great Gram in beautiful San Diego.

Boaz and Aunt Janine out at lunch.

 The other kiddos spent the week with Grandma and Papa in Monterrey. They have been sharing with me stories of all the fun they had, from building Splash Mountain in the sand at the beach to going on a treasure hunt at their hotel. From there the kiddos then got to stay at Nana and Grandpa's for a week. By this time I was really missing my kiddos and enjoyed doing facetime with them and seeing pictures that family had posted on facebook. My favorite was seeing Abigail and cousin Westin (he's 2 months younger than Abby) playing together. They look so similar and I can just picture them playing together like twins.

Papa giving Boaz a blessing at his baby dedication.

 Last Saturday, my parents flew back home with the kiddos and it was so exciting to hug them and kiss them all. All 3 of them were full of excitement and stories to tell me. Then Sunday we had Boaz dedicated at church. It was such a special time with our church family and with my Dad giving Boaz a beautiful blessing. Just before the dedication we had all the kids in the church service with us during worship. There was a moment where Dave was next to me holding Boaz, I was holding Cassia, Abigail was hugging one leg and Davey was leaning on my side. I felt so amazingly blessed to have a wonderful husband and 4 precious children all close and singing together. The best Mothers Day gift ever!