Friday, March 13, 2009

Benjamin turns one (on March 27th)!!!





































I can't believe little Benjamin is one! What a year! Benjamin was born on March 27th at 5:00 p.m. and by 10:00 p.m. he was on his way to Children's hospital to have surgery for his TEF repair (see blog post from last march for details). Children's Hospital was an amazing home to Benjamin for the first two weeks of his life and so for his first birthday we have asked family and friends to consider supporting a Children's hospital need.



When we called up our friend John Stone with Children's Hospital and asked what gift we could contribute in honor of Benjamin's birthday he said a great need was providing Simon the Loving Lion and story book to each Children's Hospital patient. Above in the images (and below by clicking the web link) you will see information on this precious little Lion. We were definitely aware of Simon's presence as he sat at Benjamin's foot in the NICU. It had his name written on it and the name of the family that we know prayed for the health of the child that would receive this cuddly fellow.





If you would like to contribute towards one of these lions or purchase a lion you simply fill out the form above (you can copy and print the last page...it is a jpeg) or see the Children's hospital website at http://www.chsys.org/body.cfm?id=475. You can send the form in or you can give Jerry or me any donations or forms and we will make sure the lions are purchased in honor of Benjamin and his first birthday. Our Simon now sits in the nursery and is a constant reminder of the amazing grace our God had on our sweet boy. We are so thankful for his successful surgery and for the impact Children's hospital has had on our family.



Jerry was nominated to Children's Hospitals Committee for the Future where he, along with 35 other young professionals are engaged in opportunities to understand, promote and become ambassadors for this fabulous hospital. We hope everyone reading this never has to have a loved one at Children's. But if you do you will be amazed at the care and love you will receive.



So, Happy Birthday to our unbelievable little miracle, Benjamin Everett Grant! Checkout the upper left-hand corner of the blog for a slideshow of some favorite first year pics of Benjamin!

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Snow Day!