Thanksgiving

This year more than ever we have so much to be thankful for. We have had a tough year but God is good. Our boys are healthy and growing like weeds. Stephen and I have a great relationship and are blessed to have great families. There is light at the end of the tunnel. We now have a contract on our NC home and were scheduled to close December 10th. We got a call last week from the agent asking if we would be willing to move the date up. UH YEAH! So Lord willing we close December 7th. It will be sad to let go but we are ready to close that chapter in our lives and finally move forward to begin getting settled back in SC.

All is God's timing

As most everyone knows we have had our house on the market since June of 2008. Stephen accepted a job that moved us back to Greenville. So we moved and started new jobs and began a new chapter in SC. Who would have guesses that the economy would tank. Well of course it would when we needed to sell. We have been living with family (both sets on separate occasions) since May of 2008. We are so grateful to have families who would allow us to camp out with them during this tough year. Many people say I could not live with others for that long. Well you don't know what you would do unless you were in the situation. I will admit it has not been easy but things could have been worse. At least we had each other and we were not homeless. All things happen is God's timing. I know that he had a bigger plan for the Williams family. I will admit that some days Stephen and I both said okay any time now...we get it..a year and a half is plenty of time. I think we have all grown during this past year. Our boys are healthy and that was our main concern. As a family we have prayed that God would bring the right person along that needed our home. And he delivered.

Football Game

Football game!!! That is what you hear my 2 yr old scream this fall. He loves balls and sports of all kinds. To help fan the fire Papa decided Carter would be ready for Auburn football. I made him wait until last year to take Cody (turning 4 at the time) so he would be able to make it. Well we took a chance and the weekend of Carter's 2nd bday we all headed to Auburn. He loved it. He clapped, he cheered, he laughed and had a ball. So he like his brother is now hooked on Auburn football. Papa has two more people pulling for his team and buddies to watch the games with.

Time flies

Wow! Where have we been or what have we been up too since April. I guess since I have not updated our blog since then you can imagine we have been busy. So what have the Williams been up to you ask. Well May things turned around for us regarding the boys health. It was 5 months of torture but just like it came it suddenly went away. Just like that! Stephen and I were completely broken. We had no idea what caused it and how to fix it and neither did any of the dr's they saw. Our pediatrician looked me in the face the day Carter was discharged from the hospital and said our office is just praying for a miracle. Wow...your dr's are supposed to know all the answers right? Wrong! What was it...who knows...what caused it..who cares.....who fixed it....Jesus Christ. I along with lots of family and friends prayed for a Jesus healing, a modern day miracle and I honestly believe that is not only what happened but that God was the only one who could in fact make this end. He is the great physician and my family experienced it first hand. So May, June and July were good months- filled with Mother's day, Father's day, Greenville Drive games, Family vacation, 4rth of July, and family birthday parties. The week after I returned from family vacation I was laid off from Fluor due to the client cancelling the project I was assigned to. But I am so lucky in this economy to have found another job in 6 weeks. September was a very busy month for our crew. Cody, Carter and I all have a birthday in Septemeber. This year we choose to do one big party for both boys. It was a success and we all had loads of fun. The boys are growing like weeds and I can hardly believe they just turned 5 and 2. Wow time flies when you are having fun!

Wee Ball

Cody is playing Wee Ball. It is Tee Ball for 3-4 yr olds. Two Saturdays ago was opening day. They announced each team and all of the players. Cody is on the white team and he is #9. He was so proud to hear his name called out. He loves it so far. He is doing really good hitting and learning to field the ball. It is very comical. It is not uncommon to find several of the players playing in the dirt, run to the wrong base or refuse to play. The point of Wee Ball is for the kids to have fun and for them to get introdued to the game. Carter loves balls and he wants so bad to be on the field with his Bubba.

Dr appt's

Carter had a follow up ENT appointment. He had tubes put in back in September. His ears drain all of the time and he has continued to get ear infections. Dr Phillips does not feel like the tubes have worked as well as they should have for him. Dr Phillips discussed taking Carter's adenoids out and replacing his tubes. He is not sure if that will correct the issues. I was not comfortable all of this. The boys both had a follow up appointment with Dr. Butcher. She wanted to see Carter after his hospital visit and see how the boys were doing. She discussed the results of several test that were run on the boys. So far all test results have come back normal. They have been testing the boys for metabolic/genetic diseases. So far so good. PRAISE GOD! Dr. Butcher does not feel like Carter needs to have any surgery at this time. She does not think he needs his adenoids removed now. We are going to hold off on that at this time. We have had a good week this week with no sickness. Keep praying!

Carter gets to go home.

Carter was discharged late Saturday! He was finally acting more like his normal sweet little self. The doctors still do not know what is causing Carter or Cody's episodes. They both have follow-up appointments and lots of test to come. This will be a long slow process to determine what it is the cause of the boys sickness. Please continue to pray for the boys health and the wisdom of their doctors.