Sweet baby

Well, the long awaited arrival of our friends' baby finally arrived on December 27th. We were all surprised to find out that the baby is a girl! Sweet Joslynn Marie is beautiful, perfect in every way, and is absolutely precious. We have had too much fun holding her and loving on her. Here are some of my favorite pictures from her first day.

Our Christmas card!

I have wanted to do a card for two years, but we have always been too busy, last year we were doing everyone else's Christmas card pictures. This year we finally got our picture taken, thanks to sweet Jamie and Greg helping us, and the cards are ordered. I am very pleased that we got it done. I needed it for some reason, so I am grateful that Brandon obliged. He really is a wonderful husband.

If your address has changed recently let us know so that we can get a card out to everyone.

We got elfed!

Check out the Price family elves!

You know you want to!!!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Brandon and I decided to go ahead and decorate for Christmas, so while he worked late, I put up our tree. This tree is sad, we know, but I have gotten a little attached to it since we had it our first Christmas together. I am not in the mood to replace things right now. I hope that you are enjoying the holidays this year. I know the holidays will be hard, but I also know that the best part of the holidays is spending it with those that you love, and that will be a huge blessing to be surrounded by those that we love.

Here is our sweet tree. Momma coined it a "Charlie Brown" tree since you can see straight through it. The name has stuck... all we need to do is get Peanut ornaments!!! We don't have a fireplace, so the dvds are acting as a stocking holder this year.... hey, you do what you gotta do!)

Just so you know

I thought that I would check in to the blogging world for a minute. Thank you friends and family that have loved and supported me and my family these last few weeks. I hope you know that each little thought and prayer that you have lifted up for us has helped. I won't lie and say that I am ok, but I am getting better.

The memorial was wonderful. So many people came, it was quite a testimony to my mother and the love that she had for her friends and family. I loved getting to see family friends that have been in our lives forever. It was so kind of my friends who came. It was nice to have support there. I have great friends.

I am back home with my sweet husband in our little bitty apartment. Things were rough when I got here, but I have adapted back to my life here. I miss being around Momma's stuff more than I thought I would, but I have some things that I can put up here to help me.

Again, thank you for all of the support. My family and I couldn't have made it these last few weeks without all of the love. I have had meals, flowers, and plants delivered out here, and all the cards we have received are tender. We appreciate the love, and if she reads this, I really love my new polka dot rainboots! Some people really know how to make you smile!

My Momma's Gone

My momma passed away Saturday night. She was very peaceful, and gave us a reassurance that she was ready to go and "see Jesus." I had a wonderful time with her Friday, and we all got to say goodbye. I am so sad and she will be missed, but there is a comfort knowing she went on to recieve the prize.

Her memorial service is scheduled for Sunday the 4th at 2pm. Anyone is welcome, just let me know if you would like to know where, I just feel wierd putting it on the internet for everyone.

Thanks for all the prayers and love. God answered all of them, just in a different way than we thought. I have so much more to say, but I will update this later when I can see through my tears.

*Quick Edit*
Many have asked what the biopsy showed. My momma had pulmony fibrosis, and it is a fatal disease. It is ultimately what she died from. Her lungs were like "dried sponges" and as hard as steel. She was put on a ventalator to try and save her, but her lungs couldn't process the oxygen. Pulmonary fibrosis is a horrible disease, and is incurable. We believe that she must have had it for years and never knew it. I am glad though, I wouldn't have wanted to know... it would have made life so dramamtic.

Wednesday's update

Well, you keep hoping for good news, but I have none to give everyone. I am so exhausted and discouraged but I really need encouragement so I thought I would post and y'all can forgive me if my spelling or grammar is bad. Since I last posted so much has happened that it is hard to know where to start. On Monday they found what they call "free air" or air in her abdomen where it should not be, and completely unrelated to her lung issues. They gave us several options, and ran some tests and last night we found out that the leak was in her bowels. Her doctor felt that he needed to operate because the risk of infection was so high, even though that was the last thing her lungs needed, and so she had to go into surgery today. As he put, he felt "painted into a corner." It was the classic catch 22, the steroids she has to take for her lungs slow her body from healing and make infection symptoms harder to recognize. They performed the surgery and unfortunately the perforation was in her colon, the worse place it could be. They removed a large portion of her colon, and were forced to give her a colostomy bag. She did ok during the surgery, but because of her lungs she was unable to come directly off of the ventilator, so she is in ICU on the ventilator heavily sedated. This is not at all related to her lungs, but the steroids they have to give her to keep them working will prevent her from healing from her surgery quickly. There is a great risk of infection when you operate on the bowels, and they are watching her closely to see if anything develops. She will be in the ventilator for days, and has no idea that she could have a colostomy, so when she wakes up she will have a lot to take in. We are all in shock, we thought she might be coming home soon.

Please pray for healing for my mom. Please pray for her to have no infections. We need her too bad to loose her to this. Thanks for all of your thoughts. Keep them coming. You help me more than you could ever know.

I am trying to be strong... but it is hard. Love you guys and thanks for everything.