Happy Birthday, John!

6 years ago today this beautiful little boy entered my life. I just can not believe it has been 6 years. I remember the drive to the hospital that Wednesday morning - I don't think Shon and I said anything all the way there...lost in our thoughts I suppose. What a joy it has been to be John's Mommy! He's such a special little boy and it is so much fun to watch him grow and learn. Just look at how much he has changed! I'm fascinated each day by the new things he learns and tells me. What a wonderful blessing from the Lord.

I love you sweet boy. I hope you have a wonderful day today!

GET YOUR FLU SHOT!

What a week! John has had the flu...poor little guy. He started on Saturday night with fever and coughing. I felt so sorry for him. We got the diagnosis on Monday and the whole family was placed on Tamiflu. Luckily, no one else has come down with anything and Lord willing thanks to a lot of prayers hopefully we will continue to stay well. I must say the little guy has managed to keep smiling through it all. I think the worst was yesterday...he coughed all day...non-stop. AND...his 6th...yes I did say 6th...birthday party is Saturday. I think he's gonna be well enough for it thank goodness.

Look at this adorable new picture of Trey. Ashley and Michael had new pictures made over the weekend. I'll try to share more later. He's growing so fast and dare I say he's walking....too cute!! Just gotta work on saying 'La La' that's what I've decided will be easier than Lori.

Keep those prayers coming for NO MORE GERMS for the Herron's!

Prayer Request

Well, our students are back and the semester has begun. The Lord works in mysterious ways we all know that....I have two very important prayer request. Within about a week of each other 2 of our students have been diagnosed with leukemia. Marcus George who I believe is a sophomore and Candice Farrell who is a freshman. We prayed for Marcus in Chapel on Tuesday and then today we prayed for Candice. They both will of course not be able to be in school this semester and will both be enduring Chemo. As we were about to pray today it occurred to me that maybe God's whole purpose in their lives was to have them here at SWU so that they would know that he would be holding them like lambs in his arms during this storm...and so that they would know that there was a community that would take the time to stop in the middle of the day to pray for their needs and who would continue to pray for their needs through this entire, difficult journey. Not every college would do that...not every college would even know a student was gone for whatever reason...like I said our Lord works in mysterious ways.

Please lift these students up in your prayers. Pray for their families as well as their doctors and nurses.

Terms of endearment

Well, my sweet boy Alex is now to the stage of copying what we say. The other night Shon and I were having a discussion. I wasn't exactly happy with Shon or what he was saying and so my response to him was "Honey...." and for about and hour and a half after that Alex would say very loudly directly to his Daddy, "Honey...Honey..." and he'd get this huge grin on his face. I think he very much knew he was teasing his Daddy. He even woke up the next morning still calling his Daddy honey... for those of you who know my children he said it with the southern drawl, too. Something like this.....hunee.....I don't think I'll be able to call Shon honey again without smiling.

Griffin Alexander Hay

Griffin Alexander Hay

Born 1:20 pm today

6 pounds 19 inches

The emergency C-section was a little scary but everyone is doing fine!! He was ready to come out - feet first...and 5 weeks early. The only disappointing part is Jennifer will miss her baby shower tomorrow. We are going to celebrate in their honor though because they need the loot...they didn't even have a car seat until tonight.

I'm so happy for her and her husband Jim. She's waited a long time for this and she is going to be a wonderful mother. He's beautiful by the way, just beautiful. I'm already in love. Now I have 4 boys to love...John, Alex, Trey and Griffin.

Thank you Lord for taking care of Jennifer and Griffin today and bringing him safely to us. You truly see the face of God in a new born baby.

Happy New Year from The Herron's

Happy New Year! I hope you all had a great New Year's Day. I love New Year's Day. What could be better than good ole Southern cookin...black eyed peas, collard greens, corn bread and hog jawls all supposed to bring you luck and riches (I've been eating them every year my entire life and never gotten rich!) and college football all day long!!!!!!!!! It's my favorite day of the year.

I always think though at the beginning of a New Year what is to come with a New Year...happy things, sad things many unknowns. Births, deaths, weddings, etc. So much in a year. We only know who holds the coming year in his hands and that is all we can hold on to. So, much has happened in the year that just passed. I look at how much my children have changed in just a year. John is half way through kindergarten and growing up so fast. Alex is walking and talking and developing his very own personality much to John's surprise....they shared quite an encounter at dinner the other night...it went something like this....

Alex wanted what John had. John said "No!" Alex said "John, I want it." And then proceeded to take it from him. John became angry and tearful. Alex looked at Shon and said, "John, hot!" Just priceless moments like this are so much fun. And I'm quite certain we have many, many more to look forward to. Alex vocabulary is expanding very rapidly - I'm sure we will all be very entertained in the next few months as he learns to use his new words.

Baby watch is on for my best friend Jennifer....I'm giving her a baby shower Saturday. She called this morning to let me know she had spent last night at the hospital with contractions already dilated 2-3cm.....looks like baby Griffin might want to be here for his party on Saturday, too. =) He's not due for about 4 more weeks so we're hoping he'll wait at least a couple more weeks...

Again, Happy New Year from our family to yours...