Beautiful Autumn Day!

We enjoyed a wonderful day at he Johnson Pumpkin Farm today! We went there with David's sister Missy and her family and had a great time. Zach enjoyed all of the animals and just being able to run around. We even walked through a huge corn maze and only got lost two times. It took us 30 minutes to get through it all. There is a picture on the side of the maze and what it says. Izzy was a trooper through the whole thing and did not cry until she had to go back into her car seat. Zach loves his Aunt Missy and Uncle Jerry as well as his cousins. It was great to spend time together with family. Have a great day!

Update...

Hello All! It has been a while since I blogged to all of you in the blogging world. We have been very busy being a family and adjusting to our new family over the last few months. Mommy is learning how to juggle working, being Mommy and wife. It is a big task and it seems like a clean house is the last thing to do on my to do list. :)

Izzy (Isabelle) is growing and doing new things everyday. She is 16 pounds and rolling over and has now found her voice. Look out because she wants you to know she is around. Her brother is her world right now and she lights up at the sight of him. It is adorable to see that smiling face when she sees him. They are even interacting which is really fun!

Zachary is growing like a weed and so is his vocabulary. He is now able to tell you he lives in "Hemwock, Misigan" and his name is "Zachawy David Kweder" :) We are working on pronunciation. He is still working on the Potty Training thing and refuses to do number 2 in the potty and will instead hide and then come to tell me he wants me to get the " " out of his diaper. I must say Mommy is starting to get grossed out now. He went to Toddler church for the first time this past Sunday and I think Mommy had a harder time then Zach. It just does not seem possible that he is old enough to be out of the Nursery yet.

David and I are trying to figure out how to balance it all and it is quite interesting at times but we would not change it for the world. No matter what our kids seem to make us smile even when we don't feel like it. I am keeping busy as well running the Kids Club at our church on Wednesday nights, it is a challenge but the Lord is helping me through. That is all for now and we will talk again soon.

SHE is here....

I am so sorry for not posting in a very long time. We have had a lot going on in our lives since our last update.

First of all, Zachary is doing great and no episodes...Praise the Lord!!

Second, I went into pre-term labor at 34 weeks and was on bedrest for a while trying to keep our little bundle inside my belly.

Third, Isabelle Grace Krueger came into this world on May 5th, 2007 and she was 8 lbs 9 oz and 19 inches long. She came out screaming and has been a bundle of joy ever since. Zachary loves her so much and keeps kissing her so much that Mommy has to tell him that it is enough. :)

This week is my first week on my own and doing well so far. Isabelle is a great baby which helps a lot. We have also had a lot of help and my parents were able to come out and stay with is for a week which they have never done. We really enjoyed their help and Mom would come in every morning to get Zachary up for me which was a HUGE relief for me.

Mom and Dad also were able to hold baby Isabelle when she was not even 30 minutes old. They decided to start out to Michigan on Friday because I was having some labor. They arrived to the waiting room at the hospital at 7:45 PM and she was born at 8:03PM. It was wonderful how the Lord worked out the timing and I was able to have my parents with me in the room soon after she was born. I am still amazed at the whole birthing process and how AWESOME God is to allow this process to happen.

We are headed to New Jersey in the beginning of June and this little angel will be dedicated to the Lord by her Popop. Then we come back to Michigan and she will be dedicated by our Pastor here on Father's Day. Thanks again to everyone who sent cards and gifts. We really appreciate all of your thoughts and prayers. God bless!

Final Update on Zachary..

David and I are pleased to say that Zachary's EEG came back negative on Friday and the doctor truly feels that he has Benign Paroxysmal Vertigo. This is a problem with the inner ear and although there is not a "cure" for this through treatment or medicine, they are hoping he will grow out of this. The one thing that we are now praying is that this does not turn into childhood migraines which is a great possibility but we know that our God is bigger than any possibility and we are holding on to that hope.

After Zach's EEG, we went to see our godson Ethan in Mt. Pleasant for his second birthday. Zachary had a blast playing outside as well as with children his age. We had a great time together and it was great for us to see our college roommates and wonderful friends Dustin and Jess. I will post some pictures soon from the event.

Thanks again to all of you who have been praying for our little guy. He is so precious and I have to tell you that he says his prayers now every night and will even ask to pray specifically for certain people and if Mommy does not pray with him, he is persistent until it is done. Zachary is also starting to somewhat understand that we now have a baby coming in May and he will refer to Mommy's big belly as the baby and we have even been practicing with a baby doll. The only problem is that Zachary wants to hold the baby doll and touch its eyes all the time. :) We are having fun so far and are eagerly anticipating this new little one coming into our family. Love to all of you.

We are back from Florida....

Hello All! Well, we have made it safely back to Michigan and boy was it cold when we landed--YIKES!! We had a wonderful time in Florida with David's family as well as Mom and Dad Gilmore who were down vacationing. Enjoy some of the photos. Zachary loved the warm weather and wanted to play outside all of the time. He wore his grandparents out. He also enjoyed fresh Florida Oranges and called it, "Orange Juice" because they were so juicy!!!

When we returned from our trip everything seemed normal until Thursday evening 03/08/06 when Zachary had another "spell". This time his Mommy saw it from start to finish and it was not too pleasant. To make a long story short, we were able to get into the Pediatric Neurologist on 03/09/07 and he really feels that Zachary has an inner ear problem. He is going to complete an EEG on 03/23/07 to determine that there is no seizure activity. Please pray that there are no more episodes from now until them and that everything comes back fine.

Lastly, we had a wonderful opportunity to have another ultrasound and we were able to see our little baby again. No one else still knows the sex of the baby except for David and it was wonderful to see how much this little baby has grown in 10 weeks. I will post some pictures from the ultrasound as soon as we can get them scanned. We love you all and keep in touch!!

Another Update on Zachary...

We finally have an appointment with the Pediatric Neurologist although it is not until April 25th. We are a little disappointed that the appointment is so far away but we again are leaving this in God's Hands. Thankfully there have been no new episodes and hopefully there will never be any again. Thanks again for all of your thoughts and encouraging words for us.

We leave for vacation to Florida this week and we are looking forward to some warm weather. :)

Zachary's Results...

Well, we are pleased to say that Zachary's MRI came back negative and they have found no abnormalities! PRAISE GOD!!! Thanks for all of your prayers. You can now pray that the Neurologist will feel that everything is fine as well. Because Zach has had so many reoccurring incidents of this supposed Vertigo, the ENT Doctor wants to make sure that there is no seizure activity going on in the Brain Stem and he feels that the Neurologist will be able to determine if this is happening. If there are no findings with the Neurologist then they will have a final diagnosis of Benign Juvenile Vertigo which leads to early childhood migraines.

I cannot begin to tell all of you the amazing peace that God has given me about all of this. I know that it is in His hands and He is protecting Zachary. I also know that this peace is because of all of your thoughts and prayers. Thank you again. I have added some more pictures of our little guy...enjoy.

Update on Zachary

For many of you who have been praying for Zachary, his MRI on Thursday went as well as can be expected with a little guy. His Aunt Missy came with us because Daddy was home sick and Thank God he arranged for Missy to be there with us, she was a lifesaver. They took pictures of Zachary's inner ear as well as his Brain Stem. I was unable to actually go into the MRI room due to being pregnant but Aunt Missy saved the day. We follow up with the Ear, Nose, and Throat doctor on Thursday the 15th. Please pray that the tests are clear and that we can have some answers as to why Zachary is experiencing these dizzy and vomiting spells. We know that God has His hand on Zachary's little body and and we are hanging on to that promise everyday. Thanks again to all who are praying, we can feel your prayers.
--Krueger's