The Whitehouse: January 2011

Addison Faith Bricker

Those of you that have been following my blog may remember our precious friends Adam and Lindsey Bricker. Lindsey and I were pregnant together. She had Landon five weeks early and after six days in the NICU Landon went to be with the Lord. It has been a very difficult journey for them. We were heartbroken and prayed daily that God would give them another child. Through some difficult pregnancies I'm overjoyed to announce their precious little girl Addison Faith. Addie was born in the fall and she is doing great. They came down to visit and we were able to throw them a baby celebration/ shower. We praise God for her little life. I wanted to update many of you b/c I know you have kept this family in your prayers.

Team Deacon

Around Christmas time I mentioned that for Christmas Mason wanted his friend Deacon to get better. This is a childhood friend of mine Shari and her precious baby Deacon. She and her husband have had a difficult rode with their precious little boy. God has been doing miracles in his life daily. Deacon was born with many abnormalities in his brain. He is also missing his corpus callosum. In December, they were told to take Deacon home from the hospital and enjoy their days with him. Shari and I prayed over this precious little boy in the hospital. I cried right along with her. I'm happy to say that Deacon continues to grow and all tests have come back negative. They have a rough road ahead of them but God continues to do miracles everyday in his life. She and Matt have many difficult decisions to make over the next few months. I'm asking my blog family to please keep their family in your prayers. Mason keeps Deacon's picture in his crib and every night we ask God to continue to heal Deacon. I believe children are never too young to begin a prayer life. Thank you for keeping this family in your thoughts and prayers.

After Christmas we went to see Deborah in N.C. Mason was able to play in the snow for the first time. Ummmm let's just say he was less than impressed. :) Here he is with his girls Ella and Ava. My college roomate Lori lives down the street from my sister. These are two of her five kiddos :).

Birthday Party for Jesus

This is the highlight of the Christmas season for our family. For the past 40 years my parents would have a birthday party for Jesus every Christmas night. (For the record they started before I was born :) ) Four years ago, Kevin and I took over the tradition and we love ending our Christmas day reading God's word and celebrating the true meaning of Christmas. Mason was a shepherd this year. As you can see from his pictures it was not his favorite role. Mason has some sensory issues. He is very sensitive to sound. Everytime we would all start singing he would cry cry cry. Like the amazing parents we are, we looked at him and laughed and told him
We don't sound that bad !!! Christmas memories. They are the best. :)

Cole was baby Jesus. Isaac and Mason were the shepherds. Layla was our beautiful angel. Dilynn and Callahan were Mary and Joseph.

This is my precious friend Sarah. She is in Haiti for the next 6 mths working with children with special needs that have no family. Please keep her in your prayers. She is an amazing blessing.