ITS A BOY!!

I would like to announce and welcome the newest member to the family. Bowen Daniel Schweitzer was born at around 9:10 this morning, weighing 6 lbs 10 oz. I am not sure that I spelled it correctly but I will have some pictures to share sometime soon.

CONGRATULATIONS Jessie and Dan!

Happy 1st Birthday GAVIN!!

Happy 1st Birthday! I can't believe that it has been one year since you were born. On July 9th at 8 pm. you came in weighing 7 lbs and 9oz. and you were a wonderful addition to the Wiechman clan (and dad was very happy that you were a boy). I hope that you have a wonderful birthday and we are very glad that god picked us to be your parents. We love you and can't wait to see what you amaze us with next!

Please keep prayers coming in for Stella and also for my sister Jessie and baby Schweitzer, she is still on bed rest and we are not sure if the baby will stay in there until August 9th or not. Please pray that it stays in as long as it can so we can have a strong playmate for Gavin!

here are some pictures from over the last year. Enjoy! And thank you for checking in on the Wiechman's!

Dear Diary

Dear Diary,
As I write this I have many emotions, thoughts words and feelings that I want to share. I have been in a bad mood or something these last few weeks. While I had a wonderful time at the reunion this last weekend it was bittersweet fun. You see when mom came to live with me March 17th, 2008 (after she was given the 2-5 months survival diagnosis) she had 3 ‘goals’ if you will, for her to make it to.

1) Mini-family reunion June 2008-
2) Gavin’s 1st Birthday-
3) The birth of Jessie’s baby-

The reunion has passed, Gavin will be 1 next Wednesday and Jessie went into premature labor last week (they were able to stop it) and is on bed rest. The doctors will probably let her have the baby when she goes in to labor again. Baby wasn’t due until August 9th. So as I see this list dwindling down I am sad. Mom’s tummy is growing harder and harder with tumors, she is throwing up and I don’t know what to do or how to act. People keep thinking there words help…but the truth is no words help…

Pictures-Part 3

Brian and our kids on Father's day 2008
That's right...big boy carseat.
Gavin and his grandma Wiechman's
Dad and Gavin on Father's day...yes that is a sweater vest
I love to eat bitter biscuts.

Pictures Part 2

monkey in the mirror...
Crazy kid through screen door
playin' with my tractors...sorry dad they are green.
Cool dude!
Brittany's 14th Birthday party

PIctures-Part 1

Here are some pictures...Sorry it has taken so long for me to get these up here. They are dated from late April until tonight. Enjoy!
Sssshhh its a secret...grandma gave me a pretzel....

He loves when I blow bubbles and he tries to eat them :)

I'm not tired...

Funny Farm

Well I think it is about time for a Stella update. She went home to the farm for Memorial Day weekend and has not been back to my house since (well she visited twice). She loves spending time with Tracy and Lucas since they are now out of school. Mindy and Jessie are taking turns out at the farm now and Tracy and Lucas are even helping with mom’s bag changes and such. That is a bitter sweet thing for me. I loved having mom her under my watchful eye. And I knew she was being fed and all of that stuff. I mean I know that she is getting fed at the farm but…well I guess it is the oldest child syndrome, where I feel I need to control the situation and now I am not in control. But I will get over that...I hope. Anyway, the Wiechman’s are getting back to a normal routine and my house has been cleaned like it needed so desperately. I am ashamed to say that it has been neglected since March when our lives got flipped upside down. But my yard is coming together as well as the inside.

I know that I have said it before, but I am so grateful for everything that I have in my life. I am thankful that I have had these last few months with mom and that god didn’t take her when they thought or that she was never taken by something more abrupt. I am so thankful for the wonderful man that I married, not many men would have let their mother-in-law move in and take over the house. I am thankful that mom was around for those precious moments with Gavin that I will never forget. I am thankful that I have a wonderful stepdaughter that gave up her room for her grandma to have. Hospice people are wonderful! I don’t regret ever picking Asera Care they have been absolutely amazing, even now that she has switched to the farm, they never complained about running out to Milford. I am grateful for the friends that I have, new and old. I will never forget the quick words of wisdom, comfort, and advice. I appreciate all of the meals that have been sent. The prayers: keep them coming. This time is so precious and this is what Tracy and Lucas will remember. And Gavin will always hear “Stella Stories”; I have shared them with half of Platte, Lancaster and Cumming counties, so I am sure they will continue to spread.

I must be feeling all girlie cause this is a very girlie emotional update. Sorry, but that’s the way I blog.