Time with Jonas

My sweet friend, Rachel, also mother to the very popular Georgia and Henry and the new baby Jonas, began to get very ill Memorial Day weekend with some pain in her back. After many tests the following days it was learned that she had a fluid-filled cyst the size of a softball on her kidney. Waiting on a procedure to be done last Friday she began to get a fever which showed the cyst to be infected. It became more urgent to drain the cyst and it was done last Wednesday. Though such trying circumstances, we were thrilled to get a phone call Tuesday night asking us to take in their new little one, Jonas. It has been a fun week for us as a family to get to have him. Mama Marshman is doing well and we are happy to say she is headed home tomorrow. A little bitter-sweet to send the little one back but I am happy to see Rachel get her chicks back together with her under one roof. Though she would not say so, she is such a strong woman to have gone through what she has in the last couple of weeks. I admire her. She is a wonderful mom! One whose children will "rise up and call her blessed".

Here is Luke, making mends with Jonas for getting jealous and reacting on his time in his Mama's arms.

And lastly, a Tribute to Daddy Marshman...

...a Giddens' boy sweater vest.

Don't worry, we have already heard retaliation threats of rompers and soccer attire.

Thanks Marshman's, for entrusting your youngest in our arms. We have cared for him as we would one of our own. We love you guys and are blessed to call you Friend.