Prayers for little AJ

at 03/27/09 10:55AM

**Update: AJ's surgery went well on Wednesday. Praise God!! They're hoping he may be able to come home as early as next week!

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Our friends, Andrew & Katie Buie are in need of prayers. Andrew was one of Elijah's roommates in college and the Buies have been very good friends of ours for years now.

Andrew & Katie welcomed their first child, AJ, into the world on Thursday morning. He was 1 week late. Katie had a healthy pregnancy, but after he was delivered his lips started turning blue and they couldn't get his oxygen levels up.

They figured out the basic problem seemed to be that due to a serious valve problem within his heart, unoxygenated blood was mingling with oxygenated blood, thus causing his overall blood supply to be very low on oxygen. They have been told it is a birth defect. AJ was transferred to UAB hospital. Katie is in a different hospital but is hoping to be released today.

Yesterday they did a balloon treatment to create better blood flow within AJ's heart. The plan is to do major open heart surgery sometime next week - hopefully Monday.

Prayer is so powerful. What a relief to know it's all in God's hands!

Hey girl! I'm glad you found me! I read your post below and just had to say congrats on the weightloss. I lost 30 pounds last year too through ...diet and exercise...! and I know exactly how hard you worked. You look amazing!

by acurtis at 03/27/09 2:44PM
How scary! I will pray for them! Keep us posted!

by belle at 03/28/09 9:48AM
He is pretty cuddly most of the time! :) I remember your beautiful white cat - that's amazing how long she's lived! (Despite Elijah's heartlessness!) And I agree with Rosie - you look beautiful! Hope all will be ok with your friend's little one!

by jess at 03/31/09 9:40PM
Bummer! We'll miss seeing you but you will get to see the girls and their guys. Y'all should plan on getting a bite to eat with them after services. Let me know if that's doable and I'll tell the girls.

by donnajo at 04/14/09 11:51AM
Hey! On FB I told you May 2, but it's May 9th. The one on the 2nd is in Knoxville...

by belle at 04/14/09 4:35PM
Ha! I figured, but just thought I'd throw it out there just in case by some miracle you were free! ;)

by belle at 04/16/09 10:28AM
I didn't know you knew Leah! Congrats to you too, then =). At Cason Lane, it's Emily, Tara, Layla and Julie.

by acurtis at 04/16/09 2:10PM
Eek! Sorry, I told Jason about it, and totally forgot to respond to you!! I think Monday would work for us...let me know! We can meet somwhere halfway...wherever that would be!! :) Or we can come your way, since neither of us will be working next week...just packing! But, I'm almost done.

by belle at 04/23/09 1:52PM
it's in a town called Americus in Sumter Co.

by razz at 05/28/09 4:27PM
Do you not have super targets down there? the deal is still good until Saturday I think... and they'll apparently let you print as many coupons as you want :) I'm starting to think I should have printed more, but oh well!

by tsi at 07/09/09 4:27PM

30lbs later...

at 01/16/09 9:20AM

With the beginning of a new year people reflect on what happened in the past year.

I had a lot of hard times and challenges, but the blessings I received far outweigh any of those.

My most exciting feat for '08 was shedding the 30lbs I gained after we got married and being healthier overall. I started trying to lose the weight on Thanksgiving in '07. I weighed on Thanksgiving '08 and I had lost exactly 30lbs. It was one of the hardest roads I've had to travel down. I learned a lot of wonderful lessons from the experience and I learned a lot about myself. Looking back on it now it was worth every sweat and tear I endured to make it this far. It has convinced me that you can do ANYTHING you set your mind to.

My greatest joy from this experience has been being able to help others achieve their goals in getting healthy and losing weight. I'm serving as a "coach" and support for a handful of women now and the joy I hear in their voices (all the women are long distance) as they lose weight and start eating better is priceless.

I'm sure '09 will bring it's own blessings, trials, and challenges, but I'm greatly looking forward to this new year!

Before & After Pics:
October '07 (1 month before weight loss began)

December '08 (13 months after weight loss began)

Great job! And I like the darker hair, too.

by simon_says at 01/16/09 10:15AM
beautiful!! Proud of you, girl!!

by donnajo at 01/16/09 10:57AM
great job...i'm going to be doing that this year, I hope!

by kmbrewcrew at 01/16/09 12:01PM
What a great achievement!!!! :)

by silleylime at 01/16/09 5:03PM
thats WONDERFUL!

by scbrewer at 01/16/09 7:16PM
That's awesome girl!!!

by britt22 at 01/17/09 11:43AM
Good for you!! :) I've defintely slacked on working out since the holidays...you ARE a good encouragement to see your dedication and commitment! Can't wait to see you guys!

by belle at 01/17/09 12:15PM
you look great!Keep up he good work!

by i_am_a_sheep at 01/17/09 5:51PM
the*

by i_am_a_sheep at 01/17/09 5:52PM
Congrats! :)

by sjbgurl at 01/19/09 1:15AM
You look beautiful!!! Got any tips for losing all this baby weight after Clint is born. I bet it will be a long hard journey.

by nancypadgett at 01/24/09 11:25PM
Had a great time with you kids Saturday! Did you survive Sunday? ;) We were beat... Hope you're having a good week!

by belle at 02/03/09 1:45PM
you look great with or without 30 lbs..but congratulations! I hope I can say the same in a year!

by big_bertha_blue at 02/15/09 10:27PM
Yea!!! I was hoping I would get to see you guys!

by sillyrabbit at 02/28/09 6:56PM
it has been too long! So glad we are on your itinerary--you'll get to meet Laurie's Joe.

by donnajo at 03/02/09 1:55PM
Hey, how was the wedding?? Did the dress work out ok?

by belle at 03/17/09 2:27PM
We would LOVE for you both to come to a game! His first game of the season is this Saturday, but we're leaving early to hang out in NC on Thursday and Friday, so we wouldn't be able to carpool. Unless you'd want to drive seperate, I'll try to find out when the next game is and let you know!

by belle at 03/23/09 4:55PM

This is ALABAMA FOOTBALL!!

at 12/01/08 10:31AM

I love it! Saturday just put icing on the cake. Twas a beautiful sight.

I'm nervous about this coming Saturday, but I'm even more excited. We're going to have a house full and I'm sure the game will be interesting.

ROOOLLLLL TIIIIIDE!!!

It will be weird not going back home to TN! :(

by sjbgurl at 12/01/08 12:10PM
Have fun!

by i_am_a_sheep at 12/06/08 2:16PM
Wes and Chris were there too. Free tickets from a friend...

by donnajo at 12/08/08 11:20AM
Tell me about it!! I can't believe we're over our halfway mark to the "5 Year Baby Time". :) Miss you both!! Can we get together in January??

by belle at 12/08/08 12:04PM
Last 2 weekends are good for us too! Let's book!! :)

by belle at 12/08/08 1:21PM
Last weekend? Sounds good! I'll run it by Jason!

by belle at 12/11/08 5:22PM
Hey Leisha! It's Leah. Just saw your name on Emily Clark's page. Glad we got to hang out Saturday night!

by simon_says at 12/15/08 3:48PM

I'm tired of scrolling

at 11/15/08 10:01PM

but I don't have much new to say.

I do have one exciting thing... Elijah's parents bought us tickets to the SEC Championship!! We're so excited!! Elijah's family and some of our friends from T-town are coming for that weekend... there's going to be lots of Crimson roaming around here!

ROLL TIDE! :)

oohh have fun!!

by i_am_a_sheep at 11/16/08 1:11PM
Well, that was a nice gift!! :) Hope you guys are doing well! We never did plan a date did we? Looks like it might be 09 before we'll both be free! :( Miss you both!

by belle at 11/17/08 10:01AM

Our most recent fun...

at 11/05/08 10:27AM

The weekend before last we celebrated Elijah's 27th birthday and went to Disney on Ice...

We went to Disney on Ice with our friends the Johnsons & Meredith...

Later that day I headed to Six Flags with Amber & Meredith...

Last weekend we went to a Halloween party. While neither Elijah nor I really enjoy dressing up we did our best. :) My costume was a VERY last minute $ Tree run... (Oh, and contrary to popular belief our costumes are NOT an announcement of any kind!!)

Way too scary for me!!

A confused baby!

A tense game of pictionary!

A confused Bama fan...

And I just thought this picture was cute. :)

I have no doubt that Elijah enjoyed Disney On Ice as much as any of those kids!
And you got to party with Anna...I'm so jealous.

by donnajo at 11/05/08 2:24PM
ok i don't know most of those people, but i LOVE LOVE LOVE me some meredith smith!!!

by isaacgholman at 11/05/08 10:20PM
Disney on Ice!! LUCky!!

by i_am_a_sheep at 11/07/08 8:53PM

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