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Round #2…another day down. Another treatment don

Round #2…another day down. Another treatment done. So far so good. We have so much to be grateful for.

-Corbans white cell count is decreasing and that’s a good…errr…great thing!

-The same nurse from two weeks ago saw our names on the schedule before we arrived and requested to have us again—we LOVE her so we couldn’t have been happier.

-I have the sweetest and best friends on the planet—they put together a gift basket with the most thoughtful items for Corban today that made him feel SO loved. An electric blanket, fuzzy socks, two new hoodies (his favorite!), snacks, treats, a new Nintendo game, a card game and a sweet card letting him know they’re all praying for him! Doesn’t get any better than that!!!! He couldn’t stop talking about how loved he felt.

-His math teacher took a video of his whole class today letting him know they are missing him—AND they all told him in unison he has less homework than he thought he’d have! Double win!

If there’s anyone else that wants me to mail them a #teamcorban bracelet I have a lot left!!!! DM me and I’ll get them to you asap!

Thank you all for praying! And for all who have continued to ask about him. It means the world to us all.

Last night at the gym I had a woman come up to me

Last night at the gym I had a woman come up to me to say she had been watching me workout. She saw me giving it all I had for over 2 hours. The burning, fighting, straining, and determination to keep going long after she thought I had nothing left.

She said she kept thinking to herself, why? What was it that motivated me? Why do I do what I do?

So she came to ask.

“That’s easy,” I said. “You see, I’m a mom of seven. People always want to know what it’s like parenting such a big family and how I get done all I need to do. Fitness is one huge part of that answer. I can’t do what I do without being strong.”

I’ve struggled at times feeling guilty for investing in myself—because being healthy takes time, money and effort and sometimes pursuing fitness can make me feel like I am putting myself before my family.

I know without a doubt this couldn’t be further from the truth, but I want to be honest with the struggle I sometimes fight.

I’ve also had to face my fears of being afraid others will accuse me of being vain-which is also extremely sad to me, but again, I just want to be honest about that struggle too.

But, deeper still, past all of the fears and struggles, I know why it is I do what I do. And I want to be a voice to encourage you too. Pursuing strength and health, especially as a mama, is one of THE MOST loving things you and I can do for our families.

When you function at your best, instead of always playing catch up, those around you are blessed. You are alert, strong, prepared, intentional, present, filled with joy and full of energy.

I fully believe taking care of your own body is our first opportunity of God honoring stewardship, to care for what has been entrusted to us—and when you are healthy there is LIFE that you offer to everyone around you.

If you’re a mama that fights with feelings of guilt or fear of other people’s limited opinions, I want to encourage you to no longer allow anyone else to dictate your daily actions.

Are you stuck in fear? Do you struggle with guilt? I’m here for you. I completely get it, but let me help you choose to write a new narrative…

There’s not much I love more than promoting frie

There’s not much I love more than promoting friends who have small businesses to you guys when I truly do feel passionate about what they do.

I want to share with you my friend Alex.

She recently began her baby sleep training business and I could not be more proud of her. Matt and I learned about sleep training very early in our parenting journey from a friend of ours, and it’s something I have been extremely passionate about with our own children ever since.

Sleep training can be a lot at first. There’s a ton of junk on the internet and in parenting books that I feel is absolute garbage. Finding a consultant like Alex who knows what things to toss out and what things to prioritize is like finding gold. Sleep is so critical. Not just for your baby, but for the whole family. When mama isn’t rested it impacts everyone and everything.

For those of you who are dealing with babies that have issues falling asleep, staying asleep or are continually overstimulated you need to know about Alex.

I absolutely love her approach because her main goal is to making sure both parents are 100% comfortable with the entire training process. She will work diligently to explain all of your options, the science behind sleep including hormones, circadian rhythms and sleep cycles based off of their specific age. She will go over with you each of the pro’s/con’s of each plan she presents and help guide you to choose the method you feel will work best. There is just not a cookie cutter method for each family or each baby. Alex will take the time to make sure she gets to know you and your family before recommending a path forward.

Alex truly does care about her mamas and babies in such a personal way. She keeps her phone readily available during bedtime and nap time and offers unlimited support throughout the process to discuss any issues that may pop up.

Find her @sweet_siestas or log onto https://www.sweetsiestasllc.com for more information

Today is the day…we turn a corner in treatment.

Today is the day…we turn a corner in treatment. Corban’s journey has been far from easy. Being diagnosed with an “incurable disease” has been far from simple. Especially being reported last year to CPS as we sought a second opinion in treatment. Finding the right doctors, the right care, the right path…is like a game of chess. Sometimes you feel like it’s the right move and then other times you realize you may not have chosen well.
Clearly we just so desperately want our boy better. And we will do whatever it takes to get him there.
He’s been fighting for over a year and a half now. Although some things have shown improvement, it’s clear that overall he’s losing this battle. Recent labs and reports show him to be getting worse…so we had to change gears, reset and start again with something new. This treatment wasn’t our first choice, but for now it is THE choice, and we are trusting and praying this could begin a path toward healing.
Today we start a new medicine we’ve waited MONTHS for him to be approved for. Todays treatment alone will take 3-4 hours to complete and would have cost us over $21k had he not received prior approval. He will have another treatment just like this in two more weeks and routinely from here on out. We could not be more grateful that he’s been approved for all of this and he can finally begin.
We are praying he doesn’t have any adverse reactions to today…and are hopeful maybe, just maybe, this medicine will help him start to turn the corner toward healing.
For those of you wearing your #teamcorban bracelets please pray for him today! And send pics of you wearing them if you have them on! You would absolutely make his day!

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Round #2…another day down. Another treatment don

Round #2…another day down. Another treatment done. So far so good. We have so much to be grateful for.

-Corbans white cell count is decreasing and that’s a good…errr…great thing!

-The same nurse from two weeks ago saw our names on the schedule before we arrived and requested to have us again—we LOVE her so we couldn’t have been happier.

-I have the sweetest and best friends on the planet—they put together a gift basket with the most thoughtful items for Corban today that made him feel SO loved. An electric blanket, fuzzy socks, two new hoodies (his favorite!), snacks, treats, a new Nintendo game, a card game and a sweet card letting him know they’re all praying for him! Doesn’t get any better than that!!!! He couldn’t stop talking about how loved he felt.

-His math teacher took a video of his whole class today letting him know they are missing him—AND they all told him in unison he has less homework than he thought he’d have! Double win!

If there’s anyone else that wants me to mail them a #teamcorban bracelet I have a lot left!!!! DM me and I’ll get them to you asap!

Thank you all for praying! And for all who have continued to ask about him. It means the world to us all.

Last night at the gym I had a woman come up to me

Last night at the gym I had a woman come up to me to say she had been watching me workout. She saw me giving it all I had for over 2 hours. The burning, fighting, straining, and determination to keep going long after she thought I had nothing left.

She said she kept thinking to herself, why? What was it that motivated me? Why do I do what I do?

So she came to ask.

“That’s easy,” I said. “You see, I’m a mom of seven. People always want to know what it’s like parenting such a big family and how I get done all I need to do. Fitness is one huge part of that answer. I can’t do what I do without being strong.”

I’ve struggled at times feeling guilty for investing in myself—because being healthy takes time, money and effort and sometimes pursuing fitness can make me feel like I am putting myself before my family.

I know without a doubt this couldn’t be further from the truth, but I want to be honest with the struggle I sometimes fight.

I’ve also had to face my fears of being afraid others will accuse me of being vain-which is also extremely sad to me, but again, I just want to be honest about that struggle too.

But, deeper still, past all of the fears and struggles, I know why it is I do what I do. And I want to be a voice to encourage you too. Pursuing strength and health, especially as a mama, is one of THE MOST loving things you and I can do for our families.

When you function at your best, instead of always playing catch up, those around you are blessed. You are alert, strong, prepared, intentional, present, filled with joy and full of energy.

I fully believe taking care of your own body is our first opportunity of God honoring stewardship, to care for what has been entrusted to us—and when you are healthy there is LIFE that you offer to everyone around you.

If you’re a mama that fights with feelings of guilt or fear of other people’s limited opinions, I want to encourage you to no longer allow anyone else to dictate your daily actions.

Are you stuck in fear? Do you struggle with guilt? I’m here for you. I completely get it, but let me help you choose to write a new narrative…

There’s not much I love more than promoting frie

There’s not much I love more than promoting friends who have small businesses to you guys when I truly do feel passionate about what they do.

I want to share with you my friend Alex.

She recently began her baby sleep training business and I could not be more proud of her. Matt and I learned about sleep training very early in our parenting journey from a friend of ours, and it’s something I have been extremely passionate about with our own children ever since.

Sleep training can be a lot at first. There’s a ton of junk on the internet and in parenting books that I feel is absolute garbage. Finding a consultant like Alex who knows what things to toss out and what things to prioritize is like finding gold. Sleep is so critical. Not just for your baby, but for the whole family. When mama isn’t rested it impacts everyone and everything.

For those of you who are dealing with babies that have issues falling asleep, staying asleep or are continually overstimulated you need to know about Alex.

I absolutely love her approach because her main goal is to making sure both parents are 100% comfortable with the entire training process. She will work diligently to explain all of your options, the science behind sleep including hormones, circadian rhythms and sleep cycles based off of their specific age. She will go over with you each of the pro’s/con’s of each plan she presents and help guide you to choose the method you feel will work best. There is just not a cookie cutter method for each family or each baby. Alex will take the time to make sure she gets to know you and your family before recommending a path forward.

Alex truly does care about her mamas and babies in such a personal way. She keeps her phone readily available during bedtime and nap time and offers unlimited support throughout the process to discuss any issues that may pop up.

Find her @sweet_siestas or log onto https://www.sweetsiestasllc.com for more information

Today is the day…we turn a corner in treatment.

Today is the day…we turn a corner in treatment. Corban’s journey has been far from easy. Being diagnosed with an “incurable disease” has been far from simple. Especially being reported last year to CPS as we sought a second opinion in treatment. Finding the right doctors, the right care, the right path…is like a game of chess. Sometimes you feel like it’s the right move and then other times you realize you may not have chosen well.
Clearly we just so desperately want our boy better. And we will do whatever it takes to get him there.
He’s been fighting for over a year and a half now. Although some things have shown improvement, it’s clear that overall he’s losing this battle. Recent labs and reports show him to be getting worse…so we had to change gears, reset and start again with something new. This treatment wasn’t our first choice, but for now it is THE choice, and we are trusting and praying this could begin a path toward healing.
Today we start a new medicine we’ve waited MONTHS for him to be approved for. Todays treatment alone will take 3-4 hours to complete and would have cost us over $21k had he not received prior approval. He will have another treatment just like this in two more weeks and routinely from here on out. We could not be more grateful that he’s been approved for all of this and he can finally begin.
We are praying he doesn’t have any adverse reactions to today…and are hopeful maybe, just maybe, this medicine will help him start to turn the corner toward healing.
For those of you wearing your #teamcorban bracelets please pray for him today! And send pics of you wearing them if you have them on! You would absolutely make his day!

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