Joel's Journey: Lilian's Photo Shoot

Friday, December 4, 2009

Lilian's Photo Shoot

10 comments:

Anonymous said...: She is SOOO cute!!

Great Pictures!!

Sarah G.; December 4, 2009 at 5:34 PM
Gottjoy! said...: These are so beautiful...Did your daughter take these? She is very talented. I have a nice Digital Nikon, but I keep it in automatic because anything else intimitates me..

I don't know why your can't comment on my blog. I went back and checked my comment moderation and that wasn't it. Hmmm...

And the Christmas box was a gift from my ex sister-in-law. I'll have to check and see if I can find out where she got it. It has a light bulb in it that lets off a beautiful array of light through the punched metal..so beautiful.; December 4, 2009 at 6:06 PM
kjvbaptist said...: what beautiful pictures! there is just something so sweet about the new baby pics and what a great eye the 'photographer' has!; December 4, 2009 at 6:53 PM
-stephanie- said...: What darling photos. sweet sweet sweet. What a wonderful gift.; December 4, 2009 at 6:57 PM
The New Brunswickers said...: Ahhhhhh this babe is beautiful! Great photos ... it reminds me of 24 years ago when our oldest of 3 boys was born on Christmas Day! Doctors and nurses alike gathered around to take Christmas Photos of our Daniel in his "birthday attire,(in the buff)" and a santa cap! Hummmm, I wonder how the Morris' would celebrate a Christmas Birthday?? Now there is a challenge!; December 4, 2009 at 8:23 PM
j said...: Oh my, what a sweet little angel and you can tell that Dave and Kate are in love. Oh my goodness, sweet chills for me. I just can not wait to fall in love again soon with another little one.

Jessica; December 4, 2009 at 10:51 PM
Danielle said...: WOW! She is gorgeous! Anna, those pictures are WONDERFUL too! :) I'm amazed at how good they are! :) They're just perfect!; December 5, 2009 at 10:13 AM
Adina Caskey said...: These pics are amazing! Of course having such a beautiful subject is a good thing too! I LOVE The family picture, and the one of Katelyn and Lilian -SO BEAUTIFUL!!! Katelyn just looks like a mommy. No better way to say it.; December 5, 2009 at 8:10 PM
Adina Caskey said...: These pics are amazing! Of course having such a beautiful subject is a good thing too! I LOVE The family picture, and the one of Katelyn and Lilian -SO BEAUTIFUL!!! Katelyn just looks like a mommy. No better way to say it.; December 5, 2009 at 8:10 PM
Amy said...: The absolutely adorable!!!; December 6, 2009 at 3:13 PM

Joel's Story

Joel, our 11th of 13 and a twin of Josiah, at age 3 was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma, a childhood cancer, on December 6th, 2006. Joel had three perfect years of health and he and Josiah celebrated their 3rd birthday Sept. 13th, 2006. The first of Oct. Joel started having unexplained fevers for a few days and would return to active play. After the fourth round of fevers we took him to our family Dr. which they said his iron was low, so we treated that for a few weeks and took him back only to have his hemo. showing lower than before. We were referred to a hematologists and saw him a few weeks with blood checks twice a week. At a visit on Dec. 4th we showed the Dr. the bumps, (which were tumors but we did not know at the time) on Joel's head and he was very concerned and we were told we needed to admit him immediately and start extensive tests the following day. Joel went through rigorous testing and then the dreaded results were given. Joel was at a stage IV the most extensive stage, but we were hopeful that the Lord would use the means of Chemotherapy treatments to restore Joel's body. Joel endured 8 1/2 days in the hospital, came home for Christmas, and returned for his second round of chemo Jan. 3, 2007. Joel had a seizure that night after midnight and went into a coma due to a tumor bleeding in his head area and causing his brain to swell. After tests the following days, the Dr. declared Joel "brain dead" and took us to court to force us to take Joel off life support, as we did not agree with the medical field's definition of death. Our family sought to stand with the scripture, "life is in the blood,"and until Joel's heart quit beating naturally, he was living. We were making arrangements to bring him home and on January 23, 2007 his little heart stopped beating and he went to be with the Lord Jesus in heaven. Our lives are changed forever. God is faithful in the midst of this trial and we look with great hope to be with him someday.