I cannot believe it has been so long since I've updated this blog. Life has been so crazy at the Gabriel house that I just haven't had the time to update.
Where to start.....
Max is 7 years old now. He loves to play basketball, baseball and golf. He is such a friendly and outgoing child and has lots of friends at school. He is also in the Dual-Immersion Spanish speaking program at his school and he loves it! It is so much fun to have him come home speaking Spanish with his cute little accent he's mimicking from his teacher. He is also the best big brother to his siblings. They all just love him so much!
Chloe and Clay are 2 1/2 years old. Miss Chloe has become a very sassy little girl. She's very bossy with her twin brother, but is also very nurturing to him. He's been very sick recently and she is always there to make sure he gets a hug and asking if he's okay. Chloe is a very smart little girl. She speaks A LOT, and very clearly. She loves the movie, The Little Mermaid and the color pink. She also loves to sing and her favorite song at the moment is, Do you want to build a snowman, from the movie Frozen.
Clay is one tough little boy. He is the child that is in to EVERYTHING! He climbs on everything and if there is anything childproof, I guarantee that boy can find a way around it. He LOVES trains! Thomas and Friends are his favorite right now. His favorite move is the Polar Express. Clay is a very mild mannered and sweet little boy. The doctors and nurses at Primary Children's Hospital all commented on how sweet and calm he was. I guess they don't get a lot of really young children who remain calm when the enter the room. Poor little Clay has recently suffered from complications of Pneumonia. He has fluid build up in the side cavity of his left lung and it wasn't functioning. His right lung was doing all the work. The doctors inserted a chest tube to drain the fluid from the lung which he had for 6 days. While in the hospital, his fevers were continuously spiking and his blood work was showing that he still had an infection that was not responding to antibiotics. Turns out he has Lung Necrosis, which are small holes in his left lung caused by bacteria that had entered the lung. He is home now but is receiving daily antibiotics through a PICC line and will be receiving these as well as other testing for at least 6 weeks. The recovery process is going to be a long one, but he is already improving. Please keep him in your prayers.
McKay is our little miracle baby! I know, so are the twins. I consider each and every one of my children a miracle. After trying for nearly 3 years, we were able to become pregnant via In-vitro fertilization with our twins. The doctors had told us that our chances of ever conceiving again were less than 5%. Which is why we were so shocked when 6 weeks after the twins' 1st birthday, we found out we were expecting!!! McKay is the most mild mannered baby we've had. He is perfectly happy sitting and watching his siblings play. He is so easy going and happy all the time. He has four teeth now, and three of them have come in the past couple of weeks. He learned to crawl last week while Clay was in the hospital. Just when I though life couldn't get more challenging, I know now that I was completely wrong! I have no idea how I'm going to get anything done around the house for at least the next 2 years! But he is so much fun and now he is grabbing at his siblings toys, pulling hair, and trying to climb on them. I love that now he can pick on them, especially Chloe!
Josh and I are doing well. We're keeping busy and loving life! Our house is loud and crazy but I absolutely love how full our home is. Watching our children play with one another is priceless.
I know I always say this but I am really going to try to update this blog more often. Pictures to come soon when I have a little more time.
