I made these precious pants for Emma today!

Sam's Flag Football

Well, Sam had his first Flag Football game this week! He did AWESOME! He was so excited everytime he would pull a flag! He even played both defense & offense when he got the flag & recovered the fumble for a touchdown! We were so proud! Being tall has its advantages on the football field. Here are a few pictures of him.

An exciting week at the Ruby house

I had to brag on the dress that I made for Emerson! I was so proud of it. She is not walking yet but she loves to walk holding onto things. She is 10 months old already!

Sam is 4 and already riding without training wheels! We have only had one major crash! He learned the importance of knee pads & elbow pads!

Tonya's wedding

The last of our vacation pictures

Day 2 in Colorado

Day 1 in Colorado

Fun at the splash park

Growth Group at the lake

Memorial Day

Fun with our cousins

Garage Sale fun

San Fran pictures

Lakehouse May 2007

Emerson's first pig tails! I have to learn to fix little girls hair! It will take some practice!

From Tracey:

I just thought I would give a quick update on Max. He had surgery for his malrotation on Friday night and we spent just a short time in ICU that evening before being transferred to the floor but it was just for close observation with him being such a little guy. He has done wonderful and surprised us all by showing signs of being ready to eat a day before expected. After we started feeds again he had a little respiratory distress yesterday so we got some tests ran that show he has a couple of other small things going on that he will eventually grow out of. One being that he has severe reflux that is causing the milk to go into his lungs and the other being a small problem with weak muscles in his trachea which is another cause for his distress. I am so relieved we found these things out before we left the hospital. Both of these things are fixable with meds and thickened feeds. We got discharged today which was such a nice surprise and he is sleeping great in his own bed right now and looks very peaceful and comfortable. Thank you for all of your support and prayers. This has been a tough time for us as well as for Brooke as she has been shuffled about and wondering where her parents and brother have been. Please continue to pray for our family as we adjust to all of these changes.

love,

Tracey and Josh, Brooke & Max

Update on Max

Hello from San Francisco. Max did really well in surgery and only had to spend about 6 hours in PICU before being transferred to the pedi floor. Tracey said he has been sleeping a lot and they will probably try to let him eat Sunday or Monday. They are planning to stay until Wednesday. She appreciates all of your phone calls & prayers and says that you are welcome to visit.

Max

Max's surgery has been scheduled for 5:00 tonight! Kirt & I will be going out of town this weekend but I will update you on Max via my blog.

Prayers for Baby Max

Please pray for Max on Friday. Tracey & Josh just found out that he will be having surgery. He is only 7 weeks old. They will be at Medical City through the weekend. It is just such a blessing that they found the problem when they did. They were actually going in to check out his reflux when they noticed the malrotation.