~HEATHER'S HIGHLIGHTS~: 2024

~A couple more pics of Phillip in Colombia.~

~As I said in my last post,

The Lord allowed Noah to travel to another country, over a weekend to be a blessing to others!

We Thank God for this opportunity and for his protection to Noah!

Noah took this beautiful pic!

~Emily Albertson sent us this fun pic from years ago.~

~Mary & Sophia at her 16th.~

~Kimberly and I after her last midwife's appointment.

~Picking up our kids.

Dear Beth had kept our kids for a week around the time that Kimberly was originally due.

I had asked her to keep them,

because Phillip was in Colombia, and I wanted the kids to have some "normalcy" to their lives and homeschooling, in case Kimberly went into labor and I was with her instead of the kids.~

~Ava and Abigail saying goodbye.~

~Our dogs were HAPPY to have our kids back home.~

~Using my gift card at the Queen Beanery Coffee Shop.~

~Local IHC~

~We got to run down and attend 1 night of our local IHC, held at our church, on election night.

But then, after that, sadly, we didn't get to attend anymore.

We were wrapped up with getting ready for baby, and Phillip was recouping from traveling for 4 weeks!

~Bro. James Plank posted this pic of our Elijah,

wearing his Trump/Vance sweatshirt,

kneeling at the Local IHC,

on election night.

~Praise God for His Mercy to America!

Keep Praying for

President Trump

and Vance

and for a REVIVAL!!!!

~My Birthday!!~

Cousin Laura gave me a gift card to our local Christian Coffee Shop, the Queen Beanery!~

~I love it that their business hours on Sunday say,

"Go to Church!"

~Cousin Laura had had a birthday at the end of Oct. so we girls took her out to the Queen Beanery. (And to get Kimberly OUT of her house, since baby girl was not wanting to come yet. :-)

~On my birthday, Mary made me a Peppermint Mocha Latte &

Abigail made me some yummy fruit and peanut butter.

Thank you, Sweet Girls!~

~My dear nephew Jeremiah made me these adorable wooden Coasters!!~

~I made some muffins for my birthday brunch.~

~Cousin Laura and U. Bill got me some fun balloons.

Thank you, Cousin Laura, for everything you did to make my birthday a happy one!~

~My Sweetheart got me a beautiful winter coat &

hung my iron skillets for me, in our garage,

just outside our kitchen door.

Thank you, Sweetheart!!~

~I love it.

And I love all my iron Skillets, many of which my Moma got me.~

~I LOVE my painting that our dear friend Mr. Willard Bardwell,

from our Wonderful church in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, painted.

Ponchatoula used to be the strawberry capital, and so he painted this beautiful painting

to represent those days!!

~I picked up Kimberly (whose due date had been Oct. 27th)

and took her with me to get my free coffee on my birthday.

~I saw this sign in Hillsboro.~

~I had wanted one of these pumpkin drink dispensers, but they were way too much money.

I was so happy to find this one on clearance at Walmart for less than $8!!

This is a fun Sparkling Cider drink.

1 gallon of Cider and 1 2 L. of Ginger ale.

~Mr. GaryWayne brought me a yummy Tres Leches cake from Sams, and we enjoyed that for my birthday!~

~Sweet Mary put this balloon full of Reese's together for me.

She knows that I love Reese's!!~

~On the morning that Kimberly went into labor, I made these pumpkin muffins for brunch.~

~This gray rabbit, in the lefthand corner, has gotten used to the ducks and chickens sitting on top of him.~

~We found this pic of 6 month old Noah, and could see the resemblance of baby Adelynn in his face.~

~I found this pic of sweet Baby Kimberly the other day!~

~Baby Stella's BIRTH STORY!!~

Dear Little Baby Girl Kline didn't want to leave her Mommy!

She was one "happy bun in the oven."

But, 13 days PAST her DUE DATE...She decided that maybe she DID want to meet her Mommy and Daddy and the rest of us. ;-)

I was having a wonderful day at home, I guess I was "Nesting" for my Grandbaby...by making a big brunch for my fam and U. Bill and Cousin Laura, cleaning up from that, vacuuming the house, doing laundry, etc.

Around 2:00 in the afternoon I decided to get cleaned up, in case my sweet grand baby decided to make her appearance!!

I had just gotten my hair back up, when I heard Mary and Abigail running thru the house.

They banged on my bedroom door, and told me that Chris said that I should come to their house!!

So, I ran home with Chris and SURE ENOUGH,

Kimberly was in Active Labor!!

Her sweet doula Rachel arrived, and I ran to get gas in my van. Around 7:00 PM or so, IT WAS TIME to head for the hospital.

We had an hour and a half drive!!

I was driving to the Hospital, and Kimberly had her back to me, and was hugging the chair behind me in our van!

SHE WAS IN LABOR BIG TIME!!

Dear Chris was on his knees beside her.

I drove like Jehu...praying all the while for Kimberly,

for no deer to run out in front of us....

and that WE WOULD GET TO THE HOSPITAL on time!!!!

When we got to The Christ hospital Liberty, she was already to 9cm. EEEKKK!!

Around 12:46 A.M.

11/09

Baby Stella Rose was born!!

Kimberly's birth went so smoothly, that her midwife guessed Stella at 8.4!

HOWEVER....Baby Stella weighed in at 9.2!!! and was 22" long!

It was a beautiful natural birth, just like Kimberly had prayed for!!

Kimberly did an amazing job having her!

Only 12 hours of active labor, no Pit., no pain meds!

Kimberly did hemorrhage after Stella was here, so they gave her meds to help with that. :-(

The "Sella" part of her name is named after Kimberly's sweet GG, Stella Scarbrough!

While Kimberly was in high school, she went to Tennessee several times to take care of her GG.

They would eat ice cream and stay up late, and GG would talk all about her wonderful Man, our Pop Pop!!

It brought tears to my eyes to hear that Kimberly had named her baby "Stella," after the sweetest GG anyone ever knew!!!

~Here is Sweet GG, who little baby Stella is named after!!~

~Kimberly's doula, Rachel, was amazing!

She found these candles in Kimberly's bag and turned them on while Kimberly was in labor.

She also found the background that Kimberly wanted playing and played that.

~Brand new Baby Stella Rose holding her Daddy's finger.

(He had gotten his black thumb nail, while chopping our wood.)

~Kimberly's amazing Doula Rachel.~

~And Kimberly's Amazing Midwife, Cheyenne!!~

(Incidentally, Cheyenne also delivered our Elijah, 16 years ago.)

~Here she is...

Weighing in at a whopping 9.2!!

~Kimberly looks so sweet and is glowing!~

~The cute little squishy nightlight.~

~Dear Pastor and Grammy come to see us.~

~Dear Pastor and Grammy brought Chris and I some yummy food!!

~Adorable Sweet Baby Stella Rose!

How we PRAISE JESUS that she is here safely!

May she ALWAYS serve Him!!!~

~The Christ Hospital brought us a yummy celebration meal complete with Sparkling cider, pizza, salad, and a cute little cake.~

~The food at this hospital was yummy!~

~The beautiful flowers from our Wonderful CNC.~

~Adroable little Adelynn and her parents arrived to meet little baby Stella!~

~We had so many visitors in our room, I was SURE,

we would get yelled at.

When, all of the sudden someone knocked on our door with Hospital Garb on!

I KNEW IT!

HERE IT CAME!

Then, we realized it was our dear friend Jeff E. from our college days, stopping in to say hello!

:-)

So, we had to get a selfie.

~It was so fun to have Uncle Michael and Aunt Beth come by.~

~The cousin's meeting.~

~Cousin Laura and U. Bill came by.~

~We were very happy with our stay at The Christ Hospital Liberty.~

~Michael and Beth came by bringing nice gifts.~

~Josh and Sarah brought Kimberly a decaf coffee and

Chris some yummy chocolates.~

~Heading Home from the Hospital!~

~Home Sweet Home~

I made a goody box for us and all the visitors to enjoy.

(The main visitors being Stella's aunts and uncles. :-)

~I love this squishy polar bear night light.~

~These are those visitors I was talking about.~

Dear Chris has been such a supportive Husband and Daddy...
and little Stella already

has him wrapped around her pinky finger!

~Baby Adelynn and her Mommy came for a visit.~

I just love this pic of little Adelynn that Sarah took a few weeks ago.~

~Uncle Bill has a birthday.~

~Celebrating uncle Bill's 78th birthday.~

~Our men having a Men Arise devotional.~

~Once adorable sleeping Adelynn.~

~Kimberly wrote out her to do list...

and it Cracked us up! :-D

~Baby Stella thinking that she looks so much like her Daddy. :-) ~

~Our Wonderful Christian Nation Church has been so thoughtful in sending in yummy meals or money for meals ...which have been a huge blessing to Chris and Kimberly!!!!~

~Out of the blue, this cute pic of Kimberly popped up on my phone.~

~Our dear Fields and Strati Creek CNC gave me the sweetest card and

this Subway gift card for Pastor's wife appreciation!!~

~So Phillip and I took a date.~

~The Lord helped Kimberly to win the bid on this comfy rocking chair.~

~Pretty flowers and a yummy meal from Aunt Nesi.~

~Noah giving a report about his mission trip.~

~My Homemade biscuits.

(If you cut your biscuits in squares, you do not have to re-roll out your dough. :-) ~

~Poor baby Stella was only 3 or 4 days old when we discovered that

she had thrush. :-(.

She hates her medicine she has to take.)~

~I took Elijah and Mary to a youth function, and their cousin Sophia was there.~

~In like 2017, these 2 boys met at a GBS choir reunion...and hit it off!

~Speed up to now, and Elijah and Clayton just re-met.

(So we decided to re-do the pic,

although I got them reversed in this pic. :)

~The first Sunday that Little Stella came to our house,

I enjoyed setting a pretty table.

I ran the table runners the opposite direction from the way they normally run, and used 3.

Showing off her dimple...that she gets from her daddy.

~Grandpapa, Stella, and Chris enjoying the front porch.~

~My homemade rolls.

(We don't eat a lot of bread, and I run so much,

I don't make a ton of rolls,

so when I do, it is special.)

~2 Little "Baby's 1st Christmas" ornaments I got at Kohl's with my Birthday Kohl's Cash.~

~CNC Youth Service.~

Elijah led the singing and Noah preached.

~Elijah leading singing. Jesus helped him.~

~The youth singing the special.~

~Noah preaching.

The Lord really helped him.~

~Noah and Pastor Eisenhart.~

~And Bro. Becker~

THIS NIGHT HISTORY HAPPENED!

Phillip was preaching at Strait Creek Christian Nation Church,

While Noah was preaching at Pleasant Plain

Christian Nation Church!

~Mike Kline, Noah, and Andy.~

(Sadly, I forgot to take a pic of Noah and I.

~Matchy, Matchy.~

~One fun bunch of young people.~

~Kimberly hemorrhages on us...

on Day 9 after Stella was born.~ :-(

On Monday, Nov. 18th,

Kimberly called me and told me to come running.

And then she called our neighbor who is an EMT, and he brought the ambulance.

It was sooo SCARY!

I put Mary in charge of tiny Baby Stella,

and Phillip and the kids brought baby Stella

and came behind the ambulance.

I rode in the ambulance with Kimberly.

They took her to Hillsboro Hospital, for that was the closest.

They took an ultrasound and found out that there were lots of blood clots still left inside of her.

~Kimberly was so grateful when her Baby Stella arrived in the ER to be with her.

Stella was glad to be with her Mommy again.

(Although Mary did a great job.)

~The Hillsboro Hospital didn't have a OB/GYN, so Kimberly's midwife suggested that she go to The Christ Hospital in Down town Cinci to make sure all was well with her.

Chris had taken off work and came running to the hospital.

Josh, Sarah, and baby Adelynn had also come running as soon as they had heard.

So, we took a selfie, before we drove Kimberly down to

The Christ Hosp. ~