Twilight Winner and Lots of Other News!

As promised, today is the day to announce the winner of the Twilight necklace that I made!!
I enlisted Lily's help to draw a winner. She was a big helper!

I told her to just pick one and she did a great job!! Sometimes I forget she's only two!

And look who the winner was!!! It was my good friend, Becca, from Made with Love! Congratulations Becca! I will get it in the mail to you tomorrow! That was so much fun!

Of course, I had to make sure Lily was wearing her super cute hat that Veronica made her today. I decided that no matter what, I was going to TX Children's Hospital to visit Bentley and Zach!! I had no choice but to take Lily with me, but I was determined to go.

Everywhere I go, people comment about how cute Veronica's hats are. Today at TX Children's was no exception. So, if you haven't ordered some yet, I say what are you waiting for? LOL!

Anyways, Lily and I headed over to TX Children's. Thank goodness my best buddy Jennifer works in the medical center because I had no clue where I was going and I had to call her several times for directions along the way. LOL!! It's only about 45 minutes from my house, but I felt like I was driving around in a foreign land.

Well, I finally made it to Bentley's floor and got some absolutely incredible news!!!! Bentley had been discharged that morning (I got there about 1pm). From what I understand, this was way earlier than what they ever imagined! Is there anyone out there who is still doubting the power of prayer? I sure hope not, because Bentley's story is a testimony to how God listens and answers our prayers! What wonderful news! As much as I wanted to give Crystal a big hug on behalf of all of us bloggers, I was so excited when I found out that Bentley was doing so well!

My trip wasn't wasted though, because I still had one more person to visit. So many of you have been praying for my little cousin, Zach, and I am so thankful for that! He is still in the NICU at TX Children's and Lily and I headed over to visit his Mommy, Malena. Malena and her sister-in-law, Katina, were both there. Since I had Lily with me, I didn't get to see the baby, but that's okay. I just wanted to make sure his Mommy knew how many of us are praying for her sweet baby boy.

Please keep those prayers coming, as Zach now has a bacterial infection that they are fighting, on top of trying to get him over the CMV. I know this has been a roller coaster ride for Malena, so please keep her in your prayers too. She has only gotten to hold him twice, and they are going on week 3 in the NICU. She said the other day all of his monitors started going off and nurses and doctors were rushing in and she had to literally run out of the NICU crying because it was so hard on her. It turns out, his breathing tube just needed to be adjusted, but my heart aches for her. I don't doubt for one moment that the Lord can and will heal her baby boy too, so please just keep this sweet family in your prayers.

Did anyone notice the super cute hot pink bracelet that Lily was wearing in her picture? I was so excited when I checked the mail today and found my Pifer Bean Bracelets in there! The Pifer's friends are selling these bracelets on their behalf to raise money for their upcoming fertility treatments, so I know they would appreciate any support you would be willing to give.

And, look what else I received in the mail today!!!! My super talented friend, Melissa, over at Initial Designs, custom made these Barbers Hill Eagles paintings for each of my girls teachers' end-of-the-year gifts. Aren't they the cutest things ever?!! I am always looking for unique and different gifts to give their teachers, because I know they must get so tired of all the traditional "teacher" gifts, so I am so excited to give these to them! I know they will LOVE them! All I told Melissa was the school colors and the school name/mascot and she did the rest. You just can't beat that!! Thank you so much Melissa!

Whew......that was a lot of news! Have a wonderful rest of the week, friends!