THE TOMLIN FAMILY

Spending time with my family at home is my favorite thing to do! Here are some recent pics of the kids at home. I love their ages and how much fun they have together!

Update on Tessa: She is doing so well with her new diet! Thank goodness her issues were resolved with adding more protein snacks at night and changing her food choices a bit! She already looks like she is putting on weight! The issue was that she needed more nutrition than her brain was telling her she did. She wasn't hungry but her body needed more...so now we are on the right path and we thank Jesus for his blessing and direction!

Harrison is still trying to understand the potty time but I am not pushing it! He goes when he wants and asks to go at school. We will see how far he gets in the next couple of months!

He will be 2 September 26th and I cannot believe it! He is such a joy and funny little man! My kids make me laugh everyday...what a pleasure it is to be a mommy!Thank you Lord for this gift!

Harrison & Tessa on Harrison's first day of school & Tessa's second day of school! They were not going to smile for anything!


Wearing Popa Harry's Hat




Tessa Being Silly


Mommy & Harrison


Love These Two Angels


Tessa Loving On Daddy


Ready For Bedtime prayers

We take Tessa tomorrow for blood work to see if she has Type 1 Diabetes. We have had 2 episodes that have scared us enough to take her in and get checked out. We are praying whatever is going on can be regulated by a diet and nutrition plan specifically for her. Please pray for this outcome. The other outcome is very scary and I am trusting in the Lord to walk us through this journey. Otherwise Tessa is a very healthy normal 4 year old who LOVES her new school and is starting Ballet again this Thursday! She is already telling me which leotard she wants to wear for her first class :) Yes...she dresses herself already...even for school. Mommy helps out when needed :)

BIG news for Harrison...he is asking to use the POTTY!!! I still can't believe it. His class at school has 2 1/2 year old children who are potty trained and he is picking up on potty time. He hasn't quite figured it all out yet but this is huge! Tessa was 3 before she was potty trained. To her defense...she had a brand new baby brother enter the family and that was enough change for her at the time :) So today Harrison and I went and bought his very first pull-ups...Toy Story of course! Wish us luck!!!

Things are slowly getting better and back to normal since the loss of our baby. I can talk about it without crying now so this is HUGE for me!

The kids have started pre-school and I am so proud of them! They are getting so big and learning so much! I thank God everyday for my sweet angels that he has given to me. They are so special and I am blessed to have them to love.

I have started back working part time as well! This is so good for me right now especially with the kids going to school. I am happy to get back into the work atmosphere somewhat and still be able to stay home with my babies! This in itself is such a blessing.

I have the best family and friends who have lifted us up the past few months. The power of prayer is amazing and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your prayers for our family!!!

I have so many pictures to post fom this summer. I will get them on here soon I hope!

Much Love!

To make a long story short...we knew for 2 weeks there were complications with the baby and they gave us a 50/50 chance for survival. We found out last week at an ultrasound appointment that our sweet baby had gone to be with Jesus in heaven...there was no heartbeat.

This is a first for us and we are devastated. From my last post...you can understand how happy we were to have another precious baby on the way. To lose this gift was overwhelming and almost unbearable at times.

On the same day we were told this life changing news...Tessa broke her arm playing at home. We left Baptist hospital and met mom with Tessa at TOA for an x-ray. She did break it and had a cast put on that day.

At the time we couldn't understand why all of this was happening to us. However, as I was waiting holding Tessa to get her x-rays, I heard God telling me this...I am taking care of your baby that is with me now. Do not worry about that...focus on your sweet baby girl because she needs all of her mommy and daddy to get her through this scary time.

I had to wait 3 days until my scheduled D & C on July 1st.I know there are many of you out there who have been through this or something similar to this before and can relate to this process.It is a very difficult one to go through.

I have found a place within me that I can find rest. I know God is guiding us through this and will use it for His glory. We are not promised perfect lives without pain. This is just our time to let God shine and lift us above it.

Please pray for us. I can already feel this will be a long road for us to travel in the next few weeks and months.

In the midst of our despair,we look at Tessa and Harrison and realize how blessed we truly are.

Happy...is all I can say! Greg and I have always wanted three children ever since I can remember...even dating this is what we talked about. God has given us the desires of our hearts and blessed us again with another precious baby!

We are elated...walking around with permanent grins plastered on our faces! I guess it is because we know how fortunate we are and that this will be our last baby adventure. When I think about the stressful times of having three small children under five I realize that it will not last. The crazy, busy, headaches that come along with being a full time mom are so outweighed by the joy and precious memories we are making!

Right now Tessa loves Hello Kitty, "resting" in mommy and daddy's bed in the mornings, dancing, telling me secrets, and playing hide and seek.

Harrison loves anything Toy Story (the kid is obsessed), his blankie and foofoo,his mommy :), skittles (rarely does he get them--bouncing off the walls, wrestling with daddy, and suckers!!!

We can't wait to see the little personality of the next one!

We are pretty sure we are not going to find out what the gender is of this baby. We did with the other two but since we have one of each...who cares...right!!! Like I said, one last adventure...lets do it all the way!

Aside from the joy...comes a little anxiety. With Harrison we had a really horrible 5 mo ultrasound appointment where we were told we were having a precious baby boy but that he may have a cleft lip and heart issues. He was perfect when he was born...praise God...he is the ultimate healer! But for 4 months we were a nervous wreck.

I am praying now for this baby that there will be no abnormalities detected at all!!! Please join me in this prayer!

Thank you and God bless you and your families!!!

Greg and I leave this Friday for our 11th anniversary trip!!! We have never been anywhere like this and we are so excited!

This is our first time to leave the kids so while we are joyful we are also scared to leave our babies! They will be staying with mom and Arles so I know they will be in good hands!

We will be gone from June 4th through the 12th. We are looking forward to relaxing, reconnecting, and rejuvenation!

We planned the trip last year but Greg's dad was very sick so we postponed it a year. Little did we know we would lose Harry the way we did. The one year mark of his death is June 8th so this trip for Greg will be a mix of emotions to say the least. If you would, please keep Greg and his mom Paula in your prayers this week for it will be a tough milestone for our family.

I will post our pics when we return!

We hope you all had a wonderful Easter with family and friends...remembering the love of Christ through the death of His son!