March 1, 2009

Good Evening KSG,
I hope everyone had a great weekend. Thank all of you for the continued support and prayers. We need them... the thought of the upcoming surgery honestly has been eating at our subconscious a little. On one hand we are scared beyond belief for our little Kolton, on the other hand we are excited to get over this big hurdle. I think of the saying, "Don't worry that you're not strong enough before you begin. It is in the journey that God makes you strong." I admit it has been a spiritual workout! It is ironic how we chose Kolton's middle name of Isaiah... if you have not read that book of the bible lately, I encourage you to. A lot of what we have been going through, we have found a lot of specific passages from that book that has really spoken to us.
On to Kolton... as you will notice I have posted a couple of new photos. He looks great! Just a smaller, blonder version of his brother Tavyn. He is now 3lbs 13ozs!!! 10 more days to his surgery. His calorie intake has increased. He is still moving around a lot, in fact I found that he rolled himself onto his belly again today! He is amazingly strong. His placement on the growth chart is still a concern, but we should find out some more about that later.
We are very fortunate that right after the surgery for a couple of weeks my Auntie from Hawai'i will be visiting us to help out. I have a gut feeling at that point we are going to need all the help we can get!
Have a wonderful week and we will post again soon... keep those messages coming.
All of our Love,
The Thompson Tribe