August 31st
Here Noah is snuggling with his new puppy dog that came in a very generous care package the other night. Thanks again, to EVERYONE, for your continued thoughtfulness in so many ways! We are so grateful and daily humbled by your generosity. Noah continues to gain strength little by little each day. He had reflexes today in his arms and legs. He's gaining weight and as sweet as ever. Today he had a birdie bath and his nurse, Rachel, gave him a "Faux Hawk". He's so cool!

We are grateful for the team of docs that has cared for Noah for the last month. They have a "changing of the guard" today for the upcoming month. We pray for blessings on their lives as they have blessed ours. We also ask that you'll join us in praying for the new group of doctors as they carry long hours and are serving many patients.

For Noah, please pray that as he gains strength, he'll ween himself off the ventilator without any complications, that his lungs would be strong and healthy, that his muscles would continue to strengthen, that his myelin would regenerate and that day by day, minute by minute, Noah would flourish! Pray for MIRACLES for ALL these kids! 

The age of big sunglasses...
Auntie Tonja from CA came to meet Noah and hang out with Em. In LA, they all have the big sunglasses.
Auntie Terra from Minneapolis came to visit...note the midwest has hip shades, too.
Mama even has big shades. I may be old, but I still got it! 

August 29th
Today is Tuesday and a lot happened today and nothing also happened...We were moved from room 8 to room 1 because Noah is more stable and doesn't need one on one nurse care anymore. We've had two new nurses today. His urine sample came back healthy-no heavy metals. The docs finally sent out samples of my breastmilk to the CDC, Mayo, and another local lab for toxin screens. Still lots of tests in queue, so keep up the prayers. I'm headed home to sleep and Jason's here tonight. Tomorrow, my mom and I are taking Emily to her preschool open house. It's a big, big day! Thanks for checking in. There are lots of kids here that need healing, keep up the prayers. Adrienne

Noah's hand and foot
It's a little difficult to see, but last Wednesday before Noah was put in the iron lung, we had his foot and hand imprints made in plaster. A family that once had their child at TCH Denver donated 20 years worth of imprint gifts for families. We had to tape Noah's fingers back because he was so hypotonic, but he managed to curl his two middle fingers regardless, and made the sign for love in ASL, American Sign Language. It's a little hard to see in the picture, but pretty cool. Thank you, TCH, for such a neat gift for our family. 

Look who came to visit Noah...

Just kidding! My sister got first row floor at the last U2 concert and snapped pics of Bono and the boys all night. But, if anyone DOES know Bono, Edge, Adam or Larry, Noah thinks they are great and would love to meet them. No, seriously! One of Noah's songs is "Beautiful Day" and Em knows all the lyrics to "Yahweh" and always asks her dad to "crank" it when U2 is on. Maybe someday we'll all be in Africa together, loving on the kids!
So, yeah, Brooke Shields didn't come to visit Noah either, but it would have been cool if she had. We met her in London a year and a half ago. She was really kind and gracious. We talked mom talk while she bought a birthday cake for her daughter, Rowan. She was really sweet to Emily and sang "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" to her because Em told her she had seen "Mary Poppins". She was there starring in the theatre production of "Chicago". We didn't get to see it b/c we left to come home the day after we met her. Anyway, if anyone knows Brooke, she can come visit Noah, too.