Happy Birthday Jonathin

January 9, 2010
VFW Hall
9075 Mason Dr
Newaygo, MI 49337

Doors will open at 4:30pm
A welcome will happen at 5:30pm
Dinner immediately following the welcome 6pm-7pm eat dinner
7pm introduction and about the event
715pm introduction of a speaker
745 faces of CHD video
8pm a formal waltz in memory of Ethin Twigg
805pm a thank you and enjoy the rest of our evening dancing

Dinner will be donated and catered by CSK Catering. There will be things to drink with a tip jug donation.
There will be a silent auction and dancing after the thank you
Tickets are $75 for one or $125 for two please make checks payable for the tickets to Jessica Twigg and in the memo line write Heart Ball
This is a black tie event so dig out your tuxes and formal gowns for a great cause that will help the Hearts of many!!!
All proceeds from this event will be donated to the University of Michigan Mott's Children's Hospital Congenital Heart Center in Memory of Ethin RaiLuc Twigg 1/9/09-6/27/09
R.S.V.P. to Jessica Twigg
513 Sunset Dr.
Newaygo, MI 49337
chdhlhs09@yahoo.com
616-634-3029

Wow God has been amazing through the process of setting this up. I feel so blessed that Ethin's first Birthday will be a huge celebration doing what he did best....TOUCH THE LIVES of OTHERS!!! I am excited to see if this will turn out the way I think it will. My goal is to sell 100 tickets but I have enough room to seat many more than that!!! Lets see how this goes!!!
In other news I am still in desperate need of blankets. Our Cuddles From The Heart Program in MI is off to a good start and we have about 30 so we only need about another 270. I think that this is very doable. You can mail me your new store bought or homemade blanket to Jessica Twigg 513 Sunset Dr. Newaygo, MI 49337
We will be handing these blankets out in Feb. at Mott's where Ethin spent his life. The comfort of our own blankets during his life was just enough to make the hospital feel more like our home than a hospital. The nurses liked putting them on his bed and I liked knowing there were some areas where comfort was attainable. So let's get these blankets!!! If that is not enough to motivate you October 24th is National Make a Difference Day and you can make the difference by mailing me a blanket for the kids at the hospital I need them for Newborn to teens although I am sure in the area of older kids I will fall short. Thanks ahead of time.
I also still have Ethin's Bracelets. They are $2 each and I can mail them to you if you mail me the money to the above address also. All the money from these bracelets are funding the heart ball. I am also in desperate need of more pictures for my Faces of CHD video. I need pictures of people and children with CHD's emailed to me at chdhlhs09@yahoo.com with the picture I also need the name of the child and the CHD they have. I also need more CHD Angel pictures with those pictures I need their firt name and last name if you wish as well as their birthdate, Angel date, and CHD. Spread this around please as I am trying to make this video a good one to show at the heart ball.

Onto the rest of everything else......

As much as you are all curious about things I really just want to share Jonathin with you......

Happy Birthday Little Man Mommy Loves You!!! Please enjoy........

Jonathin Mikeal was born to me 7 years ago today! I can hardly believe he is 7. I had to have an emergency c-section with him. From the beginning he was always just like me! He was just very set he was not coming out without a fight. Then he was here. My first memory of Jonathin is his foot plastered against the incubator across the OR and it was a BIG FOOT!!!! Then they brought him to me......I can not say it was love at first sight. Jonathin had went through 23 hours of hard labor with no success, he was bruised from trying to come out, he was a bit jaundice; Alright so you add all this up and you have a yellowish, purply, bruised, very cone headed huge baby!!! So I actually did ask if it was really mine after I seen him. Within days he started to look normal! I loved him and come to find out there was good reason he could not come out. Jonathin weighed 9lbs 14oz and he was 22 1/2in long. I gave birth to toddler! Here is a picture of Jonathin when he was about 8 months old.....

Jonathin is my first boy. When I had Jessa I wanted a boy so bad that when I had Jonathin I felt so complete that I had the best of both worlds. I also was very scared. I was so afraid I would not be able to love Jonathin because I could not imagine loving anyone as much as I loved Jessa. Then I held Jonathin in my arms for the first time and knew my heart could love them both very much. I brought Jonathin home from the hospital in a 0-3 month outfit and size 1 tennis shoes!! He was huge.

Jessa loved being a big sister and I loved watching them together. The bond the two of them shared from the start was amazing and one that I had hoped for when I found out I was having Jonathin. She clearly just loved him and he just let her do that. Here they are Jonathin is barely a month old and Jessa just loves him! This was their first holiday photo!

Jonathin grew fast and way above the average! Jonathin was a good baby who was gentle and rarely cried. He brought much joy into my life and still does to this day. I have watched him grow into a very handsome little man. He has always been my little man from the time he was born and even now i call him that. He has a smile that looks innocent and eyes that beam! His dimples will get you every time! Jonathin is at times a handful in comparison to the girls. He is full of energy and when that energy bounces out stand back and watch him just let loose. He is overly friendly. I think he gets that from me as well. This is Jonathin when he was about 4 1/2 maybe 5 years old

Jonathin and I have a very close and have a loving relationship. He and I are very connected. I love the way we are together. Jonathin brings out the goofy parts of me. He keeps me young. His heart amazes me! I love his heart. He is a lover and he loves people and helping. I think he gets that from me too! Here are a few more pics of Jonathin and me and some words for him that I want to share with you!

Jonathin you never cease to amaze me with your curiosity and your thrive to live, I love your hugs and kisses. I love that you like to cuddle down. I think that you get that cuddly thing from me! I love your dimples which I know I gave to you and I love that you are truly happy just doing nothing most of the time. I like to hear your laugh ring through the house. It is truly contagious and it makes me laugh too. I remember it like yesterday holding you for the first time in my arms. Looking down and seeing you open your eyes and snuggling right back into me. I remember thinking that you were stubborn about coming into the world and it was then I knew you were truly mine. When I was a kid my parents would tell me they hoped I had a child just like me.....Son you are that child! You are just like me and people say things to me and I know that is who I am and then I see you and know you are much of that too. I love that I have a child like me. I love that I have you and you get things from me. These are things we share; You are not stubborn you are simply independent and you think for yourself! You are not great you are amazing and will do amazing things! You are a not a fighter you are a lover but I know you will fight for the ones you love. (No more pushing kids for being mean to your sisters!) You are caring and kind to all who cross your path. You are seven today and have so much heart! Jonathin I am proud of you and I am proud that you are my son. One day I hope to share these words with you so you will know just how important you are to me. I can tell you my life would not be the same without you. I would not smile as much if it were not for you! Jonathin I have so many dreams for you and my aspirations for you are high. I set them high because son I know you will do it!!! You will accomplish great things. And Baby yes I called you baby you will also always be my baby never forget that! I will be with you every step of the way. I will be with you through it all. When you get bigger and kids pick on you come home I am here. When you get bad grades come home and I will work with you. When some girl breaks your heart I will do my best to kiss that away too. I will be with you through the good and the bad you are my son and my love for you is never ending and unconditional. Always remember that it is unconditional I will always love you no matter what. Jonathin today you are seven, All I can think is wow how time has flown by!!! Also remember that you will never leave the house or go to bed without telling me goodnight!!! LOL I love our good night time and I treasure it! Joanthin you are a light shine bright today is your day! HAPPY BIRTHDAY LITLLE MAN, Love Mommy

Prayers please for the following:

My friend Leslie and her boys

The Heart Ball

Heart Families that will be traveling this weekend to the Hearts of Hope event

Wyatt who has been sick

I will be traveling all weekend and will not be home please pray for a safe trip for me and I will blog when I get back until then Blessings and Heart Hugs,