The Latest Happenings...Hello Everyone,
Well, we have had a lot going on lately... that still doesn't excuse me from not keeping up on this website though! If you didn't know already, we had our second son, Levi Thomas Stember, almost two weeks ago. He was born on Sunday, March 5th at 10:18am via c-section. He weighed in at 6lbs 14oz and was 20.5 inches long. He is sooo beautiful and was such a joy to give birth to. The whole experience was totally different than it was with Sam. I actually enjoyed going through the c-section and gettin to be awake during the whole thing. When they pulled him out, they peeked him around the curtain before wisking him away to clean him up. When I got to see the baby straight out of the womb, I cried and cried with happiness. David and I just sat there for the next 20 minutes or so and basked in the joy of having another son. God is good, that's for sure!
We are now back home and have been for a week and a half adjusting (or trying to adjust) to normal life with two kids. It hasn't been too hard lately. Levi came home with a bit of jaundice, so had to be wrapped up in a little UV light blanket for a couple of days. We called him out little glow worm. (those of you that are my age and a little younger would remember glow worms... that was our son) I'll post some pictures of him glowing! That was a trying experience, but now he is back to full health, eating well, and growing already! He is such a cutie and a very good boy so far (let's keep our fingers crossed, huh?!).
The latest update on our big kid Sam is that he is finally WALKING!!! The videos show that. He's sooo cute when he walks... a bit of a frankenstein, but beginning to move around quite a bit more! He is such a good boy and loves his baby brother. He has started giving him kisses (at a prompt, of course) and yesterday found the baby's passie and proceeded to come over and try to stick it in his mouth. That was so cute and clever. I didn't know that he knew that was where it went! We have a genius on our hands, folks! :D
We are doing well inspite of some challenges that God has been allowing us to go through! God has been strengthening us as a couple and just drawing us closer to Him and His WORD. He is sooo faithful to pick us up when we need it the most and guide, lead, correct in love, and minister to us especially when we don't know what to do or have the words to say! God is faithful and has allowed us some great family time over this wonderful celebration of life in our family!
Well, I'll go for now. I'll update soon and put a link to the latest shutterfly pictures that are up (or will be up in about an hour). Then you can see our every growing and active family... mostly the boy, of course!
We love and miss all of you. Feel free to e-mail or call us and let us know about what's going on in your lives. We love to hear updates and know that our friends and family are doing well.
Much Love, The Stembers 4
 
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