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Hello all! Happy Saturday! Today was a fun day for the Powells!! Landon had his first t-ball practice and was so excited to wear a real batting helmet like Jeff Francoeur (Braves right fielder and Landon's favorite player). He was even able to choose 7 as his number...life is good! Tanner had a fun morning playing on the playground with a friend and then they came down to visit and have lunch with me. After a nap Greg took them swimming and hopefully got some good video to share...If it worked I'll be sure to post it tomorrow!

At a friends suggestion, we purchased web cams. Tonight, for the first time in 3 weeks, I was able to see and listen to stories and prayers while they were in Landon's room. It was so wonderful to watch them read for a minute, and then start wrestling, then be settled down by daddy, then read, wrestle, settle, repeat. Some things never change! :) Landon had a fun time hamming it up for the camera and Tanner kept leaning up and kissing me on the screen. I sure do love my boys!

Tomorrow is a big day - we will have made it to 24 weeks!! It is a big milestone as that is when a baby is considered viable. Obviously, we hope not to meet this little one for many more weeks, but we are enormously thankful to have made it this far. All I can remember is Greg making an August calendar for me to mark off days while I was still in recovery from my surgery. It was such a sweet idea but I remember feeling so defeated when I realized that it was a whole 3 weeks before we even made it to "viability". Now here we are and I actually made a September calendar today since we only have one August day left! I am so thrilled that we have made it this far, and believe it or not, it doesn't even feel like it has been a whole 3 weeks (of course, I'm not sure Greg would agree).

We so appreciate all of your prayers, calls, and help with the boys, food, etc. You'll never know how thankful we are for all of you and your well wishes. God has definitely blessed us through you!

Love, Kristen (and Greg, the boys and P3)