Rachel's 5th Birthday

Good bye fourth year, hello number five.
Good bye to being the baby of the family, hello to being a big sister.

Rachel enjoyed celebrating her 5th birthday(actually Oct. 25th) at Chuck E. Cheese with some of her girl friends. It was a whirlwind of fun, pizza, Chuck E. and presents.
















We love you Rae Rae you are the spice in our lives.
I can't wait to see what God has in store for you this year.

Oh what a difference 4 weeks make!

So I can hardly believe Joshua is 4 weeks old (as of yesterday). As the saying goes, "I can not imagine our family without him". It has been a joyous, hectic and memorable month. Joshua has brought so much happiness to us as a family. I have loved watching Nicole, Morgan and Rachel welcome him into our family with such sweet love and affection towards him. He has already been to a variety of soccer games, piano practice, the bus stop, church, the cider mill and even his first tailgate party(well if you count the church parking lot).

He is getting bigger and really LOVES to eat, even though his reflux just gives him fits after his feedings. He is filling out in the face and thighs which makes this mom's heart happy. Here are a few pictures from the last month.

We took the girls to Yates Cider Mill one night. He was happy to be out of the house in the fresh air.




Grandma and Grandpa Nugent came from NY to visit for a couple of days.

Joshua met Great Granny Kelbert also this month. Josh is the 29th great grandchild of Dave and Fran Kelbert-WHEW! This amazes my grandmother, she was an only child.

Oh how he hates his bath.


The best thing about being a baby, sleeping with dad!





We have been calling him scar face. He scratches his face almost daily. Finally his nails were long enough today that I felt like I could clip them without hurting him.

Can't wait to see what he is doing and looks like in 4 more weeks!

Joshua Douglas

The story of Joshua Douglas starts back about a year ago. It is a story of how God hears us even when we don't speak our thoughts, prayers and disappointments directly to Him. It's a story about a God who knows what we need even in a circumstance where our hearts are closed. A God who cares enough to intervene and provide joy, happiness and second chances.

Mike and I were so blessed to be a part of the birth of two wonderful babies, to two very special families, a little over 12 months ago. We had a great time celebrating the new life of Berlyn and Judah, with our friends at the hospital, very shortly after they were born. It was fun, happy and joyous! They were born 2 days apart, in the same hospital. How special is that! But that night, after leaving the hospital, I felt my heart break. I really had no understanding why. My closest friends had just received the most special gift and I was overjoyed, I thought. I was able to confide in Mike that I thought what was happening was that I was morning the loss of something we had not experienced with the girls' births. I felt selfish and confused at my emotions. These thoughts had been long dealt with, so I thought. After Nicole and Rachel were born, the fuss and scariness of their births was stressful. They were taken away right after being born and sent to the ICU. With Morgan, I was so pumped up with drugs to lower my blood pressure, I was too sick and weak to really even remember her birth or holding her. I realized that night after Berlyn and Judah were born that I longed for a birth experience uncomplicated and joyous, with the ability to show off my baby to those I loved most. It was, what I thought, a selfish desire in a world of much more complicated things to fuss over.

Now even after I realized what all this crazy emotion was about, never once did I say, "Ok let's try this again and see if God won't bless us with this type of experience". No I was very closed and down right opposed to another pregnancy. But as we all know, God knew best. And this is the beginning of Joshua's story.

I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy.
Psalm 116:1

Joshua Douglas Nugent was born Sept. 15, 2010 12:26pm
A birth that was calm, comfortable and joyous.
Preceded by the best pregnancy I have had.
Psalm 116:2 Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live.

Weighing 5lbs, 15ozs. The biggest baby delivered!
Psalm 116:5 The Lord is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion.


Psalm 116:7 Be at rest once more, O my soul, for the Lord has been good to you.



Psalm 116:12 How can I repay the Lord for all his goodness to me?



The girls' were so overjoyed to finally meet their little brother. It caught me off guard and my heart swelled with love and joy and happiness to see them meet him for the first time.

I loved being able to hold Joshua from the second after his birth until we went home without fear of something else going wrong and him being swept away at any time.

Joshua went home about 30 hours after he was born. Whew, a Nugent record for sure! And he even sorta fit in his car seat HA HA HA!










Psalm 116:16 O Lord, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of your maidservant [fn]; you have freed me from my chains.

Psa 116:17 I will sacrifice a thank offering to you and call on the name of the Lord.

Thank you Lord God. May Joshua's story bring Glory to you!