Team Tabb Turns One!

Landon, Logan, Leila

Can you believe it? Those precious babies are a year old today!

It seems like just yesterday that we were keeping Jennifer occupied while she was on bedrest and making work schedules for people to come in and help with the newborns. But alas, the babies have reached the one year milestone!

This Saturday, the family will have a time of celebration...for the QUADS!

Bless you, Team Tabb.

Keeping Tabbs

Team Tabb mom has started a blog.

What a great way to keep up with the babies!

Hop on over and show her some bloggy love!

Multitude of Multiples

Team Tabb will be one of the featured families on a TLC special titled 'Multitude of Multiples'. This show followed 3 families that just wanted one more child and were blessed with multiples. The Tabbs are the quad family. There is also a quints family and a sextups family.

Please tune in this Sunday at 7 central on TLC to see this family (and the others) as they progress from pregnancy to birth!

Team Tabb Update

Happy Birthday Sweet babies! One week old today!

Again, I had the privilege of spending some time with Team Tabb. When I visited them in the hospital last Saturday, I told them I would bring them dinner on Thursday. So, I whipped up a pot of beans and some brisket (because there was an AWESOME meal deal at HEB - and yes, I took them all of the free things that came with it) and cole slaw and headed over yesterday.

After playing a small game of cat and mouse, I finally got to see Jennifer, her mother and her mother-in-law. What a great time!

The update that Jennifer gave me on the babies is that their PIC lines had been removed. This means that she is now able to get them out of their beds and cuddle them chest to chest. She also said that the babies only had feeding tubes and monitors on now! Wow! At less than a week old! Then, she showed me PICTURES OF THE BABIES!!!! Oh My, were they the cutest things ever!

I know that these babies are God's little miracles! I know that he is already using them in a mighty way. These babies have touched many hearts and lives.

Friends, please continue your prayers. These babies have a long way to go, even though they have come so far.

Team Tabb

I had the privelege of visiting with Jennifer and Kevin today.

We laughed.

We cried.

We praised God for Logan, Landon, Leila...

...and Ella.

We praised God that they all fought the good fight.

I took a gift for the babies that Elizabeth had made for them. I almost took Ella's out and left it at my house, but decided that wasn't my place. I am so glad God spoke to me and told me to leave all 4 gifts together because Jennifer and Kevin kept refering to the quads. They.had.quads. They made sure the doctors refered to the quads...not talked about triplets. It is very evident that they will always refer to the babies as quads! The Quad Squad! Amazing!

The three babies that God chose to leave on this Earth are doing well. They are all weighing in at about 3 pounds. They are all breathing on their own. They all have sweet curly full heads of hair. They all look so tiny!!

Please continue to pray for the Tabb's. They will have strong moments and weak moments. Pray for their grieving process. Pray for the siblings...these 3, the big sister and the big brother. Pray for God's comfort.

With a Heavy, yet Joyful Heart

I need to tell you that sweet baby Ella is being cradled in the arms of Jesus today. Regretfully, she didn't make it to this earth.

Brothers and sister are doing well. Breathing on their own and being loved on by their family.

Please pray for the Quad Squads family.

Quad Squad Update

I heard from the Quad Squad mom today. I will let the email speak for itself...

This evening both of our Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialists, Dr. Kenneth Higby and Dr. Michael Gordon, did a cervical check. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN...GOD IS AMAZINGLY GOOD!!!! My cervix looks even better than it did two weeks ago!!!! At 26 weeks it was measuring 23-25; this evening--25-28! The stitch from the cerclage that Dr. Gordon put in, and gave God complete credit for, still remains unchanged! Each of the doctor's were soooo pleased and quite frankly amazed!

Now, for even MORE good news! They both agree that I should go home!!!! I didn't even consider that as an option--WOW! So, tomorrow (Wed., 3-25) given that my OB/GYN, Dr. Bryan Cox, concurs, I should be discharged to go home! Then, either Thursday or Friday we will have an appt. to have a biophysical scan where they will conduct a sonogram that focuses on the health, etc of babies A, B, and C. We have agreed that until 30 weeks, we would not make "decisions" regarding delivering for the sake of baby D to only risk the health of A, B, and C.

On a final note, many of you have asked about all of the babies names. Here they are with a brief explanation:

Baby Boy A: Logan Quinn (Kevin's first choice for a boy was Logan; Kevin's middle name is Quinn)

Baby Girl B: Leila Ruth (I had picked out Lila, but Kevin, Oprah, and the Facebook poll chose Leila; Ruth was my Nana's name)

Baby Boy C: Landon John (This was the name I was trying to sway Kevin toward instead of Logan, and Land is my mother's maiden name; John is my dad's name, it has been in his family for generations)

Baby Girl D: Ella Faith (Each of Kevin's grandmothers' names had "ella"--Luella and Cozella; Faith we chose because we have complete faith in God's plan for this baby, our tiniest--this name holds the most sentimental value to us, so we have chosen to demonstrate our faith that all will be well with her by giving our little fighter this name. She will ultimately be okay; we claim it, we believe it, and we are living as if He has already answered that prayer as we have requested!)

God bless all of you that have sent your thoughts and prayers on behalf of the fourfold and our family! He does not cease to amaze us all; and He has showered us with blessings beyond measure! This testimony will speak to others about how Great and Big our God IS!

Please continue to pray for this precious family!

A miracle is in our midst!

Quad Squad Prep Update

Well, a team of women went to the Quad Squad Abode today.

We busted it out!

I will let the pictures speak for themselves.

A painted nursery...


Organizing Baby Clothes...

Hall and Hall Closet cleaned and organized!

Please continue your prayers for the prep team. We want to get everything in its place before those babies come home.

Also, continue praying for The Quad Squad. They have a long way to go!

Quad Squad

A precious couple from church is expecting quads...yup, you read that right...QUADS!

The poor mom has been on bedrest over a month now...

The poor dad is running around like a chicken with his head cut off, trying to get things ready.

Our Sunday School class has the privilege of helping this week. Some members of our class have signed up to go over at various times and help organize, paint and whatever else they need help with. I get to go Thursday. I am also working on refinishing the baby bed...(you sould see this thing...it looks like animal cages...and SOMEONE painted it with khaki, white and brown speckle paint...don't know why anyone would do that...but don't worry, I am all over it!)

There has been a lot of publicity lately for the family. They were on the news. And OPRAH!

Please pray for this family. There are lots of unknowns with the pregnancy...4 babies being born and coming home...the older two children...you get the idea.