The Collier Family: July 2013

I can still picture in my mind the night we went to the NICU to visit our sweet baby girls and they WEREN'T THERE!! They told us they had been moved upstairs to the "overflow" area since they had been doing so well. Although it was good news that they had been doing well, we were pretty nervous about the change. We know that through everything, God had His hand in what we went through with the girls. On this particular night, He chose to bless our girls with an amazing nurse and me with a sweet new friend!

The night we met Aunt Staci!

Not long after the girls went home, Staci began visiting us whenever she had the chance! She would drive almost an hour on her day off just to sit with me and help with the girls. One day in March, (2012) we got to talking about needing a break.....and I invited her and her family to the island with us! I knew I couldn't leave the girls that summer, so we said we would do it summer 2013! It became our little mantra :) I am so thankful for this sweet lady and her family and how they love us and our girls!

Staci,

Thank you for caring enough that night to give our sweet girls a bath and put them in christmas pajamas! Thank you for listening to our concerns about the girls and making sure we saw and talked to a doctor. Thank you for primarying our girls and loving them! Thank you for always taking the time to let me know how they were doing! Thank you for coming to see us at home once we left the NICU! Thank you for coming all the way to CHOA to spend the night with us so that Phil could have a break! Thank you for constantly blessing my sweet girls with your love (and spoiling them with toys and clothes) and for blessing me with your friendship! Thank you for making your love for the girls contagious and spreading it with your family - the girls ADORE them!! Thank you for who you are - the love of Christ shines bright in you!!! WE LOVE YOU!!!!

Here are some pictures from our trip!