Mike Thompson's Series of Fortunate Events.....

Well The Lord is at it again it seems. Yesterday marked the fifth day in the battle to get our house keys. It all started last week when we were told that our house would close escrow and we would receive the keys "Worst Case Friday" (last Friday) well it didn't happen. Anyways to make a long story short yesterday the Lord was awesome and hurried the process and after a couple of phone calls we FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY received our keys!!!! Well now here we are, huge box truck, my truck and Jannae's car all filled to the point of exploding and only my father in law and I to move everything. Enter the Lord....... Now up to this point we thought it would take all night to move until Keith Clayton and his wife Melissa called us up and said they were on their way. Keith & Melissa have been die hard Sanctuaryians from the beginning. They decided to come out and completely Bless Jannae and I by helping us move everything. Keith was an absolute stud, it was like a no holds barred type of service. They helped with everything from unloading to helping with Baylee. While Keith, Bill, and I were unloading Pastor Rod called me and said he was on his way to help. This wasn't a "hey buddy I heard you were moving give me a call when you need help" kinda call when Pastor Rod called he said I'M ON MY WAY! Pastor Rod is also amazing. If he knew I was gonna write this about him he would probably make me take it off but yeah Rod I LOVE YOU. Now Pastor Rod came to my house right after he got off work and started crankin. Imagine if you would Pastor Rod in nice dress clothes, sweating like a mad man and seriously working like it was no ones business. Pastor Rod also Blessed us more than we could of imagined.

Alright Whew that was alot to think about I know....... It gets better. Now part two of the story. We have all our belongings in the house, and it looks like a box fairy came and dropped two tons of junk in our new house. Enter the Lord......... Now like I said before Bill, Rod, Keith and I were the ones unloading everything right? Well Keith and Melissa are die hard O.S.U. fans so they had to take off because the big O.S.U, game was almost on and they wouldn't miss it for the world. So Keith and Melissa were out, also Pastor Rod had other commitments he had to take care of so he was out. Enter the Lord by way of Jeff and Jessica. Now as most of you know Jeff Dillon is like a brother to me, I seriously LOVE this guy. He and his wife Jessica also came as soon as they got off work and came straight out to help. My dad and step mom also showed up, Jannaes Grandparents showed up, my Brother and sister in law showed up, and Nick and Amberlee Goltry showed up. So now our house is filled with junk AND saints. With the help of everyone just mentioned we got the entire kitchen put away, my bed put together, the baby's crib put together, both bathrooms set up, all the furniture organized, the washer and dryer hooked up, and all the blinds fully installed. The Lord definitely had a plan, and that was to completely blow us away with Blessings.

Now here I am, Baylee sleeping on my chest, Jannae sleeping in our bedroom, and me typing all in our new house! It was defiantly a long road to get here but it was extremely worth it! Thank you Lord and thank you all who showed their support in prayer and service. We couldn't have done it without you!


p.s. Stay tuned for the Project Update Finale!

Lil Baylee's Daddy is AMAZING!

Hello all! Jannae here...just stoppin by to say thanks for all the prayers and love for me and Baylee. We are doing very very well! Baylee is even sleeping good already! She slept 4 hours straight 2 nights ago and 5 hours straight last night! Daddy and Mommy really love that! Speaking of Daddy...he's the real reason I am writing this. He has been such a ROCK in this hard time! Doing laundry, dishes, lifting things, caring for Baylee's every need, and especially being there for me!! While in the hospital he was there to help me out of bed, get the nurse if I needed, change Baylee's diapers, feed her while I was still on Morphine, feed me, help me take my first steps to get to the bathroom, help me shower, help me remember to take my meds, pick up things I would drop, and much much more! I have been given strict orders not to drive for 4 weeks and not to lift anything over 10lbs so Michael has really had to do A LOT these past 2 weeks! and really no words I could type could express how thankful I am for having him in my life! No words could ever express the gratitude I have for him being there for Baylee when I wasn't capable of caring for her needs! No words could express how thankful I am for him having a heart like Jesus. Loving like Jesus. This has been the hardest thing I have ever gone through! But Michael constantly is reminding me that God doesn't give us more then we can handle and that in Romans 8:28 it says "And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose." I really have had to hold tight to this verse knowing that one day, who knows when, that this situation we are in will work out for good!! At dinner the other night with friends: Keith & Melissa, Keith prayed that if one day our story will help encourage someone or lead someone to Christ, then it was all completely worth it! This really spoke to my heart as I have been feeling 'cheated' and wishing over and over again that this was just a bad dream! But really- God had things turn out the way they did to better his Kingdom and that is what I am holding sooo tight to! Well so yea- Michael I love you and appreciate you more now then I ever have! Here's a cute picture I took of Baylee the other day and one of Daddy showing off Baylee's cute white dress!!

Baylee Allison Thompson

Ok, so we get home from the hospital and Baylee is just soooo upset. She would seriously cry for like an hour straight, or until she knocked out. We were nursing her for maybe an hour and a half or two hours at a time and she would scream like bloody murder when we took her off. We finally got to the point where we thought something was wrong with her, so I called Tim and Sandy Stein to see what they thought. Sandy came all the way to our house and totally saved the day. Sandy brought bottles, and pacifiers, and told us what kinda formula to get, basically she was a total God send. After we nursed Baylee again we gave her a small amount of formula and she was in hog heaven. She was completely alert and happy, and best of all wasn't CRYING! SO I just wanted to say THANKS to the Stein family for completely blessing us. You guys will never know how much that means! Thank You!!!

P.S.
Here are some more pics of my little Angel

That's right Baylee Allison Thompson born on August 12, 2008 at 09:02 P.M. she is beautiful at 9lbs 1oz and 20.5" She is truly our little miracle. The story surrounding this beautiful little child was CRAZY!

The Following Is Our Story...........

Day 1.
We went to Kaiser Riverside at 07:00 A.M. because Jannae was having major contractions. The midwife came in our room around 08:00 A.M. and checked to see if Jannae had progressed any. To our relief Jannae was dialated to a four. After our initial check the nurses admitted Jannae to the hospital, which meant we wouldn't be leaving without Baylee. Sooooo after several hours (11 to be exact) and alot of epidural The nurse told us it was time to push. Jannae was pushing for about an hour and forty five minutes, when something changed. The baby's heart beat went up to 280 beats per minute and Jannae started bleeding alot. A doctor who was also a surgeon came in extremely frantic and told us that she was going to perform an emergency C-Section because the baby was in distress. Jannae started crying immediately because that was the last thing in the world either one of us wanted. So in less than a minute there was about ten people in our room all with face masks and full body suits on, and in less time than that Jannae was gone. As Jannae was leaving the room all I could do was look in horror as she reached out to me crying her eyes out. After Jannae was rushed out of the room I was left alone in the delivery room. While I was praying and crying in the delivery room, Jannae was being operated on in the room next to me. The "gas" doctor tried to give Jannae another epidural but the medicine wasn't taking effect soon enough so the surgeon told the "gas" doctor "Just knock her out already!" After that was said Jannae doesn't remember very much until she woke up. While that was taking place one of the doctor's in the operating room came running out to grab some kinda instrument. When he came running out I looked into the room to make sure Jannae was okay, and all I saw was Jannae laying on a bed with blood everywhere. At that point I completely lost it and dropped in prayer. While I was praying my brother came in and started comforting me. Then a nurse came in and told me to grab all my belongings and wait in the family waiting room. On the way out of Labor and Delivery the nurse told me she would contact me when the baby was delivered. So there I am just pacing the halls waiting for someone to tell me anything about the well being of either one of my loved ones. Finally after about twenty more minutes a nurse rushed me back to Labor and Delivery where Baylee was being wheeled out of the Operating Room. She introduced me to this beautiful little child, however I was still extremely concerned about Jannae. The nurse told me not to worry but to follow Baylee into the nursery. After I got into the nursery I had three different nurses all working on Baylee at the same time. Every time I tried to touch or hold her someone was telling me that I couldn't. After about an hour in the nursery a nurse came up to me and told me that I had to leave and come back at midnight, I looked at the clock and it was 10:30. So now I've been kicked out of the operating room, kicked out of the delivery room, and kicked out of the nursery so once again I found myself pacing the halls in fear and distress not knowing how either one of my girls were doing. Finally around 11:00 P.M. ish the surgeon came out and told me Jannae was fine and that she was waiting in recovery. As I went into the recovery room I saw Jannae's whole body shaking and when I told her I was there, she started to whimper because she was in tremendous pain. Jannae was coming off of the general anesthetic so her body was reacting to that but at the same time the shaking was making the pain from the incision hurt even worse. I begged and pleaded with the nurses and doctors to give her pain medication but because it was shift change (or something) no one seemed to care. After about fifteen minutes a nurse came in and gave her pain medication but none of it seemed to work. The doctor gave her 210 micro grams of some pain medication she said was ten times stronger than Morphine, but it had no effect on Jannae. So the doctor gave her fifty micro grams of Demerol, which worked for the pain but made Jannae very nauseous and she started dry heaving to throw up but had nothing in her stomach to throw up.

Day 2.
After Jannae stopped gagging, at approximately 01:00 A.M. Baylee was brought into the recovery room, but because Jannae was still in pain she was unable to hold or see her. From there we were walked to a normal hospital-after-delivery-room. When we arrived there Baylee started screaming because she hadn't eaten anything since birth which was about four or five hours and Jannae was crying because of the pain she was in. Jannae was transfered from one bed to another and the nurses began hooking her up to all sorts of machines. Meanwhile Baylee was still crying so I asked the nurse if I could feed her. The nurse told me I would have to wait because Jannae was more important. Around 01:50 A.M. The nurse finally gave me a bottle to feed Baylee and walked away. So now here I am feeding Baylee and trying to wipe Jannae's head with a wet towel to cool her off. All night I had to go from Baylee to Jannae caring for each of their needs. I had to change Baylees diaper, feed, and burp her, swaddle her, and comfort her all the while giving Jannae what she needed like drinking, massaging, comforting, and re adjusting her the whole night. At around 10:00 A.M. Jannae was alert and conscious enough to finally look at and kiss Baylee. The rest of the day went about the same as the night prior up till about 01:30 P.M. When Jannae was able to breastfeed Baylee as long as I held her up and close to her.

Day 3.
Today I was able to leave at 04:00 A.M. to go home shower and get a couple hours of sleep. Jannae is doing much much better she was able to take a shower, walk, and eat solid food. Baylee is doing great eating, pooping, peeing, and screaming! This whole experience has been a real trying and stretching period in our lives, however this child is a true miracle from GOD. Jannae is healing, and Baylee is perfect in every way! GOD has truly had His hand in every step of this process. Although I didn't understand and didn't know why at the time GOD has stuck by us because He is faithful and Love's this Thompson Family more than we'll ever know!

P.S. the reason I blogged about our story is because it is very difficult to try and explain the whole thing to everyone. So this way everyone can know and understand. We Love you all, and can't wait to show off our beauty! In the mean time enjoy these great pics of my precious little daughter!

Project Update Part 6

40 Weeks Pregnant!

Well Jannae is a couple days short of being 40 weeks pregnant and she is LOVING IT! Its kinda weird the aches and pains you have to randomly endure throughout the day and night. The baby will try to stretch out and push Jannae's bladder into her spine which forces her liver into her chest and tweaks the kidneys into her side. Its all a real fun experience to have a baby growing inside your belly. But you know what is even more fun people constantly asking or saying "My goodness NO baby yet?" Like Jannae isn't already completely aware of the fact that her belly is the size of two basketballs and that she still hasn't had the baby yet. I think what we'll start doing is looking at her belly with a disgusting look on our face and saying "Oh my gosh I completely forgot she's pregnant!!!" Anyways I'm just being sarcastic because both Jannae and I are completely ready for Baylee to come into this world. Here are some pictures of Jannae's pregnancy!

Riley Douglas Mulkey

Hey everybody- just wanted you to know that Tommy and Kristen had their baby boy on Wednesday night! Here's just a few cute pictures!

Huntington Beach Trip 08'

This year's beach trip was awesome. We had a total of 22 people go, we had a blast hanging out and having fun. We played Bocce Ball, Football, and went boogie boarding. Not only did we have fun but it was an awesome time to connect with the Lord. We had worship and a short message on the beach. The time we spent singing worship and hearing from the word was so intimate and awesome. Right after the message we had a bonfire and some smores. This trip will definitely go down as one of the best days I have had spending time with the youth from the Sanctuary Lounge! Thanks Guys!

p.s. If you missed out on this years trip I highly encourage you to attend next year. You never know it might be you who gets to walk on water!