On April 15, 2015 we welcomed our firstborn, Hunter James, into the world! It was one of the most amazing days of our lives! Before this beautiful day would arrive though, we had received the news that he had an AV canal heart defect, which ultimately meant he would have to have open heart surgery. I remember that day vividly, the specialist came into the room explaining about our little boy's heart, I broke down in tears immediately as I looked at my amazing husband in disbelief. It was from that day on, I decided to give my everything to God. I had always been a believer, but never really allowed for Him to take control of my life. I prayed constantly that He would embrace my son and give his mommy and daddy a peace about this upcoming surgery. Well, He did just that, on November 12, 2015, our sweet, blue eyed 6 month old baby boy had his open heart surgery. I'm not going to say it was easy in the least to hand my sweet boy over to the surgical nurse, but something overcame me telling me that everything would be just fine. After many hours of waiting, we finally got to see him. He had tubes, drainage bulbs and IV's hooked up all over the place. It was a scary sight, but instant relief at the same time. Our baby boy was going to be ok. After being discharged, we went home and the rest is history! Hunter quickly bounced back to being his sweet, smiley self again and I swear the kid had more energy than the energizer bunny. Before we knew it, he was hitting milestones left and right! He'd been recharged! Shortly after his surgery, his daddy and I found out we were pregnant again, another little boy! We had an echocardiogram done to rule out any heart issues. The results were boring, nothing unusual, just a normal heart, it was just the news we wanted! On July 30, 2016, we welcomed Hunter's baby brother into the world, Cade Michael. On his discharge day we chose to have him circumcised, as the pediatrician began the surgery she noticed that his urethra was lower than normal so she stopped the circumcision and we were referred to a urologist. Come to find out, Cade will have to undergo surgery at 6 months as well. Definitely not as intense as his big brothers, but surgery nonetheless. Cade's surgery will be done in January. As a parent, you never wish to see your child go under the knife, but here we are again. Than to top things off, we found out last week at one of Hunter's follow up cardiology appointments that it looks like there is an increased restriction of his aorta, which ultimately makes his heart work harder to pump blood to the rest of his body. So now we are playing the waiting game to see if open heart surgery will be required again. In amongst all these check ups and news of surgeries, my strong, loving, faithful husband has been fighting his own battles. He has had multiple MRI's done on his back, brain and now knee. It all started with tooth pain, resulting in having a root canal, which was thought to be the perpetrator. Than it was excruciating pain in his back, than it was numbness in his extremeties, than it was debilitating pain in his heel, and than it was pain in his left knee. He will most likely have to have knee surgery and back surgery has been suggested for his multiple disc bulges and bone spurs in his neck and back, but so many risks come with that.  It has been one MRI after the other, pain pill prescriptions non stop, cortisone shots, anxiety and depression, it's never ending. At times, I want to curse at the sky and ask God why our little family has been dealt with such burdens to bare, but this is our life and yes, there have been so many stresses but through it all there have been so many blessings! I am a stay at home mom raising our two boys, watching a child for another family and doing a direct sales business off and on to try and help with the family income. Childcare costs at the moment are so high it makes it pointless for me to have a full time job. My husband is a mechanic for Waste Management and works non stop. We are struggling to say the least. The medical bills are continuing to pile up and we are facing the very real possibility of having to file for bankruptcy. We never thought in a million years things would turn out like they have, the good and the bad. We are asking with the truest sincerity from our hearts, please help us to get back on track. Please help our little family so that we might be able to pay for all our medical expenses and provide a decent life for our sweet boys. Thank you so very much for taking the time to read our story, if anything, please pray for us, that is all we ask.