Chez Family: Merry Christmas

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Merry Christmas

As I posted the above picture of Gracie I felt the familiar sting in my heart. It's almost impossible for me to stare into her eyes for more than five seconds. I hope someday it is a little easier to look at her beautiful eyes, that I miss so very much. I've already shed a few tears the last couple of days and also throughout today (Christmas Eve) But I am so thankful to our loving God who reminds us that:

For unto us a child is born, he will be called Wonderful, counselor, Mighty God, Everylasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6

Although Christmas is difficult without our sweet Gracie, we feel so blessed for the reminder of Christ who came to walk this earth for us and through his Grace we are given the chance of eternal life with him and our loved ones. Our hearts are so happy that through our sadness we are still able to smile and have our hearts filled with joy for our other sweet little blessings Luke and Abbey. We are so thankful for our family and friends and we want to.....

Wish everyone a very Merry Christmas!

Love, The Chez Family

2 comments:

Gina and the GangDecember 25, 2009 at 1:10 AM
Merry Christmas to a wonderful, strong, and loving family that I have only known through the blog world.
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my life:December 25, 2009 at 8:13 AM
Merry Christmas...sweet friends!
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Grace Avery Chez

Our precious Gracie was born February 2005 with her twin brother Luke. Gracie was born with a congenital heart defect-Truncus Arteriosus. She was our little Angel sent from God and we will always feel blessed for the 3 years we had with her. God chose to take Gracie home Janurary 9, 2008. Although our hearts ache for our baby girl we know it was not goodbye...just we will see you soon! To learn more about our little angel and to see her precious face, please visit her blog page by clicking on her photo above.

Abigail Elyse Chez

Our princess Abigail was born August 2009. Abigail was also born with the same congenital heart condition as her brother Luke, Tetrology of Fallot with Pulmonary Artesia and MAPCAS. She has endured two open heart surgeries within her first five months of life, along with 2 catheterizations. We did not know how our hearts would handle having another little girl again, but as always God knows. She too is another huge blessing from God! God blessed her with a happy spirit and she is always, "all smiles!"

About us

Adam and I were family friends and had known eachother for a number of years before we started dating. Shortly after we were dating we realized we were eachothers soul mate. Adam took me on an amazing trip to Paris in 2000 and surprised me with the most romantic marriage proposal. We were married in October 2000 and began our lives together in Corona del Mar, California. Our life consisted of work, traveling through Europe and many other locations, and lastly growing together as a couple. Four years into our marriage we were blessed with our twins Luke and Gracie and then in 2009 we were blessed with our sweet Abbey girl. The last eight years have been filled with many blessings, some trials and sorrow. We have been through eight open heart surgeries with our children. Extreme feeding issues. The most difficult~Our Gracie going to heaven~And we/our children face continued open heart surgeries. Although this journey has been extremely difficult at times, we have also received more blessings than we deserve. We have realized God chose us for eachother and also to be the parents of these amazing children he has given us. As pastor Chuck Obremski stated "finish the race strong" and that we will. Our hearts may suffer at times, but our souls will be saved. We will continue to keep our focus on all our blessings we receive with the most important one~life of eternity and the chance to be reunited with our sweet Gracie . Thank you for reading our blog. All our love, Terra and Adam