Isolation..

Let me preface that this week has been a constant reminder that the Lord is in control.
Sometimes we tend to forget that but I am always thankful that in some way or another, through family, friends, events, scripture, or certain circumstances...that He brings us back to Him and the GREAT truth that it IS NOT up to us, but IT IS up to Him.
John 10:10 is a verse that Blake and I have come to know, love and turn back to often.

"The theif comes only to kill, steal, and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, and have it to the full."

With all that we are surrounded in these days, whether it be the CT tragedy, terror, war, health issues, work issues, etc, etc. we are thankful for a God who is honest (he promised we would have trouble in the world) and gracious (he also promised that this is our temporary home and while we are here he will care for). Our prayer lately is that in this ever increasing dark time that His light will continue to shine brighter and brighter and that others will come to know him in a way they never have before and that new believers will be born.


This week has been a true test for Blake and I as parents. I'm sure it will not surprise you all when I say what a pain in the rear insurance is. (insert moans and groans). Well, we have had quite our share of literally hours on the phone with the insurance companies, my work, dr's offices, pharmacies, etc. trying to get things figured out why it is taking so long to get Hatch added to our policies. Mainly because we are on a strict time constraint on getting his next Synagis shot (thats the shot that helps protect him from RSV, a respiratory virus, that could be detrimental to his health). He is supposed to get 3 shots, he received one in the hospital, is due for one this week and then again in late January. Anyway, to make a long story short once he finally gets added to my insurance and the shot goes through the approval process we've been told insurance may not even cover him for his last two shots. :( Aghhh!!!! Apparently there is a strict approval process so now we just pray, wait and see. Unfortunately, out of pocket, the shots cost over $2500/shot so at this point Blake and I are praying hard that they will chose to cover him. If they chose not to cover him we know the Lord was part of that and that Hatch is His child before he is ours, he loves him even more than we do (which is crazy to imagine because we love him SO stinking much) and that he will take care of him better than we or any shot could.

That being said, I have spoken multiple times with the pulmonolgist (the lung doctor) who gives the shot about what we can do if he is not covered....and yet again, we hear this... "I know it is hard with the holidays coming up but ISOLATION through cold and flu season is his best defense. Keep him in and away from everyone." Talk about deflating my tires...we've been living in isolation for the last 5 weeks and to imagine living this way through March, sheesh! I may go CrAzY! Please pray for me specifically because I am more than willing to stay in and take care of/protect our precious angel, but goodness after a short stent of bed rest and nearly 6 weeks of isolation this lady wants to get out to: grab lunch with a friend, go to the mall, have a play date, workout, get my nails done, and last but DEFINITELY not least...show this little man off!

We're constantly hearing of someone close to us who is sick though, so it is a quick reminder of why even we, Blake and I, need to stay in and not risk the chance of being around someone who is sick and then come home and spread that to the little man. So with the prompting of the grandparents we've decided to keep masks at the house for visitors who are going to be around Hatch to wear. We realize this may sound silly, but we absolutely don't want to risk anything, and with him potentially not getting his 2nd and 3rd dose of Synagis we feel masks are our way of providing that extra protection for him. We are praying constantly for the protection of his and our health this cold and flu season.

On a good note, his ears are looking really good and we'll get his ear wells off in the next week or two! Hooray!!


Besides that here are some pics of the little guy that keep us smiling and paranoid (about his health) all at the same time :)

This is before our family trip to the park. We got all dressed up because we were meeting up with Libby, Katie, and John Paul for a stroller date.

Love this passifier and bib that were gifted to us! Grandpa Charlie says it looks like he could be living up on the ranch with him and that he needs to start practicing his roping skills ;)

I'd like to note...pretty sure he's got a mini-"Gig'em" going on there! WHOOP!!!
After all, everyone says it was the A&M vs. Alabama game and that Johnny Football that re-ignited my contractions that Saturday night!

It is so fun for Blake and I to have both our teams playing in Bowl games here in Dallas this year! Too bad we don't have tickets to either game... :/

This weekend we have decided to have family date night and go look at Christmas lights. We've heard of a couple of "new" locations to look at lights, the typical HP, if you have any suggestions...send them our way!
http://www.vitruvianlights.com/

We also will have our very first family Christmas eve and Christmas morning to ourselves (this is also Blake's and my first to be in OUR home-typically we're always staying at a relatives) so we are in the midst of talking about the traditions we want to establish. So far we've gotten as far as food/menu! You know, the important stuff, right?! Haha! We are such fatties!

What Christmas traditions do you all have?
Obviously, we're in need of some ideas other than ones that involve calories ;)

Until next time, have a VERY Merry and Blessed Christmas. We pray each of you experiences the joy of time with family and friends, laughter, and a true remembrance for the reason of who is at the center of why we come together and celebrate this time of year.

xoxo

We have a ONE month old!

Seriously, we are parents to a one month old?! REALLY! We still can't believe we are parents...much less to a one month old. Everyone always says how time flies with these little bambinos and now we are part of that club! Time DOES fly SO fast!

Since we last wrote Charlie has visited us...finally! Charlie is my dad who requests to go by Charlie-not grandpa ;) Little does he know, but we're still thinking of some fun names for him...with his Mexico/spanish/ranching background we're bound to pick something fun! Like Pancho, Jefe (spanish for boss/chief), cowboy, etc...If you have any ideas send them our way. :)

We had so much fun with Charlie and can't wait for him to come back at Christmas to spend more time with him. I adore both sides of my family and the Mertz side still hasn't gotten to meet him yet so he'll also be bringing my Nanny and Papa, Aunt Marilyn, and hopefully some of my cousins too!
I mean how can you not L-O-V-E this group

Here is my weekly growth comparison...touchdown!

Mommy and Daddy went on their first post-me date night

I went on my first stroller date with my girlfriend Libby, Katie and John Paul's baby. Here I am all dressed up for Libs

I had my 1 month Dr appointment yesterday and here are the stats:
I weigh 7 pounds and that is the 41%!
My length is 20inches and that is the 70%!
My head circumference is 33cm which is 19%!
Of course all of these percentiles are based on my gestational age, which is 38 weeks-cause I'm still supposed to be in my mommy's tummy. If you compared me to a full term one month old I wouldn't even be on the charts because I'm still so little. BUT, the Dr. did say I am a "superstar" with all the progress I have made. I have another appointment at 2 months and at that time he'll let us know if I can stop taking my "muscle milk" twice a day. He also told my mommy that it might be another 2 months or so til I sleep longer periods of time (in comparison to a full term baby) because I am so small she and my dad might have to keep waking up every 2-3 hours at night to feed me. Yay for me to get all that food though right?! ;)

Here are some pics that my mom doesn't want you all to miss out seeing of me.

This is McKenzie, she is my other mommy. We get along REALLY well and she is SUPER protective of me. Anytime someone other than mom or dad holds me she sits right by them to supervise and anytime I cry or get really loud hiccups she comes to check on me. So it's only fitting she fit herself in one of my 1 month photo shoot pics.


***sorry the photos are off center and mis-labeled. Like I said this blogging thing is new and when I previewed it I saw the mistake but keep trying to fix it and can't figure out how. Yes, I know it's probably super simple but I need blogging help!

Almost 3 weeks!

*warning-lots of words in this post...if you just want to see pics, scroll to the bottom*

Tomorrow marks 3 weeks since Mr. Charles Hatch has blessed us with his presence!
Happy early birthday!

We can't stop talking about what an incredible blessing he is and how great and loving our God is who has truly, truly walked beside us on the path to become parents. As some of you know, almost exactly a year ago Blake and I started infertility treatment due to something I have called Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)I was diagnosed with this in college and knew that getting pregnant could be difficult but per my longtime OB/GYN she didn't think it would be an issue as I wasn't the "typical" patient who has this syndrome. Well, apparently God had other plans and I did have trouble getting pregnant, so we were sent to an infertility specialist last December and started our first treatment in January. The doctor that we saw here in Dallas, his nurse, and sonographer all told us that medications alone would likely not work for me as I had "the most polycstic ovaries" they had seen. They said from the begining that IVF would be our answer but that we needed to go "through the process" for insurance and saftey purposes. So we started with the most basic treatment options. Blake and I processed all of this with our closest friends and community group and prayed for wisdom and guidance on where/what treatments we should participate in. I got involved in Shiloh, a ministry our church created for women struggling with infertility,which was the most incredible resource and source of strength, wisdom, and hope for me during that time. I also have the most incredible husband and helpmate who encouraged, loved, and supported me every step of the way. The Lord gave us clarity on what treatments we were willing to try, which ones we were not, and provided peace and patience during that time. Although we wanted to start a family, he allowed us to feel/know that HE was in control and this was not our timing and/or decision, this was His. Well, after 3 rounds of treatment in which my body did not respond at all to, we decided to take a month off as we needed a break, plus we would be out of town for the "critical" times when I would need to be monitored. So off we went to Florida to take a breather and then to Haiti for a mission trip.

In God's mysterious ways, this is the exact month when we became pregnant! Funny, how yet again, the Lord showed us that even when we think we have control of a situation (aka going to one of the top infertility docs in Dallas, doing treatment, etc) he does not NEED us to do ANYTHING to accomplish what His will for us is.
I had a completely healthy pregnancy and so preterm labor wasn't even a word that had crossed mine or my dr's mind. In fact, I went in for my 34 week appt the morning I went into preterm labor and everything checked out perfect.

We yet again were blessed to have a child born at 34 weeks, especially a boy (they don't develop as quickly as girls) without any severe medical issue. The fact that he did not need help breathing, oxygen, or any other support besides for feeding and temperature control is a miracle. Then our little warrior surpassed every doctors prediction for him and was not only able to latch for breastfeeding, but actually did better breastfeeding than bottle feeding. He had absolutely no confusion between the breast, bottle, or passifier-which so many infants do. Praise the Lord. While I also felt INCREDIBLE. No pain issues, soreness, exhaustion, etc. Blake and I know that God was freeing me from these symptoms and taking care of our precious angel so that we could focus on other things.

Blake and I share this now so that everyone can really understand how INCREDIBLY grateful and blessed we have been on this journey...and to share it with you so that if you or anyone you know has been or is going down this path we know this isn't something we should be ashamed/embarrassed of, but to use it to help others. We also can't stop praising our God for how he has provided for us EVERY STEP of the way that it's hard to keep our mouth shut about His goodness.

And now...we are home and this kiddo is still fighting. He is an EXCELLENT feeder and we think in the middle of a growth spurt right now. We know he is getting stronger everyday!

As promised, here is a picture of our little guy with his ear well on. He will wear it for 4-6 week, it isn't painful and does not bother him at all, just looks funny.(we are 1 week in already and hopefully will get it off for Christmas) We will go in to have it re-adjusted in another week and have a better idea then of when he'll get it off.

Here he is smiling to the sound of his Great-Papa's voice. I was talking to my Papa on speaker phone and this little guy didn't stop smiling the whole time Papa talked! It was the most precious thing ever

Our first family trip to the new Klyde Warren Park in downtown Dallas. LOVE this park, can't wait to go back!

Just chilling. I'm a pro at this nap time thing...

Our little boy is SO tongue tied. Bless his heart, he is getting that "clipped" this Wednesday by an excellent physician we know, Dr. McClay. We've been praying on whether or not to get it down now or when he is older and really feel for feeding purposes we'd rather get it done sooner than later in hopes that is won't be as hard of a transition back to the breast/bottle for him once it is clipped.

Drum roll puh-leeaaaassssseeeee!!!!
For our grand finale pic....the ONE and ONLY, Aunt Taylor is BACK IN TOWN!!!! She surprised us yesterday by just walking in our front door. Blake got it ALL on tape and says I cried like a baby when I saw her. I don't deny it, this lady left to live in New Zealand before I was pregnant and sadly missed my entire pregnancy. When Hatch, she claims that will be his name, came early she couldn't stand it (I'm sure coming back for Christmas, her mom, and brother also played a part too) so she came back a couple weeks early.

Is that not the cutest picture ever? Look how much his Aunt-T loves him already. She is beside herself giddy. Hatch loved every second he was in her arms...he asked if she'd come back soon and not go back to New Zealand :) I agree-Texas is a better fit for Miss Taylor.

We are HOME!!!

Sorry for the unannounced hiatus. We got home last Wednesday afternoon and have been enjoying EVERY second of having this little guy home that we haven't even updated the blog (see why this blogging might not be a fit for me :/)

Here Hatch is in his going home gown. It was what Blake wore when he went home from the hospital...and he apologized profusely to Hatch that he had to wear a "dress" home. :)

Since it's been a while I'll do an update of the nearly last week in photos.

Here we are on Thanksgiving on our first family walk

Here we are on our first trip to Grandma's...she had been around some sick people in the family and didn't want to risk getting Hatch sick-we take the Dr's orders VERY seriously and are glad she does to. The last thing we want is for Hatch to end back up in the ICU for a respiratory illness

Bath time is Daddy's and my favorite time of the week. We have stuck with the bath schedule of the NICU and give him a bath every Saturday and Tuesday night. Despite the way he looks in this adorable photo, he REALLY does enjoy bath time...but this is still one of our all time favorite pics. (does that make us bad parents?)

One of my dearest friends Maggie, from highschool, was incredibly generous and is letting us use this GORGEOUS bassinet. Her grandmother bought it for Maggie's firstborn, Parker, and had the bedding custom made. It is absolutely stunning and works perfectly in our living room...especially considering that we were transporting the Pack'n'Play to and from our bedroom/living room through our french doors every morning and evening since it didn't fit through the doorway. Thank you Maggie!!!

Daddy is starting weekly comparison's of his size vs. a football. Here is our first comparison at 15 days of age.

Here are the vitals/stats of Charles Hatch at his first Dr's appt.

For his adjusted age of 36 weeks he is:

11%tile for weight
38%tile for length
7th%tile for head circumference

Dr. Straughn, our pediatrician, says that he should catch up with everyone else around 6months to a year of age. He says we need to keep adding the "muscle milk" (higher calorie formula) to each of his bottles to help give him a boost. We are now allowed to do 6 breast feeds a day and 2 bottles of expressed breast milk with the "muscle milk."
We also need to get his tongue clipped because he is severely tongue tied...I told every Dr and NP while in the hospital but everyone said to wait on getting it clipped...well Dr. Straughn got a great view of it yesterday and says we should have it taken care of sooner rather than later. Depending on who we chose to do it, we may have to go to the operating room at 3 months of age to get it clipped. We also started something called "ear wells" today for an ear deformity he has called, Stahl's ear on his left ear. He will wear this funny looking thing on his left ear for 4-6 weeks--i'll post pictures of it next time.
This poor guy has been through the ringer already and here we go with more "torture."


All of that being said, I had a tough moment yesterday of feeling so bad for all that we have/are putting him through and with all the mumbo-jumbo of insurance companies, keeping him eating well, staying away from crowds/germs (aka house arrest), etc...I am blessed by the most incredible husband who reminded me of Matthew 6:25-34 and the Lord's instructions to NOT WORRY. We were also reminded of how much more Christ loves Charles Hatch than we do-how children are the most precious in Christ's kingdom-Matthew 18:1-5. This quickly revealed where my heart was--not trusting in the Lord and His promises. I am so thankful for scripture that reminds you of how incredible and faithful our Lord is. I'm thankful that I can lay all of these worries at the feet of Jesus and He WILL help us carry this load. That He already has shown us HOW much he LOVES our little angel by how healthy his delivery was, how he IS a WARRIOR and got out of the NICU faster than we or the doctors imagined, and how healthy he truly is for a 34 week preemie. How freeing it is for Blake and I to have trust and peace that the Lord will direct us in how to best care for our new baby and that he'll also pave the way for insurance companies, deductibles, and all that fun confusing stuff (yuck). And I am BEYOND thankful for my best friend and help mate that the Lord has given me in Blake.

I spy...NOTHING!!!

Ta-da! Look mom and dad...I did it!!! They took my NG tube out yesterday and gave me a trial run of alternating breast and bottle feeds. And guess what, I gained weight! Today I am 2184grams (4lb 13oz)!!! That's why I'm smiling in that picture above! I know that 2 Timothy 4:17 is true for me and that the Lord is standing by my side giving me strength! I am one step closer to home!

This means that I will hopefully be in my REAL home by the end of the week. HOORAY!!! Tonight they are letting me "room in" with my parents which we're all SUPER stoked about!

This is my nurse practitioner, Karen, who has been watching and rooting me on ever since I got the NICU. She is AMAZING! I wish we could take her home with us. We are FOREVER thankful and grateful for the incredible staff that we have been blessed with here at Medical City. It almost...almost makes us kind of sad to leave them because they have been SOOOOOO WONDERFUL! I know it also thrills my parents to be getting me home but I have a feeling they're a little nervous too. Please pray for them as we transition me home-they think I'm this little delicate peanut and I keep trying to show them what a TRUE WARRIOR I am. Please pray for me too, that I keep growing into a strong warrior, stay healthy and free from ANY illness. The doctors say because I am a preemie anyone with sniffles, sore throat, cough, cold, allergies, and other little kids, etc. I have to stay FAR away from because if I get sick it could put me back in the ICU.

About an hour ago I had my circumcision. It went great and I could tell my doctor was proud of his work :) Which makes my mommy and daddy happy! Mommy fed me after and so far so good. I'm taking a nap and hoping the lidocaine effects last for a while.

Here I am with Mama getting some good skin to skin snuggle time this morning. Snuggle time with her or my Daddy is my favorite time of day. I can't wait til my daddy gets home so I can snuggle up with him!

First off:

Every Tuesday and Saturday is bath and NG tube change day. Bath time is really the only thing that gets him crying longer than 5 seconds...is it ironic/cruel that bath time our favorite day of the week? We took a video of it with our video camera and were going to post it, but then realized we don't have the cable to attach it! :( Trust us when we say it is the cutest thing ever. Maybe it's a good thing we can't post it, this day in age we'd probably get in trouble for "child solicitation" or something.
Daddy LOVES combing his hair after, literally every hair on that precious child's head has to be in place before daddy can put the comb down. When he moves and gets his hair out of place, Daddy is quick to pick up the comb and re-do things. Imagine if we had a girl and all of the bows he'd be re-positioning! Haha!

Here is a pic of the most beautiful heart and respiratory rate...

His vital signs only look this good when he is snuggled with with his proud Papa.

***note-the monitor alarms drive this proud Papa CrAzY so it's a good thing they don't go off while they're sleeping ;)

So here is the latest:
He is allowed to take 5 bottle and/or breast feeds a day. We get to chose how we want to give it to him. If we breastfeed, they want us to offer a bottle after that has been fortified with 22Kcal formula because this little bugger lost 15grams yesterday so today he is 2120grams which is roughly 4.66lbs. Obviously he has not learned what big foodies both his parents families are.

Because he lost a little bit of weight they said he won't be home for Thanksgiving. Of course we want our baby home with us but we also don't want to push him and end up regretting it later. We want what's best for him and even though we can't have him home for the holiday, we have just been given the greatest blessing and have a plethora of things to be thankful for this year. We are thankful he'll be here in good no, in excellent care. That he'll be getting stronger and healthier so we can fully enjoy him when he does get to go home....which we secretly think won't be long after Thanksgiving to be honest ;)

Our prayer requests as of late are continues praise and thanksgiving for all of the amazing nurses and nurse practitioners taking care of our warrior. I've never been so thankful for Medical City and the type of nurses they employee. We have loved every single nurse and pray we can love and serve them as well as they have been loving and serving us. We pray that we continue to keep our eyes peeled and hearts in tune with how the Lord wants to use us during this time. Praise for Charlie Hatch's continued improvement and growth...and that the Lord continues to strengthen him daily. For rest, endurance, and strength for mommy and daddy.

Here is a precious picture of a note left by Jolene, our AMAZING night nurse for the past 3 nights. She's off 'til Wednesday and we will definitely miss her but hope/pray we'll get her back.

NICU day 6

We seriously have a little warrior on our hands.

Which isn't ironic to us because the meaning of Charles is WARRIOR.
Plus, you put that together with his middle name, Hatch, which is exactly what he did...6 weeks early. So it makes us giggle with delight on how absolutly, perfectly fitting his name is for him.

So we apparently told a small fib yesterday. We said he weighed 4lb 9oz...well oopsies, he really weighed 4lb 5oz! Since yesterday, he gained 30 grams and now is roughly 4lb 6oz!!!

His bilirubin level also continued to decline, even off the bili lights, so he just won himself no more lab draws!!! Yahoo for no more blood draws! :)

He ate both bottles at 32ml/feed and continues to breastfeed really well. So this afternoon they decided to let us add one more oral feed and bumped his feeds up to 36ml/feed. We get to chose what we want to do. We can either chose to do a bottle feed OR we can do a breastfeed and if he takes longer than 5 minutes they will only give him half of his feed via the NG tube. So far he has always latched longer than 5 minutes so we are confident this won't be a problem for our little warrior.

Here is a pic of a proud papa feeding his baby from last night.

Daddy tried to give him a bottle feed at 5pm and he just couldn't seem to wake up for it. So instead of pushing him, we decided to back off and put the entire feeding down the NG tube. We pray we are sensitive to his cues and don't push him because we don't want to tucker this little preemie boy out. So we'll head back down there, well now, to do another feed. We prayed over him before we left last time that he continues to stay healthy and strong. That he continues to make forward progress each day and for the addition of this extra feeding, that he takes it like he has with everything else, with ease. We prayed specifically for this 8pm feed and for his parents, that we are given wisdom and guidance on raising him as Christ desires us to. We are thankful for the weekend because Blake gets to be here ALL weekend long and we get to do this together.

xoxo,
A, B, & C


***we just got back from the 8pm feeding, yes it's close to 11pm, you easily lose track of time when you are down there snuggling with that little cuddle bug. Anyway, he took the 36ml feed like champ! Way to go Charlie Hatch!!!

Ok, so Blake has encouraged me to give this blogging thing another try...Why? Because we are NOT interesting. BUT... We just added the most precious, entertaining, adorable, little cutie to our family. We promise you, he does not disappoint with the updates he will provide for you (unlike his boring parents...please forgive the simplicity of this blog-this is foreign to us). Meet God's greatest gift to us. Our son, Charles Hatch Bowen. If you don't know the story behind the name yet, we promise in the near future to fill you in.

As for now, our hearts are literally overflowing with joy as we have been beyond blessed by our AWESOME God with this addition to our family. He "hatched" 6 weeks early which to us means...we get to enjoy him that much more and that even though he may look more like a Bowen-he clearly inherited the early/on time gene from the Mertz side, specifically his great grandpa Mertz, my more than incredible Papa, who we prayed many times for him to be like. Thank you Lord for answering that prayer already ;) We have also been humbled by the outpouring of love via: texts, calls, emails, flowers, food, visits, new preemie clothing for our early arriver, etc., etc. We just can't seem to keep up with everyone and hate that although you all are doing an incredible job of loving us better than well, we are not doing a good job of loving you all back...Thus, Blake's genius idea of restarting the blog so everyone could come here to see daily updates. Here in a nut shell is the latest. -God has him in his hands in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and he is making forward progress everyday. He was born at 4lb 15oz and today's weight is 4lb 9oz--this is typical and expected of even a full term baby. -He was taken off of his bili lights today! Praise the Lord. We clearly have a fighting warrior on our hands here.

-He gets feedings through his nasogastric tube (NG tube) 6 out of his 8 daily feedings. Mom and dad get to give him the other two feedings via a bottle. He is at 28mls each feed and sucked the last two bottles dry! Praise! (this is HUGE because taking every feeding completely by mouth is our ticket out of here). Mom also gets to try and breastfeed him twice a day but they still give him a feeding through his tube after he is done. He latches really well, as a matter of fact, the lactation consultant today's words were "he is picture perfect, he is the type of infant you'd see on video's at breast feeding conferences." All of the doctors and nurses have been quite impressed with our little prince. Can you tell we are ALREADY the proud, bragging parent type!? Other than that we have officially moved in to an empty room at the hospital. They have been gracious enough to give us a room on a day by day basis-if their census goes up and they need the room, we have to pack up and head home. But for the time being we live here so we can go down to the NICU anytime of day to visit our baby. Blake has gone back to work for the time being, he is quite the trooper sleeping here on an air mattress and then heading to work. Already he is the most amazing father, while maintaining his current title of the most amazing husband.

We know the Lord has brought us to this NICU for a reason. We know that Charlie Hatch is in His hands and we do not have to worry about him so we pray we do not miss an opportunity here to love the staff and other NICU family members well while we are here. He clearly has prepared us for this journey with my nursing background, a job at this hospital, knowing some of the dr's here, and having complete confidence and trust in the team taking care of our precious little prince. We are thankful that this is not "scary" to us. Please pray our eyes are peeled to what Christ desires for us to accomplish in our time at the hospital. For rest, endurance, patience, love and of course for the continued improvement-health-growth of our Charlie Hatch. God is great and we feel honored and privileged to live out this journey he has set before us. We thank each of you for partnering with us on this journey, for your love, prayers and support. You truly have no idea how much you bless us. Stay tuned... xoxo, Charles Hatch & Co.