It's a Baby!

On Mother's Day mom and dad found out that our family is expecting a new addition. I had informed them the night before, "There's a baby in your tummy." Not really thinking I knew what I was talking about, mom thought she would take a test and just see what was up. To everyone's surprise, it came back positive. Cautious as mom and dad were at first, they decided to take me to the hospital with them for the first ultrasound. On the way there, they said "We are going to see what is in mommy's tummy." I responded with, "Is there a dead bug in your tummy mommy?"

You can only imagine my surprise when I saw not a dead bug but a real live baby! Here's a picture of our first look at what will, on my 3rd birthday, be my baby brother or sister. Yes, mom is due on January 19th, 2009. A day that is filled with so much significance and so many blessings for our family. Not only is it the day that I was born in 2006, but my sister Talitha Grace was taken to see Jesus that day in 2007, and now it's the possible day that our family will be given another wonderful blessing with the birth of another child.



This is a long awaited and greatly prayed for moment for all of us. We have been very excited and God has shown us so much mercy as the pregnancy has progressed. We saw the heartbeat at that first ultrasound which gave us confidence in the blessing the Lord has bestowed upon us. At our first Dr.'s appointment, 8 weeks, this baby had the earliest heartbeat our Dr. has ever heard externally with a doppler, another glorious mercy given to us. And then yet again at the 11 week mark the ultrasound revealed that we have been blessed with a healthy baby.





It was such a relief to see the miracle of life, perfectly created by God inside mommy. Though we know that every child is perfectly designed by God, we were very thankful to hear that he had blessed us with a healthy baby. Mom is doing great and the Dr. has said this is a textbook, perfect pregnancy! Praise be to God.