Living With Purpose

Baby Sonya, You have grown so much this first month! You've nearly doubled your birth weight already to the doctors delight! You've brought Mommy and Daddy such delight, although your entrance into this world did give us quite a fright! You are our little miracle, and all we can do is thank God for you! We were so excited when we saw your first sleepy smile, and we were even more excited to see that smile directed at us! You're only 6 1/2lbs, but you seem so big to me. Don't grow too fast, Little Flower!  You won't remember this, but today we read the Proverb of the day together and I picked this verse to pray for you. Proverbs 31:30 "Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth The Lord, she shall be praised." I've little doubt that you will be outwardly beautiful, but even a clown can dress up and wear makeup. I pray that you will have the favor of God on your life and that He will grant you favor with others, just as He did with ...

Mommy and Daddy were not even a little bit sad to say goodbye to the NICU last Thursday! After spending everyday there for two weeks, I was ready to go home and stay locked inside for at least a week. I never leave home! Even for our anniversary I could only stand to be gone one full day before I begged to be able to sleep in my own room! So, two weeks at the NICU, 45 minutes from home, feeding from 8 to 8, was the last thing I wanted to do long term! God was very graceous to us though! So many of the babies we saw there were on oxygen and feeding tubes. Some parents weren't able to come everyday, especially those who already had children at home to care for. Sonya was never on oxygen, her heart got stronger every day, and Matthew and I were able to spend the whole time with her. We have so much to be thankful for!  When Sonya left the hospital she was 4lbs 8oz. Even the doctors were surprised by her rapid growth, but she is a fighter, and she had a host of people praying for her!...