Well. THAT was not
the plan. You can’t believe the
craziness of the last few days. The
crazy MESSY chaos and fear and love and kindness and blessings of July 22, 2013
to present. It is only just settling in
for me that our Avery Hope was born July 24th at 11:19am, at 32
weeks gestation, weighing in at 4 lbs 4oz.
She is in the NICU and they are happy with how she’s doing so I am
trusting them and being happy with how she’s doing as well. I will write her birth story soon, but right
now I am a jumble of thoughts and emotions (worse than normal). The Cliff's Notes are pretty simple. Remember all of that mourning and releasing I
was doing? It all seems very silly in
light of the last few days. I’d like to say
that I've learned my lesson about plans and analysis and predictions but I’m
beginning to see that at least at this point in my spiritual maturity, that is
a promise I’m not capable of keeping. I
can promise this, I will keep trying.
Thank you for your prayers and comments and support. You will never know how tangibly those
blessings have lifted me up this week, but I can sincerely tell you that if you
offered a prayer for me this week you were carrying me through as truly as if
you had stormed through the doors of the hospital and physically put your arms
around me and lifted with your legs, NOT YOUR BACK! Are you nuts?
Talk soon.
She is precious! Now I can say congrats! I honestly can not tell she is only 32 weeks in the pic...ignoring the tubes...she looks incredibly healthy. More prayers are for you and your lovely family. God bless you!
ReplyDeleteThank you! We think she's something!
ReplyDeleteOh Nella, She is a beautiful angel. Praying for you and yours daily.
ReplyDeleteThank you Elisabeth!
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ReplyDeleteShe is beautiful just like the rest of your babies ! Can't wait to meet her and hear all about it! Hope U r doing well
What a beautiful little girl! I just stumbled on your blog on the recommendation of Kendra from Catholic All Year, and I wanted to thank you for sharing your story and to know that our family will be praying for you!
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