Dear Prayer Warriors!
I have learned a new lesson today... God loves me more than I knew and WAY MORE than I could imagine!!!
We had our in-depth ultrasound today at the Perinatal Center. Thank you so much for those of you who prayed and fasted. It means the world to us to have our family in Christ supporting us and carrying us thru all the emotions and scary parts of this ride.
Today was so HUGE for us!
Here's how things went, if you want to know...
We met with a Genetic Counselor for a 1/2 hour. He went over all the possible birth defects and anomalies our baby could have. He warned us of what we would see, etc. Then he sent us back to the waiting room where we waited for almost 2 hours!!! Imagine me....my mind racing with all the genetic info, my heart pounding, and poor Yo trying to calm me down... :) Lots of prayer, Bible verses, and a cobb salad helped us through the time. We were blessed and got a very wonderful ultrasound technician who was gentle with me and scanned EVERY SINGLE body part of our baby.... Here's where the praises came... she didn't find what they were looking for! No spina bifuda, no neural tube defects,... She ruled out any of the birth defects that they thought they would see!!! I was seriously having convulsions on the table... Yo had to keep me pinned down! :) The funny thing is thru almost all of the scanning she kept calling the baby a boy. "He." So I figured she must've snuck a peek and that this was the sex. We all started referring him to he, and then she asked us, "Oh, do you guys know the sex?" Our reply, "No. Do you?" She got the baby in position and announced, "It's a GIRL!" WHAT??? As if tears weren't already flowing... the thought of Yoichi being the Daddy of a precious little asian baby girl was just the added blessing to this whole miracle!!!
Friends, things could've turned out so differently! We know that, and really I was preparing myself for a different reality. What makes me cry the most in this whole sitch is that God chose to bless us today! We totally didn't do anything to deserve this. I sometimes have a whacky view of how God works... why would He bless me? why would He choose to give us a happy ending?? Today He blessed us so that we can tell others of HOW AWESOME HE WORKS! and because He loves me! :)
All I know is that YES we are dancing around today with joy, but i do not want to forget this journey God has taken us on. I want to remain on my knees with such gratefulness.
We are having a Praise & Worship time at our home tonight. 7-8pm.
Please join us if you don't have plans!! Kids welcome!
Thank you again for loving us!
Yoichi, Tira, Nixon, and Baby Girl
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We had our in-depth ultrasound today at the Perinatal Center. Thank you so much for those of you who prayed and fasted. It means the world to us to have our family in Christ supporting us and carrying us thru all the emotions and scary parts of this ride.
Today was so HUGE for us!
Here's how things went, if you want to know...
We met with a Genetic Counselor for a 1/2 hour. He went over all the possible birth defects and anomalies our baby could have. He warned us of what we would see, etc. Then he sent us back to the waiting room where we waited for almost 2 hours!!! Imagine me....my mind racing with all the genetic info, my heart pounding, and poor Yo trying to calm me down... :) Lots of prayer, Bible verses, and a cobb salad helped us through the time. We were blessed and got a very wonderful ultrasound technician who was gentle with me and scanned EVERY SINGLE body part of our baby.... Here's where the praises came... she didn't find what they were looking for! No spina bifuda, no neural tube defects,... She ruled out any of the birth defects that they thought they would see!!! I was seriously having convulsions on the table... Yo had to keep me pinned down! :) The funny thing is thru almost all of the scanning she kept calling the baby a boy. "He." So I figured she must've snuck a peek and that this was the sex. We all started referring him to he, and then she asked us, "Oh, do you guys know the sex?" Our reply, "No. Do you?" She got the baby in position and announced, "It's a GIRL!" WHAT??? As if tears weren't already flowing... the thought of Yoichi being the Daddy of a precious little asian baby girl was just the added blessing to this whole miracle!!!
Friends, things could've turned out so differently! We know that, and really I was preparing myself for a different reality. What makes me cry the most in this whole sitch is that God chose to bless us today! We totally didn't do anything to deserve this. I sometimes have a whacky view of how God works... why would He bless me? why would He choose to give us a happy ending?? Today He blessed us so that we can tell others of HOW AWESOME HE WORKS! and because He loves me! :)
All I know is that YES we are dancing around today with joy, but i do not want to forget this journey God has taken us on. I want to remain on my knees with such gratefulness.
We are having a Praise & Worship time at our home tonight. 7-8pm.
Please join us if you don't have plans!! Kids welcome!
Thank you again for loving us!
Yoichi, Tira, Nixon, and Baby Girl
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What a day of THANKSGIVING!!
We are still in shock!
It's so wonderful to replace my prayers and concerns with PRAISE!!
Thank you for experiencing this miracle with us!
xoxo.
We are still in shock!
It's so wonderful to replace my prayers and concerns with PRAISE!!
Thank you for experiencing this miracle with us!
xoxo.
1 comment:
PRAISING God still!!! He is soooo faithful!!! Yay for HIS miracles!!! Love to all 4 of you!!!! XOXO
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