A Niece!!!

It's a girl! I'm going to have a niece!! I'm so excited I can't hardly stand it. I just got the call from my family here in town. They had an appointment with the doc today to do the whatever it is that tells you if it's a boy or girl, oh and she is healthy and growing just fine too. Ethan, the oldest of the 3 boys had the privilege of calling me when they got home to tell me they were going to have a baby sister. He was excited about it and even told me that they got to bring a picture home. When I asked if she was pretty tiny, he said "yes, but she has big muscles, Daddy said maybe she'll be a soccer player."

Oh Father, what a blessing these children are to my life! Though they are not blood relations they are my family through you and through our friendships together. They are a double blessing to me since my own family is so far from me, since I'm still waiting on You for my husband and children of my own. I pray that You would continue to grow the boys and that we would all be an example of Your love to them, and I ask especially that you would continue to be with this new baby girl as she develops keeping her safe and healthy. You have said that you knew us before we were formed, that you had written all the days of our lives before we knew even one of them. Lord, you know her name already and the things that she will do and accomplish, I pray that you would keep her safe unto those days that you've written out for her. That she would be a blessing to her parents, brothers, grandparents and the rest of the family and that she would bring glory and praise to You in all she does!

Thank you Lord!