Sarah's momma: January 2010

I am laying here in bed, trying to go to sleep, and I just keep having prayer requests pop into my head. So, I am laying here praying about all sorts of things. I'm pretty sure God understands that I am a little ADD, and my prayers are more of a popcorn type of prayer! My mind just goes from one request to another. I keep telling myself that I need to journal my prayers so that I won't be so ADD, but I tend to only think about that at night, and by the next morning, I forget!

While I was praying for Sarah, the first week of her being here popped into my head. I was thinking about how much I prayed for her that week, and how so many people were also praying for her. I was remembering my facebook updates, and how many people would comment that they were praying for her. The one thing I thought of was, I wonder if she will ever know how many people prayed for her during her hospital stay. I hope that one day, I will be able to share with her how powerful prayer is, and that she will understand that prayer is what got her out of the hospital so quickly. I know that prayer is what helped her get so well so fast. The day we left the hospital, I remember a nurse saying that she could not believe they were letting a 35 week old baby go home already. She obviously didn't know how strong my little 35 weeker was!

I thank God everyday for such an amazing daughter. I often wonder if things would have been different if she had been born "on time." I quickly changed the way I thought, because she was born on time. She was born on God's time, and thats all that matters. People will ask me what her due date was supposed to be, and I always think, it was supposed to be August 24th. Just because the doctor told me it was supposed to be October 6th doesn't make that her due date. The Creator of this Universe wanted her to be born on August 24th, so thats her due date to me.

Thank you Lord Jesus for my beautiful daughter. Thank you for her being healthy, and having no problems like they said she might have. Thank you that instead of her catching up by 12-15 months, she has already caught up by 4 months. Thank you for showing me how powerful praying can be. Lord, I pray that I will never stop thanking you for the blessing of Sarah. Help me to raise her up right, and help her to know You. I love you Lord.

I don't really know what I want to write about to get this started, so I will write about one of my favorite subjects...my daughter!

Sarah has completely changed my life. She decided to come into this world a little early, but things have been so great. You would never know that she was a preemie. By four months, she has already caught up in size and in what she "should" be doing! I really think they had my due date wrong...she still would have been early, but not so early!

I really have enjoyed being able to be with her everyday. I did go back to work this month, but I have the priviledge to take her with me. I now work at Southern Hills Baptist preschool on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I love it. I get to play with babies all day long...its great!

God has truly blessed Andrew and I with Sarah. I cannot believe that I get to raise this beautiful child to know the Lord, and I pray everyday that I do it well! I am so ready to see her grow up...well, maybe not so much....I really love this baby stage! :)