Monday, November 10, 2008

It's a girl...

Today we had our 20 week ultrasound and found out that we are being blessed with a healthy baby girl. We are very excited to add this little girl to our family, and for her to complete us. Kylie is very excited that she is going to have a little sister, she was saying it was a girl all along! Now she is busy coming up with some very creative names for this little sister of her's! We are very thankful for our little family, we could not ask for more in this world.

On a very sad note, my husband's brother and his wife lost their baby girl last week. She was born healthy at 35 weeks. Unfortunately, she never got to come home. About 4 days after she was born when she was close to going home, her body was attacked by a very bad virus that her premature system could not fight. The virus went to her heart and weakened it very badly. She was on an ECMO machine for over a week and then was on a heart/lung transplant list when her little heart finally gave out and the ECMO was not working anymore. She was 3 weeks and 2 days old. We are just trying to surround them with love, support and prayers for their strength to come through this tragic loss. I am sure that they can use all the prayers they can get so if you think about it, say a prayer for them and their angel baby girl, Avery.

2 comments:

Miranda said...

Congratulations on your new baby girl. That is so exciting. I know you know how wonderful it is to have a sister. The bond is absolutely amazing.

I am so very sorry to hear about your family's loss. I don't even know what to say. You guys are in my thoughts and prayers. Just remember god has a plan for all of us. We might not know what it is or understand it, but he does. As much as she was loved and will be missed...He had bigger things he wanted little Avery to do.

Miranda said...

i left you something on my blog