November 28, 2007

Today has been a crazy and wonderful day. Tom is having to work really late tonight and asked me to write for him. Sorry I am not quite as poetic as Tom. Noah looked great this morning. He looks so big to me now even though he is 4 lbs 2.3oz (1880 grams). I know most of you are thinking how in the world can 4lbs look big but remember he got down to 2 pounds and change at one point. He is doing very well and is really impressing the doctors and nurses with his progress. His nurse overwhelmed me a bit today by saying, "once he gets going with the bottle, he'll be home sooner than you think". So I replied " I know. Yesterday they said as early as next weekend." She looked me dead in the eyes and said " get ready, it is going to be sooner than you think." As we talked, I got the feeling it will be sometime next week! Very exciting and very overwhelming! So, I came home and did as she instructed...I started finishing getting ready.

Anna is so ready for her little brother to get home. I told her tonight that it would be soon and she quickly responded,"Tonight!" I told it would be in few days. She helped me get his room ready after she got home from church. What a great big sister she is! She had Spanish at school this morning and came home singing in Spanish and actually knew what it meant. She continues to amaze me. I can't wait until Anna and Noah can really play together.

Tom is heading to Memphis this weekend for Air National Guard drill. Please pray for safe and easy travel for him. His flights there always seem to be delayed or canceled and very frustrating.

Thank you so much for keeping up with Noah and his improvements. Thank you for your prayers, meals, rides, etc. The love we have been shown during this month has been truly amazing and inspiring.

I (Tom) just arrived home and wanted to be sure to add a verse to today's blog. I recited the 23rd Psalm to Noah the other evening when I visited him. As I was considering it, the first verse struck me. There is so much peace and assurance in that short verse. I think that it reminds us too that God is to be our focus. Not only will we not "want" because the Lord provides, but also we should not "want" what He does not provide. To some extent I can almost hear the psalmist saying "I shall not, I must not want." When we find our contentment in the Lord, we shall not want.

Please pray for the following:
Noah, and his big sister Anna, that they would come to know the Lord at a young age
God's continued working in the lives of our friends and family
My mom (Susan) with her difficulties after her surgery for a detached retina
Noah's neonatologists and nurses
Opportunities to be salt and light to others

Please thank God for (at least) the following:
His love, grace, faithfulness, and provision
His strengthening of our family
His working in the lives of all those who have played such an important part in Noah's life already: those who have and continue to pray for him

"The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want."
Psalm 23:1