The Great Exchange: Wires for Threads

It seems that our weekends are becoming more tiring than the weeks. It seems that all of our plans are thwarted regardless of our attempts to make the most efficient use of our time. It seems that everyday we learn something new about our new lives as parents that takes our breaths away. Though we are struggling to catch up to this crazy life we still get moments in the day to look into the eyes of our healthy baby boy. In such moments we are reminded that regardless of the chaos, we are blessed beyond measure.

For example: Today we arrived at the NICU to be surprised by Ryder's new look. Big Man was wearing his first set of pajamas and he was light one more wire! Putting on PJs may seem to be something trivial to you and me. To Ryder though, it means that he is learning to maintain his own temperature, it means that he is gaining weight and it means that he gets to start getting ready for his GQ cover shoot (Just look at the pictures... You'll see).

So, thank You, God. Thank You for sustaining us. Thank You for our sweet boy. Thank You that we get to be a family and thank You that we know all of this is from You. Your word tells us that "for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose" (Romans 8:28). For all that You do, we thank you.

We still have a long road ahead of us, so we ask for your continued prayers. One very important thing one that we want to remind you of is his brain scan tomorrow. This scan is to check on the progress of some bleeding that became evident to his doctor very quickly after delivery and again in his last brain scan. His little body has been through a very great deal and quite early so this bleed doesn't do much to overly concern his doctors. That said, I'm sure you can imagine its not easy for his parents to hear though. Please pray for his little head, our peace, and wisdom for his doctors.