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Monday, January 18, 2010

one of my favorite pictures ever...


Soak in this sweet picture for a bit! I'm going to give you some time...













Are you sure you spent enough time?














Thirty long months of waiting...praying...hoping.

And now, a tiny heart has begun to beat beneath my own! An incredible, breathtaking, only-God-could-have-done-it GIFT!!!

Thank You, Lord, for this beautiful gift of life!
We're so excited!


Somehow to be given this baby now makes him or her so much more precious for the waiting. Especially when we were told that it wasn't very likely that we would have another child. I just can't tell you how thankful we are!

Wooooooo Hooooooo!!!!!!!!!!

14 comments:

B said...

CONGRATULATIONS!!! I am so excited for you! What an answer to prayers!!! We met you when you visited the Oregon Coast and have followed you since, praying.... :o)

The Bailey Family :o)

Anonymous said...

I've been praying alongside you for many many months and this is the greatest news. I agree that the waiting makes the news even sweeter. That is how we felt too with ours. We love you all and will keep praying.

rachieannie said...

Oh Julie, I am so excited for you and Todd and Elijah!! That is such great news!!! Congratulations :-)

Jen said...

Julie! YEA!! I'm so excited for you guys! What a great picture of Elijah, I had to do a double take before I saw his shirt. God is SO GOOD!

Emily said...

Congratulations!
We're friends of Cathi and Tytus, I've been praying for you guys and I'm so thrilled for you!
The Dante Family

Audrey said...

I got it. Took two seconds, but I got it! Possibly because I read over the weekend that you wanted another little one (just found your blog again and am slowly catching up).

So happy for you! I pray all will be excitingly uneventful. ;-)

~Audrey
(Cork & Leola's niece)

Unknown said...

Congratulations! We'd love to see you all again. It's been so long.

Phil, Lesa, and girls

Fruit tart said...

Congratulations! When is the due date? Praying for you . . .
Melody ;-)

Carrie said...

We are so thrilled for you. Lauren and I shared your joy with the family. Everyone is so excited!!
Praying for you every day.

Ally said...

Sooo happy for you Todd, Julie and big brother Elijah!

The Strycharskes

Amanda said...

Yipeee!
I was just praying the other day for you to be able to have another baby! When are you due?

Jenni said...

Hey Julie! Kristy Sterken told me that you guys were pregnant and due around the beginning of September...congratulations!!! I'm gonna have baby #2 around then, too! I'm due on the 6th!! What's your due date?? I'm super excited for you guys- I didn't know you'd been trying for that long. God is good isn't He? Korey and I weren't sure how long it would take us to get pregnant again and were pleasantly surprised that we didn't have to worry about it at all!! Congrats, again, and I hope you have a great and fun filled pregnancy!! :)Jenni Konietzki

Borbe Bunch said...

Praise be to the LORD, we are so very happy for you!!! To God be the glory.
MUCH love friend....praying for you!!!

Tamie said...

Julie...I am behind on your blog, so I just read this news. I'm so very happy for you, Julie (and Todd). So very happy. I celebrate with you, and send many blessings from here!

With much, much love.