Happy Birthday Wynnlee Rae
June 21, 2012
Psalm 11:2-4
"How amazing are the deeds of the Lord!
All who delight in him should ponder them.
Everything he does reveals his glory and majesty.
His righteousness never fails.
He causes us to remember his wonderful works.
How gracious and merciful is our Lord."
We are constantly amazed by God's goodness in our lives and continually stuck with awe when we contemplate his glory, his righteousness, his mercy, his deeds, his graciousness, and his majesty!
Birth is an incredible time to reflect on the scope of God's power, his creative abilities, his fine-tuning skills, and his faithful love. The birth of Miss Wynnlee Rae, was nothing short of this kind of experience for us.
Meeting my daughter, met me with a flood of emotions and a great love for her. I was reminded of his wonderful works. I was touched by how deep his love is for us. We are delighted in her!
The birth story follows and is posted mostly for my memory since all 4 deliveries already blur together, so skip it if you want!
I had been dialated to 2 cm for about 10 days. At 3:30 am on June 21, 2012, my water broke. Grandma Julie came over and we were off to the hospital. We check into the triage room (which would eventually be where we would first hold Wynnlee and where she would first hear us and feel us and see us) since all the rooms were full. I was still 2 cm. We walked the halls over and over again from 5:00-7:00, praying through each contraction that God would prepare my body, dialate me, efface me, relax me so I wouldn't fight against the contraction, and remind me of his goodness. At 7:00 am I was dialated to 8 cm. A few contractions later, I was a 9, and a few more later, I was a 10. My midwife, Justine, had to stretch a portion of my cervix that was still in the way, and then I started pushing! She was born at 7:43 am!
We got into a room around noon to enjoy our daughter and visits from friends and family.
Bringing Wynnlee home has been wonderful. I was so glad to be reunited with my boys and they are all doing surprisingly well with her. Everyone wants to hold her and kiss her. Leighton loves to look at her. McCabe loves to tell her that she is made in the image of God. Brooks actually asks to hold her the most (but would also wrestle her or sit on her if we weren't careful).
