Well today's Word is many things. It is a song which I will share with you at the end of this, it is a word that means God has answered, but most importantly Elliana is my daughter and today is her 3rd birthday so I figured it was perfect timing to share a little about her and the story surrounding her.
To preface all of this we already had 3 boys; Cole, Luke & Zack and my wife had several miscarriages (here's her "testimony" my wife's blog ). We had a girl's name picked out for what seems like forever. She was always going to be Hailey Jane but then that's what my cousin named his daughter...this was after we told his dad the name we had picked out because Jane was not only my aunt but she also my Godmother and we lost her to cancer when I was in junior high and it was the only name my wife & I could ever agree on other than our oldest son Cole. So we had to scrap that girl name. In 2007 we went through 2 of those miscarriages and our youth pastor at church gave us a CD. She said her mom really liked them but wasn't her thing but knew there was a song on it for us. She was right...it just wasn't the song she assumed it would be. It was a CD from the husband wife group of Watermark and the song she intended for us to hear was Glory Baby; a song about their own loss. What she didn't fully know was that right after that song was one called Elliana; a song thanking God for their child. We finally had a name picked out....now we just needed a middle name which I covered here in a previous post of mine Just so happened to be
Fast forward to February 14th 2008 we found out we were having a girl. All was good in our household though I was not prepared for the multitude of pink that me and the boys were destined for. That all changed in April as we were forced into the harsh reality of things don't always go as planned. My wife does daycare and we found out she was exposed to 5th disease (that slapped bright red rash cheek virus which is virtually harmless to kids but very dangerous to a pregnant women). Knowing she'd done daycare so long we assumed she had had it before and was already immune to it but they did a blood test which to our surprise came back positive so we were referred to a perinatal specialist.
So we were left scared and with a lot questions in the meantime because they said their could be drastic problems. We had already lost 2 the previous year due to my wife's body not producing enough "stuff" to tell her body she's pregnant....I know real technical terms here. After meeting the perinatologist we learned we'd get a chance to see our little girl every few weeks for a few months via ultrasounds to monitor the baby's blood flow to her brain. If it increased, it would indicate she could be becoming anemic and they would do a blood transfusion in utero or possibly have her early. So we had to prepare each time that this could be the day. But through a lot of prayers she was fine and we got to double check time and time again to make sure she was a girl....already having 3 boys we wanted to make sure before we repainted the house pink.
Fast forward 3 years and we're here today with our beautiful little girl who has completed our family and makes each day a true joy and we thank God for answering our prayers and bringing our family unimaginable blessings.
Here are some of her pictures from this past year put to her song...
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