Thank You and PRAISE HIM

Today we went in to Braylin's doctor for another "weight check-up".

Braylin weighs 9 pounds 4 ounces!
I still cannot get over how fast she has grown. It's amazing.
She literally gains an ounce every day. She's our little porker.

credits to Juanita McBride

While I was vacationing in Lubbock, I finally had time to write thank you notes for all of Braylin's gifts and send out "bringing baby home announcements" (which were very late). Once I had each letter written, enveloped, stamped, addressed, I looked at my stack of work. Or was it MY work? I found myself staring at this pile of envelopes to be mailed and realized something. I thought to myself,

"If each of these people sent at least one prayer up for Braylin, that is a lot of prayers! And what if these same people said at least two prayers for Braylin... WOW! AND what about those friends and family out there that are not in my pile of envelopes yet.... AND what about those people that follow our blog that we may not even KNOW that sent prayers up for Braylin? And those people who always remembered Braylin in their prayer groups. All those prayers shared at different churches across the United States and even overseas. Those couple of people that I would meet in a store who would promise to remember my baby in their prayers. Friends. Family. Coworkers. Strangers. Its endless."



I realize that Braylin is almost 4 months old and she's a healthy little bundle of love, but I cannot seem to get over the miracle in this whole journey. I guess I've never sat still long enough to realize how many people were actually praying for our family, my health, and especially for Braylin's fight. I cannot even fathom how many prayers must have been said for our little girl. Talk about FAITH. God must have been very busy taking those prayers and delivering his work. We've said it a hundred times, but the power of prayer is AMAZING, and when you take the time to realize just how many souls were selfless enough to remember your own child in their prayers... there just aren't words to express my emotions.

I realized in that moment, that the pile of envelopes I was about to mail wasn't even a fraction of the amount of love said for our family. And it wasn't my work, its God's work! GLORY TO HIM.

With all of that said--

THANK YOU

 TO EVERY SINGLE SOUL

that has ever said a prayer for our little family.

THANK YOU.

 We have watched one of God's miracles grow in front of our eyes.

GOD BLESS YOU.

And I will continue to remember and appreciate every single one of your prayers each time I look at our precious baby girl. What a gift! I'm so in love with her. She's a true miracle.

THE POWER OF PRAYER

Matthew 21:21-22:

"And Jesus answered them, “Truly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen. And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”