Newsletter Week 21

Dear Selah,

We found out you were a girl about 2 weeks ago.  We're so thrilled about it!  I had a feeling you were a girl all along and am very happy to have those suspicions confirmed.  Several people believed you to be a girl as well so you made your presence known.  Luckily, because you are a girl, we've had your first name picked out for a long time.  Good thing your Daddy and I decided ahead of time because it's gonna take us 4 more months to decide on your middle name!  Your name means, "meditate upon" or "think on this."  Uncle Rusty keeps telling us the meaning of your name is 'unknown' which I guess is true.  No one is exactly positive what it means.  Your name comes from Psalms, spoken in many of them.  Daddy and I love it and know it will be perfect on you.

I read somewhere that when you have children the days go by like years and the years go by like days.  You'll be grown and married before we know it.  I plan on cherishing all my time with you and noting everything and every way you grow.  I've really started to feel your movements inside me and it blesses me immensely. You started this yesterday and you seem to be more active at night.  You don't like Sam's pizza, I know that much, as I experienced yesterday.


I met a mother a work that has a son with a brain defect.  I asked her if it was hard with her son and she told me the honest truth.  It's very hard.  He has many special needs and will probably never walk or even talk normally.  She said it's also a huge blessing to care for him.  I realize the difficulty and reality of caring for someone with special needs, I also understand what a blessing it will be.  We constantly pray for your health as you grow in the womb and hope that you will be perfect and well.  If you're not, we won't be disappointed for God knows best and He allowed you to be that way.  We will cherish you and enjoy taking care of you all the days of your life.

I'm been thinking about how life will change when you are born.  We won't be able to get up and go as we please, life will be more scheduled and regulated to accommodate your needs as you demand consistency and regularity in your life.  This will be a change for us in the beginning.  Your needs will be a great priority and as parents that is a sacrifice, you will come before sleep, before the housekeeping and before our own emotions.  It's a sacrifice we lovingly and willingly make for you.  Our privacy and intimacy will be pushed aside on most days as we make room and time for you.  Lots of changes to come.  In the meantime, while we wait, I will cherish my days with your dad and enjoy your presence inside of me.  Be blessed little babe and come healthy.  May God keep you.