Joel's Journey: "Mavie" is here !!!!!!!!!

Thursday, November 26, 2009

"Mavie" is here !!!!!!!!!

Dave and Kate have a baby!!!!!! A girl!!!!!!!!!!! "Mavie" arrived last night (Wed.) at 7:11 pm. She weighs a hefty 8 pounds and is 20 inches long. She is sooooo precious, so chunky, so soft, so sweet, so pretty, so healthy..........thank you Lord for your beautiful mercy to this dear couple!!! Now their "adventurous journey" really begins :) Kate is doing well, resting and Dave, well he is bouncin' and smilin' and all that new daddy stuff!!!! All went wonderfully with the birth, the midwife arrived in plenty of time and they had their first home birth with great success and the Lord's blessing of protection and safety for Kate and baby! Of course our family will call her "Mavie," but they have not officially given her a name yet, trying to decide! She is "Mavie"!! Mercy was very interested in holding her! Exciting days ahead to have a new baby around!!!

Congratulations Dave and Kate!!!! We love you and baby "Mavie!!!!"

Don't forget the "giveaway" two posts below.........

12 comments:

~Sister to Seven~ said...: Oh I've been waiting for this news! I'm so happy for you all!!! Family and friends alike:)
Please pass on my CONGRATULATIONS to David & Kate...their little daughter is gorgeous!

Hope the "house work" is going well:)

And your Thanksgiving ... I'm in Canada so ours was over a month ago! I hope you have a blessed weekend!

Praying for you lots,
Sydney; November 26, 2009 at 2:45 PM
Anonymous said...: Oh how sweet!!

Sarah G.; November 26, 2009 at 3:24 PM
Adina, mommy to Elijah, Merry and Micah and DAVID'S SISTER! said...: I knew we'd find pictures here FIRST!!! You all are amazing - thank you from our family to yours for taking the pictures and posting them so quickly! She is beautiful (just like her mommy, of course). God truly is good to all of us!!; November 26, 2009 at 8:48 PM
The Lockwood Family ♥ said...: She is a doll! From that very first pic, before I read she was a girl, I thought, "Oh, she must be a girl...she's so pretty!" Congratulations to your friends! May the Lord grant them daily wisdom, strength, and grace as they bring up this sweet little one for Him. Oh, I love babies!; November 26, 2009 at 9:50 PM
Teena said...: Oh how wonderful! What a blessing they have in YOU, Cindy!

Thank you for sharing with us.

Hugs,
Teena; November 26, 2009 at 11:21 PM
Leanne said...: Awwwww...

I love the picture of her feet!!!

Great news!; November 26, 2009 at 11:30 PM
-stephanie- said...: How beautiful she is. What a wonderful Thanksgiving blessing. Happy to hear the new little family is doing well. Much congratulations to them.; November 26, 2009 at 11:47 PM
j said...: Congrats!!! How sweet and perfectlyl made is she!!!! Oh God is wonderful. A new life is the best news ever. Have fun raising children and have many many of them :) Bless you and your new family..

Jessica; November 27, 2009 at 1:12 PM
Malissa P. said...: Oh 'Mavie' IS so pretty! What a living doll and MOMMY...how beautiful she looks! What an extra blessed Thanksgiving!
Thankyou for sharing and your house is looking amazing!
Blessings; November 27, 2009 at 1:21 PM
Laura said...: Lillian is absolutely ADORABLE!! How exciting!! :D; November 27, 2009 at 3:35 PM
Hannah B. said...: Awwww, Mavie is SO precious!!! Praising the Lord for a safe delivery for Kate. Congratulations to the *proud* parents! :); November 28, 2009 at 2:25 PM
Mountain Mama said...: She is so yummy cute! What a precious blessing!

Kiss those chubby cheeks for me XXOXX!
blessings,
ashley; November 30, 2009 at 7:50 PM

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Joel's Story

Joel, our 11th of 13 and a twin of Josiah, at age 3 was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma, a childhood cancer, on December 6th, 2006. Joel had three perfect years of health and he and Josiah celebrated their 3rd birthday Sept. 13th, 2006. The first of Oct. Joel started having unexplained fevers for a few days and would return to active play. After the fourth round of fevers we took him to our family Dr. which they said his iron was low, so we treated that for a few weeks and took him back only to have his hemo. showing lower than before. We were referred to a hematologists and saw him a few weeks with blood checks twice a week. At a visit on Dec. 4th we showed the Dr. the bumps, (which were tumors but we did not know at the time) on Joel's head and he was very concerned and we were told we needed to admit him immediately and start extensive tests the following day. Joel went through rigorous testing and then the dreaded results were given. Joel was at a stage IV the most extensive stage, but we were hopeful that the Lord would use the means of Chemotherapy treatments to restore Joel's body. Joel endured 8 1/2 days in the hospital, came home for Christmas, and returned for his second round of chemo Jan. 3, 2007. Joel had a seizure that night after midnight and went into a coma due to a tumor bleeding in his head area and causing his brain to swell. After tests the following days, the Dr. declared Joel "brain dead" and took us to court to force us to take Joel off life support, as we did not agree with the medical field's definition of death. Our family sought to stand with the scripture, "life is in the blood,"and until Joel's heart quit beating naturally, he was living. We were making arrangements to bring him home and on January 23, 2007 his little heart stopped beating and he went to be with the Lord Jesus in heaven. Our lives are changed forever. God is faithful in the midst of this trial and we look with great hope to be with him someday.