Welcome our newest little farm hand to the family

Two weeks ago Nebraska had some of the coldest weather on record as our family braced for the Polar Vortex. Fifteen years ago, Anthony and I picked out the names of the two baby girls we were going to have; Emily and McKenzie. Ten years ago, we wrote down all the names of our kiddos on the back of a Dennyās napkin. Jan 29, 7 lbs 8 oz, 20 inches. What do these things have in common? On January 29th, during the onset of the polar vortex, we welcomed our precious McKenzie Faith. She completes our family.Ā š
We have had wonderful experiences being pregnant and giving birth, but this last one was everything I wanted. Even for my older age (canāt believe they label me āgeriatricā just because Iām 38 š ). I felt like I was in my 20ās again and only had slight heartburn at the very end. Ourmidwivess,Ā Heather Ramesey and Rachel Rice, were wonderful. Not only for the actual birth itself, but about two weeks before she arrived, when I found myself in tears. She is our last, and I am very content with that (althoughā¦if someone ever dropped a baby off on our doorstep or called and said take my baby we wouldnāt hesitate to jump at the chance to raise another one⦠just being honest!) but for the past 16 years, almost half of my life Iāve been pregnant and nursing my babies.
Itās slightly scary moving into this new phase of life. And Iām sure when she is closer to two and we stop nursing Iāll again have a moment or two of letting this phase go.Ā šĀ Friends have been so important, especially my older and wiser girl friends who have biblical encouragement and great relationships with their children so I can āseeā the excitement and look with great expectations at the new adventures awaiting our family. Many of our friends comment about our quiver not yet being full.
Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are children born in oneās youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them.
ā PSALMS 127:3-5
We laugh at these comments because in our case, it isnāt our quiver, but rather our napkin. We named our little girls over fifteen years ago and reconfirmed not just them, but our boys one afternoon while having lunch at Dennyās. That afternoon we wrote down all the names of our children. At the time we had already prayed for our oldest three so we wrote down their names and then the other three boys and our two baby girls who we were going to have. We prayed for every single little one we have and God has blessed us with the desires of our heart. He has blessed us with wonderful experiences of natural childbirth (love our Bradley Method instructor from Fort Campbell, TN!). And He has allowed Anthony to be home for every single birth. š
I prayed for this child, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of him.
ā I SAMUEL 1:27
Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
ā PSALMS 37:4
Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
ā HEBREWS 11:1
She is definitely spoiled, but we firmly believe you canāt be spoiled with too much love. On top of the blessing of our littlest farm hand, our goats gave birth that same week. Talk about a lot of babies! On the upside, all of our farm customers waiting forĀ fresh goats milkĀ wonāt have to wait much longer. We have been hunkered down staying warm, keeping critters warm and just enjoying being a family. God really knew what he was doing when he broughtĀ Anthony and I together. It has been an amazing adventure from the moment we hugged and the room literally stood still (the boys love hearing about how we met but that is probably a story for another post).
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