baby lila.

{first, i want to say to a certain "dn" thank you so much for the flintstone vitamin advice!!!  i went out and bought some today.  and i'm sure i'll be feeling better in no time at all.  my bowels thank you :)  as does my husband too...who is really tired of hearing me complain.  he says hello :)}

okay, just the other day i was complaining about needing bigger toes.  and wishing the overwhelming sense of a dirty home would go away.

i said something about it on facebook and got several comments about how i was a whiney baby.  not really.  but i am super sensitive and that's how it felt.  really, one person said that it would only get worse.  that with a toddler AND a newborn, i'd really be complaining.  the person was just being honest, i know.  and didn't mean to hurt my feelings.  but i'm like a 6 year old, and i can't help it.  i wanted to reply back that i was really just giving a status update, but figured it didn't matter.  trust me, i KNOW that i won't be able to handle a toddler and a newborn.  i barely made it with one newborn.  but i keep telling myself that pratt really is like my bff these days and that i can convince him to help me out.  okay, totally different post.

that was all yesterday.

and then today, i saw where several friends were commenting to another friend, rebecca, that they were praying for her and her sweet baby girl.  rebecca went to ouachita with me and while i haven't kept up with everything in her life, i did know that she was expecting baby number 2.  a girl.  right around the same times as me.  actually, i think she's 2 weeks earlier than me.  which puts her at around 25 weeks, i think.

after checking out her blog, i found that yes, she was around 25 weeks.  and after seeing her facebook post tonight, around 2 am, i realized that her baby, lila elizabeth had been born today.  she posted a picture of her footprints.  they are the smallest footprints i've ever seen.

i was reminded immediately that life is precious.  and things that are totally and completely out of our control happen every single day. i don't know what has happened with baby lila.  i'm not sure if rebecca had any idea of what was happening or not.  i think it's all irrelevant.

i'm asking you to pray for her.  and that baby.  because i know that she has a long road ahead of her.

but i also know my God.  and i know he performs miracles every single day.  so please pray for her doctors, her nurses, her family, etc.

i'm sure they would appreciate it.

here is a link to rebecca's blog.