...Oh yes... I had a baby :-)
Please welcome Reuben Elliot, born on the 3rd of February 2007, in about 2 hours flat, at nearly 35 weeks, and weighing a jolly good 5lb1oz. I'm home now, and he's not, which isn't fun, but it's only so he can have a course of anti-biotics, and he will be home by the weekend. He's feeding well - he pulled the tube feeder out you can see in the pictures all by himself, and was quite determined to take more by bottle than they normally offer premie babies, so he's off to a flying start. My mobility has improved, and more significantly from my perspective, my pain is much, much less and I can take the right sort of medication now.
Thankyou for all you prayers, support, and e-mails. I will get back to you all in the next few days, but right now, I'm going to spend an evening in the company of my very proud and relieved husband!
31 comments:
Oh Libbie - we are so happy to hear from you and read this update! He is so precious! We praise the Lord with you and can't wait till he is home with you all!!
sending our love and prayers, Darlene and Phil
Oh Libbie!!! {{{{{{{{ you }}}}}}}}
I'm so thrilled to hear this news, just this morning we (the kids and myself) prayed for you, the baby and the rest of the family right before school. The girls will be SO glad to hear about the baby, and Samuel will be especially glad it's a boy!
Such great news, congratulations from the whole Rolfe Clan.
:-)
Oh Libbie, I'm so excited for you! How wonderful. I love the name!!
What a wonderful piece of news!
Absolutely terrific! What great news! Praise God for hearing our prayers and answering so graciously. My family will be glad to hear it.
And to you, welcome back.
I'm realy very pleased for you, and delighted to hear that you are well enough and on the road to recovery.
I hope and pray Reuben will be hoem soon, and that you can all have some wonderful time together.
Warmly
Steve
Hey, English babies look just like ours! Cool! Congratulations!
Congratulations!
Well done lass, praying he comes home to his family asap xx
SOOOOOOOOO Beautiful... I mean handsome. :-)
Wonderful...
Reuben...
The LORD bless you and keep you;
the LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;
the LORD lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace
(Numbers 6:24-26)
I second even so's sentiment!
Welcome back and congratulations - I am looking forward to read more of you again... I missed your blog!
And Reuben is soooo cute! What a boy pulling out the feeder - seems to know exactly what he wants :-)
May you and your family be blessed with extra strenght for the next months!
One thousand congratualations, Libbie. I've been remembering you in prayer, and am so thrilled that everything has gone well.
I'll add my 'Here, here' to Even So's comment also.
God bless,
Andrew
Congratulations! He's gorgeous :-)
May the Lord raise Reuben up, and may His mighty hand be upon him throughout his life. Amen.
And may the Lord heal you up real quick.
My daughter was premature, and weighed in at 2 lbs. And even had heart surgery. Way back in 1975. She now has 3 sons of her own.
God is so good and gracious.
wonderful news Libby hes beautiful
Congrats, I'm glad to hear he's eating well and will be home soon. He is adorable. :)
Libbie, I am so filled with joy to hear this good news and to see how this has all turned out.
Hooray!!! Thanks be to God!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Libbie~
What a handsome little man ~ Ant must be bursting his buttons! I will add a hearty *Amen* to evenso's comment. May Rueben grow to be a great man of God.
Love and best wishes from the Dole clan
He's beautiful, you're home and well, and I feel like I'm the last one to be here to say it: Amen and Amen.
You love you and we're glad you have this new blessing.
you love you. heh.
"we love you". Sorry.
That is very good to hear. I am very thankful.
What a thrill! Congratulatons!
Praise God! He's lovely, and I'm sure you're relieved. Congratulations!
Congrats!
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Such wonderful news, and so relieved to hear that you're both on the way to thriving. You must be so proud of and thrilled with yourselves, and so you should be! Praying for a full and speedy recovery of your mobility, and for Reuben's health too. Tons of love and hugs
M x x x
Congratulations, Libbie! What a beautiful baby.
I'm slso celebrating a newborn--my very first grandchild, Payton Charles Douglas Swanson! Unfortunately, I haven't seen him in person yet, but God willing, that will soon be remedied.
May the Lord richly bless you and your family as you rasie this little one for him.
So nice to see pics. of the little one we've been praying for and anticipating--what a little cutie! Praying for God's continued grace and mercy as you settle in with your newest little blessing!
So pleased to hear this. I am rather behind and got a surprise when Jonathan said 'Libbie has had her baby'. Love to you all. May God continue to be with you in the days ahead.
What a tiny beauty!
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