Sunday, December 9, 2007

Growth Charts

Last week, we took all of our daughter's medical info and her video to our pediatrician and a few specialists so that they could give us their feedback about what may be in store for us when she arrives. It was amazing to see how excited our pediatrician was and how he bent over backwards to also talk with the specialists and to give up his lunch time to meet with us about her.

It was also interesting to learn that all of the pediatric orthopedic surgeons "just happened" to be gathering on Friday of last week. Our understanding is that since they had her info, they would go over it together and let us know their thoughts. Hmm...interesting timing, huh?

What was even more amazing was to see her growth plotted on a "growth chart". It was amazing because the charts basically tell us that she was not doing very well her first year of life, but yet when she hit 1 year, something changed. She is small, but yet she began to maintain a steady growth curve. Now what's so special about that? Well, if she's 3 years old now, that means that 2 years ago when we began this process and began praying for our "future daughter", she would have been 1. I don't know about you, but what that says to me is that prayer makes a difference. When we began praying for her 2 years ago--our prayers are that "something" that made all of the difference for her. Now isn't that awesome?

II Corinthians 5:7 "For we walk by faith, not by sight."

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