A Blessing Indeed!

One week ago today, we were sitting in the hospital anticipating the birth of my first Grandbaby. Ashley had been in the hospital since Wednesday, ( 2days) with a failed induction. The Dr.'s felt it best to do a c-section. My heart was filled with excitement, nervousness, and a lot of prayers going up to Jesus! As she walked down the hospital hall to the OR, I was not able to give her a hug, because she was already to go into the sterile OR room, so Dr. said no hugs allowed, so we all just waved to her, as we saw the anticipation, excitement and a bit of fear mixed on her face. We were all gathered together before she went and said prayers for the safety of both her and her unborn baby.

At 10:10 pm the nurse informed us that Deyton Joseph had arrived and that everything went well. We were waiting in her room, Steve, my brother, my siter in law, my niece, just waiting for the news. My eyes filled with tears, and my heart swelled with excitement. We were told that her and Dee wanted some time to themselves just to bond with the baby before we could see him. This was the hardest waiting time I had ever gone through. My sister in law and I decided to take a walk and see if we could find them. We just couldn't wait! As were passing down one of the halls, we saw a room that said OR. We pressed our ears to the door and sure enough we heard them talking, and baby crying. The anethesiologist opened the OR door, and both my sister in law and I almost fell through the doors. The Dr. and nurses wheeled Ashley into the recovery room, and out comes daddy as proud as could be holding his son in his arms. We took a quick peek, asked how much he weighed, and then we were told to wait.

Deyton Joseph is the most beautiful baby boy I have ever seen. I'm sure that all the Grandmas say this, but this baby is a beauty! He weighed in at 8lbs 15 oz..(but we tell everyone he's 9lbs) and 19 and 1/4 inches. Since Ashley had a csection she decided to come to our home for a few days to recoup. I can't tell you how thrilled I was! From Sunday until Thursday I got to spend my time loving on him and taking care of my daughter. My heart is filled with so much happiness and love.

About almost a year ago a friend made for me a journal, taken from a book named 1000 gifts. The goal is to pen atleast 3 gifts a day that the Lord has blessed us with. I started it in August, and it's so ironic that my 1000 gift that I got to pen was today, #1000 the birth of my Grandson! I have so much enjoyed doing this, that I have decided to continue. My goal is to get up to 10,000, as in the song. 10,000 reasons why I praise Him! Some day I will pass these journals onto my daughter and she can pass them to Deyton. It was in August of 2012 that I started this process and a few weeks later we found out that Ashley was pregnant.

Oh how I love my Lord! He is awesome and worthy of Praise! Thank you Jesus for my 1000th gift! It's the best ever!! Love Your Daughter of the King..!!10000 reasons why I praise his name!