Winter Cuties
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Pearl’s First Birthday
Christmas Eve 2012
Lyla and her baby
Lyla loves babies these days and says “baby” all the time!
Oh, how I love Christmas!
Lyla’s 4th Birthday Party
Four Years!
Lyla is FOUR years old today! I remember well that chilly Black Friday when I went in for an appointment with Dr. Kuffel and soon learned that we would be meeting our daughter that day, via c-section. Three days later our world came crashing in ~ we were told that our precious baby girl has a devastating condition called Trisomy 18, and to cherish every moment with her because she wasn’t long for this world. If you would have told me, on that day, that I would be celebrating a 4th birthday with our healthy, walking, talking, sweet, beautiful daughter, I probably wouldn’t have believed you. But God had other plans…
Lyla’s life is a testament to God’s healing power. I know that Lyla is with us to be a display of God’s glory, love, power, and beauty. I was reminded of this when I read these verses in the gospel of John, when Jesus healed a blind man ~
“As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, ‘Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?’ ‘Neither this man nor his parents sinned,’ said Jesus, ‘but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life.’ “
The work of God is being displayed in Lyla’s life, and we praise HIM for it!
Dancing Princesses
Lyla with sweet Emma who always takes time to play with and love on Lyla ~ she’s the one who dressed her up! |