Thursday, May 23, 2013

Praise the LORD!!

My best friend Abby had her first baby this week! He was born May 21, 2013 at 3:30pm and weighed 8 lbs 1 oz. His name is Zebediah Michael Groenewold!


I am so thankful that my friend was able to deliver him safely. She has been struggling with high blood pressure for the last few months of her pregnancy. Her original due date was at the beginning of June, but because of blood pressure complications, her doctor wanted to have her induced early. We were all praying that she would not need to be induced because she had been uncertain of what that inducement would do to her baby. However, she did have to be induced and after 19 hours of labor, her son was born. Another special thing is that she and her husband did not know before the birth what the gender of the baby was. They had wanted to be surprised and learn what the child was the old-fashioned way. And I am sure they were very pleased to have a boy!

Thank you LORD for the blessing you have brought this family of a precious healthy baby boy. They are wonderful Christians who are strong in their faith and I know this boy is greatly blessed to have them as his parents. Praise the LORD!!!