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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

where has time gone?!
















We have been so busy!! It has been a while since the last post...sorry! We have had a great few weeks. Our sweet Joelle turned 2!!! It is crazy to think that if she had been born with clubfeet like we all thought and the sonogram said...she would still be in casts from her hips to her toes. We would just now have an evaluation to see if it was corrected enough to cut the casts in half for the next 9 months. Wow. We wouldn't get to hug and hold her without her being in pain, and she wouldn't be running around with her brother and sister. She wouldn't be pushing her baby (Bella) in the stroller or even crawling.... I will never forget the joy of the Dr. handing me each of my children for the first time. I will never forget looking at the faces of the Dr. and nurse as they looked at the sono pictures of mangled and twisted feet. I will never forget the nights I cried myself to sleep thinking about the struggle my daughter had ahead of her, and she hadn't even been born yet. I will never forget asking that people not buy footed pj's for her, or the thought of not being able to really cuddle my sweet girl. I will never forget Dr. Alling rushing Joelle off to be examined right away to see how bad her feet were. I will never forget him jumping up and down yelling "PRAISE GOD!!" when her feet were straight!!!... but most of all I will NEVER forget that my God is a healing God. Now she says "pain no way Jesus. Maman" and stomps on the devil with feet that he tried to mess with... She is an everyday reminder that our God is amazing.





Here are some pictures from her Birthday, and some other fun stuff. Mom, just for you... Joelle had cold pizza for breakfast this morning =o)















1 comment:

Anonymous said...

God is Good! I will never forget the day, you and Jeremiah stood in front of the church and showed everyone her perfect little feet, Jeremiah jumping up and down and screaming about how God is amazing, I dont think there was a dry eye in the congregation..She is a literal walking testimony!