Jehovah is good!

God is so good. Dixie and I have been blessed with our third child: Jaylie Grace was born at 12:49 p.m. on Friday, Sep 2, 2005. She was 8 lbs. 5 oz. and 19.5" long. She has light brown hair (it's really just fuzz) and she has some pretty pudgy cheeks. She is doing really well. The pediatrician came in to check her this morning around 8:00 and said she can go home as soon as Dixie gets discharged by her doctor. We're expecting that we'll get to go home Monday morning. Dixie is doing really well too. This is her third C-section and it seems to have been her easiest. She is already up and walking and eating and not having near as much pain as she did with Isaac and Ethan. We feel very blessed.

So now we have three little souls on loan from God and it's our job to teach them and help them live lives so that they can be reunited with Him one day. What an awesome responsibility. I figure God knows me, and if he trusts me with these three souls, then I'll trust Him that I can be a good enough father to these kids. Dixie and I are further blessed to have 4 great parent examples that we can learn from.

Isaac and Ethan think Jaylie is pretty neat too. Ethan just points at her and says "Bebe". Isaac wants to hold her a lot and when he holds her he just gets right in her face and whispers, "I love you, Jaylie" over and over. You can't help but smile when you watch him hold her. He just looks at her face and when she moves or makes a noise, he starts smiling and laughing because he's so excited that she's finally here and tangible to him. It's pretty neat.

Ok, ok...I know you guys are tired of reading my thoughts and are thinking "shut up Eric and show us the pictures!"... so here they are: Jaylie Grace

Enjoy!!

E