Saturday, April 07, 2007

Anastacia Joy (Resurrection Joy)

Someone on SHS asked how my "precious little girl" is doing. I've been thinking of this as Easter approaches and decided to cross post a bit here.

We named her Anastacia Joy before she was born. Her name means Resurrection Joy - which is what I walked through and learned during that pregnancy. Because of the Resurrection I can choose joy, regardless of my circumstances. She was born without Downs. Her heart was fine (the last ultrasound showed it looked great). She did have a problem with her kidneys. We had tests and such and they said that it should be a problem that doesn't require further treatment or testing...unless she has trouble potty training.

LIGHT BULB moment here...God is GOOD and such a sense of humor. Stacia has begun removing her diaper and saying "poo"immediately that sort of thing. During service last night she decided to let everyone know "poo, poo, poo" I didn't think it was appropriate for a Good Friday Service and rushed her out. She was right, she had indeed done a job.

Anyway, we've been commenting that it looks like she is ready to train - she has woke up DRY all week and two of those nights were 12 hour nights. How funny that we were told to watch for the kidney malfunction if she potty trained late...I think God is trying to show us something with her diaper antics.

She blesses us daily, though she's not the passive "pink and lace" girl I dreamed of after my macho boys. God wants her to have spirit and spunk and I don't want to train that out of her. She'll need it some day.

Her name reminds me DAILY that because of the Resurrection I can choose joy...otherwise I'd be at the mercy of circumstances. It's been a blessing to have a daily reminder of the Resurrection.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sis:

How wonderful that God has given you all another sign that indeed HE has had his hand on her even before her beginning.

What a sweet surprise it must be for you to have her wanting to potty train earlier than has been your experience.

Monica Brown has been going thru some of the same stuff you did with Stacia and seems each visit it is not as bad as thought by doctors. Anyway Jim/Jamie are still praying this baby girl will be OK!

You are such an awesome family and we wish so much that we could drop in for visits anytime we wanted. :)

OH, DAD is getting better each day since we decided to stop all the over the counter supplements the Re-hab place and doctors had him taking to build up his blood.

Even yesterday he did not take any pain pills until bedtime. WOW! He had physical theraphy, did some little stuff and still no pain.

He just needs his blood to build back up so he gets some color back and doesn't tire so fast. Praying for that and KNOW it will happen! Will know on this comming Wednesday.

PRAISE THE LORD!!



love/prayers

Anonymous said...

Praising God for your Dad's recovery! Continuing prayers.