K is for Kiss

K is for kiss.

When the journey to bringing a new baby into this world is long and full of bumps, it makes finally being able to kiss him all the more wonderful. Infertility issues, terrible morning sickness, a big baby and difficult delivery, with a nasty infection to top it off, make holding this sweet bundle all the more precious.

About a year ago, an almost four year old boy began to pray for a baby. He had cousins and friends with new babies, and being a baby lover himself, he felt that his family too should have a new baby. His momma had already prayed and was running out of faith, but her little boy's earnest prayer gave her renewed hope. Instead of saying "if", Josh began to talk about "when", and God heard the prayer of a very small boy.

It was so hard to know two weeks ago that my daughter could not hold the ailing child for whom she had waited so very long, but as the antibiotics slowly began to do their job, this little guy gradually began to tolerate touch; first in the arms of his parents, then his grandparents, and finally the arms of friends and family. Now he just soaks up all the love and attention. He loves to be cuddled, but having his diaper changed? Not so much.

We have been
blessed beyond measure! We have been strength- ened and encour- aged by the prayers of friends and strangers here and across the world, and we are humbled to know that God cares so much about us. Jacob is finally home with his mom and dad and big brother, and I can hardly wait to get back over to the house and kiss his soft little head and cheeks all over again. I love him!

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