I had a baby!

And what an awesome baby indeed.

We welcomed our beautiful and amazing son, Walter, on August 29, 2020. Look at this cute boy! We are so in love with Walter. He is everything we never knew we needed. It's incredible to have this new form of love grow in your heart that you never had before - it's incredibly strong and unbreakable. He has made me a mommy. My first baby ever. My boy.

It was a very intense birthing story, but God is good and brought our healthy boy into this world with hundreds waiting to meet him. When my water broke, we discovered there was meconium in my amniotic fluid. We started at an awesome birthing center and ended up in Vanderbilt Hospital to make sure once Walter was born, he had the care he needed. Following the delivery, Walter was great! We were just about to be discharged when we noticed something was up. Walter was experiencing seizures.

The doctors whisked Walter away immediately to provide medication and to see what was causing the seizures. Everything was under control and we had to play the waiting game for five days in the NICU. We cried, we prayed, we called out to God. God answered. He answered loudly. There were no abnormalities in his brain, no brain bleed, no fluid or anything serious that might have caused the seizures. There was no infection, no reason for concern that might have caused the seizures. It just...happened. We don't know the why behind the seizures happening, but we know the how. We know how Walter was saved and that every possible bad thing that "could be" turned out to be false. God.

God cared for Walter, He loved on his sweet child and watched over him. The doctor's said that sometimes this just happens - babies have seizures and then it's as if it were a bad dream and it never happens again.

Thank you, God.

We are so thankful for everyone that prayed for our sweet baby.

The name Walter means "Ruler of the Army." And oh how fitting this name turned out to be. We had a huge prayer army praying for Walter. Family, friends, co-workers, even folks we didn't know were all praying for healing, for answers, for restoration, for strength. Thank you. I also had a vision pop in my head while we were in the NICU - just imagining God's army of angel's all in Walter's room...standing at attention, protecting, and watching over him. I need to paint this.

All in all, Walter is healthy, happy, and boy does he love to eat. It has all faded into a bad dream and it truly does seem as if it never happened. We will never forget God's love for Walter and for us. That situation was a huge testament to how incredible our God is and how much He loves us.

My heart goes out to all the families whose babies are in the NICU. We would look at Walter, this almost 7 lbs, full term baby...and then look around at all the small, little one's who had been born premature. We prayed over those babies too.

Now that this bundle of joy is in my life, it's like a flip has been switched. My purpose has changed, I feel it. I'm glad it's changed. Walter has brought a new purpose in my life, in my soul, that I didn't know until August 29th, 2020 at 9:11 p.m.

Love has a new meaning. Protection has a new meaning.

The plans I made for myself have changed in the most beautiful way. God knows what is in store for me, for my business, my career, my community, family, friends, etc. and I am looking forward to it.

So, in a nutshell, that is my birthing story. I hope that our story brings hope and faithfulness. God is bigger. He will always be bigger than anything we face.