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Right before we met her, we were waiting for the doctor to arrive for the appointment and I turned to David and said, “What if it’s a baby girl…won’t that be a surprise!” And she was. The best surprise we could ask for!

Miriam Elizabeth at 25 weeks: She is the size of your average rutabaga (does anyone actually eat those?) and is estimated to weigh 1-2 lbs. She’s getting hair and putting on weight. All of her measurements are in kilos and millimeters (and we ask, “is that normal?” and we were reassured that she is perfectly normal). We saw her heart chambers pulsating and pumping blood (which was really cool) and when it came time to check her downstairs parts, she (like with the last ultrasound) had her legs clamped together and was being very modest. (You go baby girl, modest is hottest!) Our doctor had to check three times to get her to move around enough so he could see. “Una hermosa jovencita…es una mujercita,” he said at last.

David kept saying “wow, that’s incredible!” over and over. Yes, I know we thought we were having a boy. Yes, we can happily admit that we were wrong. The funny thing is about a month ago (when babies are generally forming their downstairs parts), when I would pray for or talk to LB, I stopped using the general “him”.  Yes, we used the label “Osito” (Little Bear, who is a boy),but once we found out that she is an “Osita” it was like “of course she is!” God has reminded us of visions that David and I have received of her in the past, before we were even married, when she was nothing more than a distant-happy-thought. And here she is!

Her name is Miriam Elizabeth, which means “a sea of God’s promises”. These are the words that God spoke over her life when we were dreaming up baby names. She was promised to us in the past and we are so honored that God is fulfilling his promise by letting us be her parents. In the same way, he has an endless ocean of promises for her to walk into as she continues to grow in her own adventures with God and live out her own destiny.

Thank you for all of your prayers for her and we welcome any words or encouragement that you have over her. We can’t wait to meet her in a few more months!