Sitting in a hospital room for a few days can really put things in perspective. It gives you a lot of time to think. I have seen God's hand working in our situation so strongly throughout this entire experience. So why not start at the beginning...

Tim and I have known from the beginning that the pregnancy was high risk due to some heart issues with the baby. My OBGYN, Dr. Torrence, referred me to an amazing doctor, Dr. William Dobak, out of Pensacola, FL. We have been going to see him just as much as my regular doctor and have become very fond of him and his nursing staff!

Throughout our visits to see him we continually got great news about Julia and the health of her heart. The last appointment we had with him was to be a release from seeing him and that would let us know she was no longer considered "high risk." At the end of the appointment they found two heart defects, VSD and an enlarged pulmonary artery. Ok...so what happened to being released that day?? And the questions began. "Why God?...I though You were taking care of her?" Little did we even know??!!

We were thrown into a whirlwind of the possibility of delivering in Pensacola and many other decisions that we really didn't think we would be making. We got great reports from the tests that they did on her. In spite of our insecurities, God showed us great mercy that He certainly didn't have to spill into our lives.

This brings us to the present. This past Wednesday night, July 21, I was outside on my front porch talking "babies and how they change your life" with two of my dearest friends around 10:00...and by 11:00 I started feeling some very strange pains in my back. After about two hours of that I woke Tim up and we went to the Emergency Room at Flowers. After several hours of monitoring and finally seeing the doctor Thursday morning we found out that we were on our way to Pensacola.

Tim and I got in the ambulance and sent Mom and Dad to get clothes...baby stuff...etc. They followed close behind and then the "fun" began! After being told that I was dilated 6 cm we were sure she was coming soon! I was given magnesium sulfate to stop the labor and after two days of that I finally slowed down a little. So Saturday morning I got to get off of the magnesium and turned into a normal person again...for which everyone was extremely thankful!

There have been so many little things that have shown us that God is truly taking care of us and our baby. Dr. Dobak came in Saturday and told us that it was rare for labor to stop after a woman was progressing that quickly. We knew that God was working to keep her inside just a little while longer for her lungs to grow stronger.

We were moved to a high risk pregnancy room Saturday after everything slowed down. So now we are just waiting to see what this little baby is going to do! She definitely has a mind of her own...and is letting us know she will come when she is ready...kind of reminds me of her daddy and her uncle :)