You make beautiful things...

But the voice of truth tells me a different story
And the voice of truth says "Do not be afraid!"
And the voice of truth says "This is for My glory"
Out of all the voices calling out to me
I will choose to listen and believe the voice of truth

-Casting  Crowns

We have gone to the doctor again.  The Lord answered our prayers about not adding anything new to the mix by allowing everything to stay the same.  Trae is growing normally! This was comforting to us.  I think I have explained that due to the size of the practice we see two doctors, my regular OB and the doctor that examines the ultrasounds.  Even then there are different doctors who examine the ultra sounds our favorite, Dr. Welt, and our not-so favorite, we'll say Dr. J.  When we went to have our most recent ultra-sound done on March 29th Dr Welt was not there.  I had thought that I had made sure that I had scheduled this with Dr. Welt but I must not have communicated my request well so we saw Dr. J.  The ultrasound tech did the ultrasound and then we waited for Dr. J.  The amount of time we waited made me nervous because I began to think that they had found something else.  After what seemed like forever Dr. J came in and immediately asked "what questions do you have".  Well since the tech had not given us much information we needed to know what she had seen; so I asked about the development of the organs.  She assured us that all organs continue to look good.  His femur remains short and his feet swollen but everything else looked good.  

On the same day we had an appointment with my regular OB, Dr. Sarkodie.  Her report was equally as encouraging.  I am growing normally; actually, I am above average where I had been below before.  Trae's heart beat continues to be normal and strong.  She asked about how my ultrasound went and I explained that I had seen Dr. J.  She was not excited to hear this so she let us know that she will review Dr. J's report with Dr. Welt and they will determine if another ultrasound would be needed before the next 4 week appointment.  I did not hear from them by Wednesday when Dr. Sarkodie had said so I called on Thursday.  She returned my call herself (we are so blessed to have such an amazing doctor) and explained that Dr. J's report was incomplete and she wanted more information so Dr. Welt agreed to see me on Wed April 11 for another one.  Dr. Welt did not see anything to be worried about but agreed at the request of Dr. Sarkodie.  So we will have more information then.  Right now we are relishing in the fact that he is growing, has healthy organs, and is moving regularly.  

I heard the song that I quoted above the other day and thanked God for the reminder that we are choosing to follow the voice of truth.  I keep getting confirmation that Trae was given to us for God's purpose.  Thomas and I choose to have a positive attitude because of our faith and our belief that Trae was made beautifully as God saw fit.  We have received so much support from family, church family, and friends that we can not be anything but positive.  (Thank you all for the prayers, notes, etc - you do not know how much they mean) During all of this we were reminded of how blessed we are just to have a child that is growing and flourishing despite his abnormalities which despite the sadness we felt added to our reason to rejoice.  Don't get me wrong we have our worries but there is much to praise God for.  In the Easter story we noticed in Matthew 28:8 that Mary Magdalene and Mary were "afraid yet filled with joy" as they went to tell the disciples about Christ's resurrection in this defining moment in their lives.  Thomas and I agree that Trae and his life will be and already has been one of our defining moments.  We related whole heartedly to the women involved in the Easter story...and on Easter morning no less.