Always in His Arms

Well, my next post was going to be all about our vacation last week. But, something more important has happened, and I want to focus giving this more attention today. Only our immediate family and closest friends know about it, so let me share a little.

Yesterday morning, about 11:15a.m., Jacob, Ethan, and I were in a auto accident. We were hit by a minivan running a red light. The van hit our Yukon on the driver's side, mostly on the front wheel and my door. The impact turned us a full 90 degree angel. I hit my head on the window, but other than that, no injuries for any of us. The boys seemed untouched, Jacob just a little shaken up, and he started to cry as soon as it was over. I held him immediately, letting know everything was okay. I honestly don't know what happened on the driver of the minivan's side, as to why she ran the light. My guess is she was really distracted, because she hit us at full speed, since I didn't hear any streaking of tires, using her breaks. She was very apologetic, and very shaken up, as she had her two children with her as well. I reassured her I understood accidents happen, and just was thankful no one was hurt.

I was actually on my way to take the boys to Mom, because I had a scheduled OB appt. that morning, when the accident happened. Mom met us at the scene and took the boys, and once the police officer was finished with all the reports and released us, Ronnie and I headed to the OB office. Understandably, we were pretty late for our appt., and the midwife was at lunch. They were very sweet, and told us to come back at 1:30 to be fit in. They took us right away at 1:30, and we saw the midwife. She listened to the baby's heartbeat, and it was strong and sounded great. She did, however, surprise us, telling us she wanted us to go on to the hospital to be monitored for a while, and have more tests run. We then spent the next 5-6 hours at the hospital having a very in depth ultrasound, blood work, and hooked to a baby monitor for 4 hours.

A nurse and our OB doctor commented on how well our baby boy registered on the monitor, to be so young, and how very active he was. He moved yesterday more than he ever has. I truly believe none of this is a coincidence. We were discharged from the hospital at 9:15pm. last night with a great report on our baby boy, and told just to let them know if I had any pain or problems.

The boys spent-the-night with Mom, and are doing great this morning, after sleeping great all night. Thank you, Mom for taking such good care of my boys, and not letting that ever be a worry for us yesterday! Thank you, also, to the Messers for offering several times to help out with the boys!

My reason for this post is to praise my precious Lord and Saviour!!!! You see, we almost drove our Honda Accord yesterday, instead of the Yukon. Our car seats were still in the Accord from our vacation, and Ronnie decided to move them over for me at the last minute before I left. Again, no coincidence there. The Yukon shows little damage, even though right now, it's not drivable-- the front left wheel is bent out. It acted as a 'tank', and none of the inside was damaged. The minivan looked much worse. It was our hedge of protection for sure!!!

I KNOW God put us in our Yukon yesterday. I KNOW he held not only me, Jacob, and Ethan in His arms yesterday at 11:15a.m., but our sweet little Nathan as well.(that's his name, by the way) I know it was God who had his heartbeat register so well, and made sure I felt his movement non-stop yesterday afternoon all day. I am blown away by God's love for me and my family! Thank you, God, for watching over us! Thank you for protecting our sweet little unborn baby boy, Nathan. Thank you for loving us so unconditionally every day, all the time. Your angels were truly felt yesterday. I still have chills thinking about it.

Thank you family and friends for checking up on us constantly yesterday. We felt your love non-stop, and it means the world to us. Thank you for your constant prayers for us and our baby!!! Nathan Chase is a tough little guy, and we'll have plenty to tell him about one day, about his time in Mommy's belly!