A day in Avery's life: December 2008

Sunday, December 21, 2008

First Day of Winter

December 21. About 8:00 am. Avery all ready for church. Her sisters were taking pictures of her being cute.

Every day Stephen sits down by me and says: "I'd like to hold Avery for a little while." He snuggles with her for about a minute and then goes off to play. Here is one of those minutes one day a couple of weeks ago.

One of Daddy's patients made this hat for Avery. "This is my serious look."

"In this short life That only lasts an hour, How much, how little, Is within our power!" ~Emily Dickinson

Saturday, Dec. 20. Daddy and Avery taking a nap. Dad is tired out from working out. Avery is tired from being so cute all morning

Here's the story, of a girl named Avery...

October 15, 2008

Some time ago I (Brad) had an experience that I would like to share with you. When Janet was pregnant with Aaron I had a dream. In my dream I saw a little girl as part of our family. Her name was Avery. I told Janet in the morning about my dream and we wondered if it meant we were going to have a baby girl. Janet always felt that we would have sons – plural. When Aaron was born, that promise was fulfilled. We now had 2 sons. We also felt very strongly that Janet was not to give birth to another child, but we wondered about the little girl in the dream. We wondered why we would have this dream and then not be able to bring another baby into our family.

As you know, things don’t always come about in our lives the way we plan them. When the Lord closes a door, a window opens.

We are very grateful for this child and are thankful that we were chosen to be her parents. Our children are all looking forward to having Avery as part of our family. We feel that she will complete our family.

Thank you for letting us share this blessing with you.

We love you,

Brad and Janet