God's Surprise

For a really, really long time, I've been praying that God would send a baby to our family.

Not very long ago, Daddy reminded me of the story of Abraham and Sarah. They prayed and prayed for a baby. And then, even though they were very old, God surprised them with a baby. If you don't know the story, you can read it right here in my Storybook Bible.

Daddy and Mommy and I had been thinking that we would adopt our baby.  But, God surprised us, and he grew a tiny baby in Mommy's tummy instead!  (And they're not even as old as Abraham and Sarah.)  When Daddy and Mommy told me about God's surprise, I got a big smile on my face, and I said, "May I please see it."  I learned that I can't see it yet, but I can pat the baby while it's inside of Mommy's tummy.  

Just about every day, I ask Mommy, "May I please see how big the baby is," and then Mommy shows me with her fingers.  And then I say, "May I please give the baby a pat-pat."  And of course Mommy lets me.

I got to tell some of my grandparents about our baby on the phone.  I said, "There's a tiny baby growing in Mommy's tummy.  God surprised us with a baby!"  We are all very excited.

Even though she's excited, Mommy has not been feeling well lately.  She has been laying on the couch a lot.  I have been helped her by asking her if she'd like to get covered with a blanket.  Then, if I have something to say to her while she's resting, I only whisper, since we all know that whispering will not wake someone up.  She has been eating and drinking strange things to make her tummy feel better, and she's been sleeping during my nap.  She says she has started to feel a little better during the last couple of days.

Today, Mommy and Daddy got to hear the baby's heartbeat for the first time.  They cried tears of joy, which is something that only grownups do.  They have been telling me lots of stories about what it was like when I was the one in Mommy's tummy.  The baby is about an inch long now from its head to its bottom, and we have to wait until after I'm four to see it-probably at the beginning of March.  For now, we are praying that the baby will be safe and healthy.  We still want to adopt a baby into our family someday, but in the meantime, we're super excited about this one:  God's surprise.