Jonah is Here! Praise the Lord!

On October 12, 2009 the Lord blessed us with Jonah Brock Dewald. After a successful amniocentesis, the Doctors decided that it would be the best decision to go ahead and deliver Jonah by c-section. Everything with the surgery went very well, and I am very grateful that my recovery has been WAY easier this time than the last. We were very fearful of some major complications that could have occurred and God had his mighty hand on me and my son. Nevertheless, Jonah is suffering a little due to his prematurity. His lungs are weak and his breathing is labored. So, they have him in the NICU to monitor him and administer antibiotics and oxygen until he can get stronger. It has been so tough not getting to have him near me and just visiting him in the NICU, but we feel so hopeful and very blessed in comparison to many of the other sick sick babies that are in there. They have not given us much information to go off of because they say that premature babies just change minute to minute and all respond differently. At this point, we don't know when he will get to go home, but hopefully not too long. Little Jonah has got to learn to breathe on his own and get stronger. Jamie and I feel so blessed to have two miracle babies now and know that God will see us through until he gets home safe in our arms. We thank all our friends for the prayers and would appreciate if you would continue praying that our little buddy will get better soon! We can't wait to share him with all our friends and family! I am biased, but he is soooo cute!


There is nothing like when your sweet newborn reaches and grabs your finger. Oh how my heart melted!

Falling in love

He is so beautiful. He looks a lot like Micah did at this age, but has a few more features that seem to resemble Jamie we think.

This is the first time I saw him in NICU. It was quite emotional.

Little buddy was so excited about getting to meet his new brother. He has not gotten to hold him yet but has seen him from afar twice.

Jonah's lungs were working great here!

Yikes! No backing out now!

Seeing him for the first time when still on the operating table. I couldn't believe my eyes!

Proud Daddy! He was so grateful to be in the operating room this time. It was a super neat experience to hear our baby cry for the first time and we will never forget it.

Thank you dear Jesus for the miracle of Jonah Brock Dewald. Lord, please keep him in your gentle arms and continue to make him stronger everyday. We feel so blessed to have such a beautiful, precious gift from above.