Liam's soft heart

liam taking quack quack on a ride in South Carolina

I just want to spent a few minutes to write about Liam's soft heart.
For a mother their is nothing more touching than seeing and observing her children's tender hearts I believe. To me this is one of the biggest indicator that we were created in the image of God and not mere products of chance. Yes, we are all sinners in need of forgiveness (Romans 3.23) but we are also created in God's image and with the stories like the following that becomes clear to me.
Everyone that knows Liam knows his "quack quack" a stuffed duck that he has had ever since he was about 2 month old. To be exact the one we have now is the third one. The first one was one that my mother gave me as a child and I passed it on. Sadly it got lost and Liam had a night with hardly any sleep and lots and lots of tears....then the second one came which looked just a little different but thankfully was accepted fast.
The second one was lost on our trip to Greece and I kept telling Liam that "quack Quack" liked Greece so much that he decided to stay....he believed me.
We were able to find the exact same one again and thats the one we still have.
This boy loves this duck more than anything and we brought it with us on every vacation. So the duck has seen more than most people do in a lifetime (even made it to micronesia) , made it into almost every picture with Liam and never slept alone.I have made several drives over the years to stores and restaurants where we left it. It has a lot of holes and had a couple of open belly and neck surgeries performed by my mom. It has had hair transplants, first red....than blue and red and was washed countless times. Basically this duck has become a 5th family member long before Luis was born. I can't tell you how many times at bed time we had to go on a duck hunt and looked everywhere for it until we were able to put quack quack where he belongs ...in Liam's arms.
We decided to put quack quack in bed rest as Liam was older and mainly because we were tired of looking for it at bed time. Not only was there quack quack to look for but also Lilli's monkey...but that's a story for another day....
I could write a lot more and it would still not explain how much Liam loves his duck.
Before Luis was born Liam had mentioned that he would give him quack quack as a gift. I was not sure weather i could take this big promise serious or not.
When Liam walked into the hospital room with roses in his hand he had his quack quack in his other hand. he gave me the roses and after greeting Luis for the first time he placed his duck in Luis' little bed. a gesture that brought tears to my eyes. He continued to say that Luis can have it and that he does not need it anymore because he is 4 now....

What a sweet heart right? Where does this Love come from? who put it in his heart? This might sound strange to you  but to me this is excample shows the Love of God. It is a small glimpse of him showing me how much he loves me.
People ask me if the kids are jealous but so far I have not seen anything like it. The opposite. The constantly give Luis kisses and want to hold him. Liam draw pictures of our family of 5 and told me several times how much he loves Luis. Most of all he always makes sure that Luis has quack quack close to him.
I love my family of 5.
God is so good


Genesis 1:27
God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

Luis is here

The 4th of July 2014 is not only the celebration of Americas independence, but also the Ferguson family celebrating 1 week old Luis Everett. And besides, today was my official due date.

Considering that Luis' weight was 4820 gram, which is 10.6 lbs, I am thankful that he came a week early otherwise I probably would not write this right now. 

This big baby was born without pain medication and at the moment I take all the recognition I can for it. Beginning with the doctors' surprised face that made her measure twice out of disbelieve, to the midwife handing me the baby with the words "he feels like a 5week old", to friends congratulating me for delivering a toddler, and several others announcing me as their hero it's been a painful ride, I am sooooooo thankful that it's over!  Mind you I had the first two with epidural and this one without pain medication. It might sound paradoxical, but even though I would not wish those pains on my worst enemy I am thankful that I had this natural experience. 

Enough about my heroic performance though. Let's talk about the real superstar! Luis is such a sweetheart and super content. He sleeps ALOT and barely let's us see his beautiful eyes.

It's impossible to describe that immediate, uncomparable love you have when you look at your child. It's beautiful to see how love multiplies. God has blessed my life so much with my amazing husband and three wonderful children! Thank you Jesus!

When I look at this little face I find it so heard to believe that this perfect human being was formed inside of my body and that he was still inside of me last week...in a bubble of water amazingly fed through the umbilical cord! Wow! I just can't wrap my mind around it. Since the cord is cut I guess it's a little bit of an Independence Day for this little man too ha! 

I am so thankful for the all the wives that are making meals for our family right now, for great friends who have been watching the kids and, most of all for Lance who has been doing his best to give me the needed rest while handling my hormonal change quiet well.

                                     

Luis on the 4th 

             Psalm 139 vers 16 

in your jbook were written, every one of them,

the days that were formed for me,

when as yet there was none of them.