Chapter 4

Hunter's Birthday party
Here am I talking with Julies friend who is sitting with her newborn baby boy.

The weekend before the ultrasound we went to Virginia for my nephew Hunter’s 3rd birthday party. At the party I met a friend of my sister-n-law, Julie. Her name was Jennifer. She had a little boy named JJ and a newborn. Julie told her I was expecting and we chatted for a little while. In the midst of the conversation I told her about my friend whose sister-n-law just had her ultrasound and they found out that their baby girl had Downs Syndrome. Jennifer said that before this baby she had lost her baby girl who had Downs. Her baby girl was still born at about 20 weeks as her heart had stopped. I gasped and asked her how she dealt with such a great loss. She said that she cried for three days straight, but that God helped her and her husband through it, and comforted them as only He can.


I felt like God was preparing me for something, but I did not want to believe it. I prayed constantly the week leading up to the ultrasound and even shared my concerns with my brother Jay and brother-n-law Dan and asked for their prayers. I did not care if it was a boy or a girl. I just wanted a healthy diagnosis for the baby and me.