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Wow!!! A lot has happened since our last post!!!! On September 30th at 10:50am, we welcomed Brice Aaron into our family. He was born after a very short and intense labor, weighing in at 7lbs 3oz. We praise the Lord for working out the timing just perfect with grandma’s arrival, too. Both our moms arrived in Jakarta at 10:50pm on the 28th of Sept and their grandson was born exactly 36 hours later!! My (Sarah)’s mom got to be in the delivery room with me when Brice was born– a very special experience for both of us My labor progressed so fast (only an hour at the hospital before Brice made his appearance!!) that Shad AND my doctor almost missed it!! (Don’t worry– Shad didn’t leave my side of his own will– there was lots of paperwork to fill out and the nurses thought we still had hours to go…)

Praise the Lord that Brice is not only about as cute as they come, but also healthy, alert, and content (for the most part ) Another huge answer to prayer is that he is nursing well– something which was a struggle with Braden. Speaking of our firstborn, he is doing very well adjusting to being the big brother. Of course, all the attention from grandmas has helped a bunch!! Braden is very proud of his little baby brother and loves to gently pat him and kiss his head and try to calm him when he cries. Our big boy certainly seems even bigger now that we have a baby around again, and we are so proud of the way Braden is growing and learning so much every day.

We are really enjoying these weeks of having grandmas around too. They have been such a blessing to us and we are so thankful that God provided for them both to come!! We still have a week or so left before they head back to the states, and we have lots of sight-seeing and shopping still ahead of us!!

Thank you so much for your prayers– will try to keep up better with the posting now that things have slowed down a bit….