Aliensanctuary Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 My daughter is now a mommy. She was in the delivery room as Samantha was being born, and was allowed to cut the umbilical cord. In the photo it looks as if my daughter had been crying, and she had, big tears of happiness. She and her husband were unable to conceive for many years, but made a connection in WA with an expectant mother who already had 3 children and definitely didn't want a 4th. My daughter had to suffer through a number of fertility treatments, none of which were successful. Samantha is officially adopted by my daughter and her husband, and was delivered by C-section a day or so ago. My daughter thought that she was perfect, even though Samantha howled during her first bath. She quieted down after she was wrapped up warmly and held by her new parents. The hospital gave the them a room to stay in until the baby is allowed to go home with them, just a day or two after birth. I think she has 1 month of maternity leave from the SDA conference where she works. Samantha.doc phkrause, CoAspen, Kevin H and 5 others 8 Quote The Parable of the Lamb and the Pigpen https://www.createspace.com/3401451 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rudywoofs (Pam) Posted December 18, 2015 Members Share Posted December 18, 2015 Congrats to the new parents and grandparents!!! Samantha looks lovely! (and AS, I hope you don't mind, but I made a screenshot from your .doc so those who couldn't open it could see the photo... ) Aliensanctuary, Kevin H, JoeMo and 3 others 6 Quote Pam Meddle Not In the Affairs of Dragons; for You Are Crunchy and Taste Good with Ketchup. If we all sang the same note in the choir, there'd never be any harmony. Funny, isn't it, how we accept Grace for ourselves and demand justice for others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeMo Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Likewise, AS - Congrats to your family! What a great Christmas (or "Winter Holiday") present! Grandkids are alot more fun than kids - you can spoil them rotten, hype them up on sugar, and then give them back to their parents when you are tired. Femster and Aliensanctuary 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jeannieb43 Posted December 18, 2015 Moderators Share Posted December 18, 2015 Speaking as the grandmother of a fertility-treatment-conceived baby, I know something of what you're feeling. God bless you. And the new parents. Aliensanctuary 1 Quote Jeannie<br /><br /><br />...Change is inevitable; growth is optional.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMark Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Looks like a porcelain doll! Aliensanctuary 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aliensanctuary Posted December 19, 2015 Author Share Posted December 19, 2015 Thanks, Pam, for posting the photo. Samantha really does look like a baby doll. She weighed 8.2 lbs at birth, I think. A C-section really sounds painful, but so does giving birth. A friend of my daughter's set up a fund-raising account at: www.gofundme.com/nyebaby Not sure if the total was for the adoption or the delivery, or both, but there are a lot more expenses involved. She works for the SDA Conference and he is a firefighter. They went to WA a month early because the birth mother was having contractions and was distraught about having to take the baby home with her. They stayed with that friend and her family and should be leaving as soon as the baby is released from the hospital, and, upon completion of some more adoption paperwork. (The biological father, who is not married, was concerned that he would have to pay child support. That would serve him right if he did have to support a baby half his. Completion of the paperwork should take care of his concern.) My daughter will have lost about 2 months of work, while her husband will lose at least one month. I think that the anti-abortion protesters should try to help couples who can't have babies of their own with the high costs of adoption. On occasion, my daughter, who wanted a baby so badly, would have to drive by a Planned Parenthood clinic, and it was like a knife in her heart, knowing what went on in there. Having babies and little children around the house is enjoyable, but just wait until they become teenagers who know everything and want their independence... Stan and Naomi 2 Quote The Parable of the Lamb and the Pigpen https://www.createspace.com/3401451 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Kevin H Posted December 20, 2015 Moderators Share Posted December 20, 2015 Congratulations!!!! Aliensanctuary 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aliensanctuary Posted January 10, 2016 Author Share Posted January 10, 2016 Samantha5.pdf Samantha6.pdf Samantha7.pdf Quote The Parable of the Lamb and the Pigpen https://www.createspace.com/3401451 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aliensanctuary Posted January 10, 2016 Author Share Posted January 10, 2016 Samantha just after being born. She was delivered C-section, so she didn't have a pointy little head upon birth. The most recent photo is Samantha5 linked above. phkrause 1 Quote The Parable of the Lamb and the Pigpen https://www.createspace.com/3401451 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted January 11, 2016 Members Share Posted January 11, 2016 Congrats! Aliensanctuary 1 Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Naomi Posted January 16, 2016 Administrators Share Posted January 16, 2016 Quote Awesome ... congatulations Aliensanctuary 1 Quote If your dreams are not big enough to scare you, they are not big enough for God Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aliensanctuary Posted April 6, 2016 Author Share Posted April 6, 2016 Rocking the shades phkrause 1 Quote The Parable of the Lamb and the Pigpen https://www.createspace.com/3401451 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aliensanctuary Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 Samantha waiting for dinner. rudywoofs (Pam) and CoAspen 2 Quote The Parable of the Lamb and the Pigpen https://www.createspace.com/3401451 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rudywoofs (Pam) Posted May 24, 2016 Members Share Posted May 24, 2016 she's grown a lot! and cute as a button! Quote Pam Meddle Not In the Affairs of Dragons; for You Are Crunchy and Taste Good with Ketchup. If we all sang the same note in the choir, there'd never be any harmony. Funny, isn't it, how we accept Grace for ourselves and demand justice for others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aliensanctuary Posted May 25, 2016 Author Share Posted May 25, 2016 Oh, I deleted the photos linked from Jan 10 post off of my work computer, so now the links link to nothing. Quote The Parable of the Lamb and the Pigpen https://www.createspace.com/3401451 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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