A beautiful baby girl was born to our dear friends, Joe and Mere Geurink. Her name is Layla Belle, and she was born 9 weeks prematurely on June 4. She is the sweetest thing with such dainty and delicate features. She was a tiny little peanut weighing in at 3bls 12oz and 16 inches long. Mere was put on strict bed rest a few weeks ago and our prayer was that she would hold off til the end of her pregnancy to have the baby, but God had different plans for her. Although there were many concerns for having her come early, God has blessed her richly and she is doing so well. Layla is staying at the NICU at Spectrum and breathing on her own and able to take some feedings all on her own- she is a little trooper! At times she has a feeding tube because she gets tuckered out easily. She is currently being treated for the precursor for jaundice but otherwise she is doing so good. We have been able to spend time with her a couple of times already at the hospital and each time I see her the first thing that comes to mind is that she is a miracle baby! We feel so strongly that she is another sign of God's goodness in this world. Although our hearts hurt for our friends to have to go through this, it has been awesome to see them as such loving and caring parents. Please keep them all in your prayers as we all hope and pray that Layla will be able to come home soon strong and healthy!
4 comments:
What a precious little peanut!! And kudos for such a fabulous name! Layla...one of our finalists, as well.
When she gets to come home, i want to go see her with you please! I need a baby fix!!!!
How sweet! It brings back memories of when Isabella was born! Awwww....
I love the name. It's so cute that you two are having girls and that your other good friends are having/had boys. You guys are going to have lots of fun over the years with little tikes all so close in age. I'm so thankful Layla is doing well. I've been praying for her and Joe and Mere.
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