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was one hair raising night!!!! Esther and I finally laid down to bed around 12:30 or so and a very short time after that she began to complain of having trouble breathing and her heart rate increasing. The second night in a row!!! But it was not until she noticed that Zion, the baby, was not moving at all. I know you are thinking, well maybe he was sleeping, but understand Esther does not get much rest where he is concerned. He kicks, flips, pokes, elbows, knees and a whole host of other fun things to her stomach almost ALL day everyday. At night I have to play music to her stomach just so that he will settle down and allow her to fall asleep, so for him to not be moving was ALARMING for us. Not to mention the pressure of the this past Dec. looming in our not so distant memory where we lost a child, so we rushed to the hospital praying and holding hands the entire way.

Amazingly enough, God is so AWESOME, as soon as the nurse strapped the monitors to Esther’s stomach Zion began to KICK! and from that point on we heard his heartbeat,and a number of other kicks, pokes, prods, and flips after that. I leaned over to Esther and said, we should never complain about the kicks again! LOL! We still are not 100% sure why the breathing issues occur when Esther lays down, the nurse and others have their ideas. So for now she has to sleep proped up and cant lay flat, she might disagree but from my view point it is a small price to pay for the PROMISE to be delivered to us safe and sound, We love you ZION JOEL OWENS!!!!

Continue to pray for her health and little Zion in your quiet time today and this week!

I know I do this every chance I get, but you really dont understand how gracious, loving, concerned and AWESOME the staff is at WRC! I went in to a meeting at 12:30 today and they ALL demanded I go home!! I love my new family!!!