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Sunday, January 10, 2010

Hope has arrived!

Hello world, she is here! Hope arrive last night at 10:25pm Kenyan time with great health and is doing good. She is 6.7lbs and 19in long. Her full name is Hope Noelle Sammons. Depending on how Kenya votes on a new constitution she could be considered for dual citizenship, but we are not holding our breath as we are excited about the freedoms she will have as an American citizen. Bekah did amazing as the labor went from normal hard to accelerated and ridiculous after she past 5cm at 9:30pm. One hour later, she was out before the doctor had time to leave her house. The nurse did a great job delivering her and no complications were present other than the obvious of getting a baby out of mommy.


Her sisters visited early this morning with expected mixed responses. Dakota did great and immediately commented that Hope's hair needed a bit of gel. Kate was a little more stoic about her excitement and liked being close to mom or dad with a bit of a harder time. We are resting up at the hospital today and will probably leave sometime tomorrow to wait for Yia Yia to arrive.

Thanks for all the encouragement, and notes we are soaking them up and have been blessed to have the technology to connect with people rather easily. Thank you for all the prayers we know her birth is a miracle, like each, but with the army we had praying she was well covered, praise the Lord for a safe and healthy transition.

Monday, January 04, 2010

She is almost here...

I just wanted to let you know we leave tomorrow, Wednesday, January 6th, for Nairobi. We will be staying with my Uncle Mike and Aunt Liz Bussell awaiting the arrival of little Hope. We are SO grateful to have family nearby that are so hospitable and let us stay with them. They have been more then gracious in helping us in every way possible.

We would appreciate your prayers while we stay with them. It will be tight courters, they have two girls. Please pray the girls will do exceptionally well and that we all will not get too cramped in the house.

Also, please pray for the arrival of baby Hope. We re very excited for her to come... we can't wait! We do hope she will come early so we can get back home and enjoy our new bundle. Please pray for her health and safety.

Last, my mom arrives next Wednesday! Please pray for her safe travels. We are more then excited to have her here with us. The girls are always talking about Yia Yia sleeping with them in their room. We know it's going to be so good for Dakota to have my mom here because she has been missing family and friends a lot more lately. So praise the Lord He is bringing Yia Yia at the right time.

Thanks for all your prayers. We hope everyone is doing well. We pray for you often and praise the Lord for your faithfulness for praying for us and supporting us during our time here.
Thank you!