Yesterday, David and I made a quick trip to Ohio to visit with Eric, Martha, and Zoe Beth. This was David's first chance to meet Zoe Beth. After a long week of battling with unstable post-delivery blood pressure, Martha was finally released just before we arrived. She has been given the wonderful opportunity to stay at the hospital ("Hotel Stay") while she waits for little Zoe to be released. David and I met up with Martha and Eric just before they were headed to the nursey to feed Zoe. She is doing great...completely off of oxygen and eating well...two important parts of being able to go home. Zoe is now a whopping 3 lbs. 8.5 oz. None of the pictures do justice to just how tiny she is. She is just beautiful.
It was very special to introduce David to Zoe. Several times throughout the night, he would spontaneously say, "You really named your daughter Zoe." It is so special to both of us and quite difficult to express just what it means. Martha has thought of our Zoe often as she has watched very sick babies be transported from their hospital to a nearby children's hospital and as she has pondered how well her Zoe is doing despite her difficult pregnancy and early delivery.
David and I and our friend Tanya celebrated Martha's first mother's day by taking Martha and Eric out to Red Lobster. It was such a great evening enjoying the blessing of such wonderful friends...and the garlic cheesy bread was a nice bonus!
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