Thursday, April 13, 2006

Baby update from Gene and Barb

Well, I received an update from Gene this morning on their new baby.
What a steep learning curve!! understatement! Every little baby girl detail leaves us looking at each other .'Dunno, shrug, dialogue and have a good chuckle at our selves, 44yrs old and back in school!The name. Johanna Grace... after her birth, we started looking at names again, Hebrew ones, or at least from the Book, one that would state something to or about our gracious God, to these 44 yr olds.

We saw Johanna, or, maybe Joanna, mentioned it casually to Mom, to see what she thought. She liked all of the ones we were pondering, and mentioned reading the day before the account of the women at the tomb looking for Jesus body-one being Joanna. Cool, then Barb left me a note after wandering through friend's blogs, saw you have a Johanna. Gift of God- grace. And there you have it!

Lauralea, she was 3 kg, 30 grams, or something like 6 lb, 8 oz after something like 12 hrs of labour, and that is not called labour for nothing. My respect for mothers, has deepened alot! ... all is well and both mom and baby healthy. I'll send photos at some point. Take care Randall, and may God's gift find you this Easter enraptured...

Gene

Wow. Way to go you guys. Sounds like you will have your own enraptured Easter this year.

All kinds of memories came flooding back as I read the email.

At one point we were told that we probably wouldn»?t be able to have children, and though I don»?t think we were ever afraid of that potential, we were still very aware of Gods grace when the test came back positive.

We too wanted a variation on Joanne, which meant God»?s gracious gift. And, like Gene and Barb we were thinking of Grace as a second name, but settled on Joy, as in ?delight.? Johanna Joy was the result.

The naming of a child is such a significant thing, we worked hard to find the right names for our kids, and the names chosen mean something.

Good job Gene and Barb (well, especially Barb!!). May God give you the strength and wisdom you need to bring little Johanna into this world.

...and Father, would you bless little Johanna Grace with a full and blessed life. And may she always be God»?s gracious gift to those around her, especially her mom and dad.

2 comments:

  1. I am so happy for them... I was even tempted to go to a baby shower for them!! I commented on your last post about them that they had named her Johanna but never thought about it till now that you also have Johanna.

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  2. [...] Guess who was in church yesterday morning… Gene and Barb Hugo, and their little girl Johanna Grace. [...]

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