Our sweet Simon Leo has arrived

On February 7, 2014, at 12:35pm, Simon Leo was born to us after a beautiful and natural labor and delivery.  Simon had been welcomed into his forever home days before.  Ryan and I spent almost 22 amazing hours with him and many of those hours he was surrounded by others who love him.  Not once was he not being loved and cared for.  We ask at this time you keep us all in your prayers, especially Ryan and I, who are dealing with more pain than we could have ever imagined.  While our hearts are hurting, we are praising the one who is going to heal our hearts.  This whole process is that of a bigger power and we are so thankful for His love and forgiveness.  Because of His mercy for all of us, our Simon is in the Lord’s arms and will be taken care of in Heaven by the Lord and by his great grandfather, Leo Trimble.  This we are sure of this and it brings us great peace.  We praise God for the last 9 months our baby fought and for the beautiful, precious time we were able to spend with him.  We wouldn’t change a thing about his life with us.  Funeral arrangements for our Simon are pending and we will post when they are made.  Until then, hug everyone you love.  Parents, please hug your children tight and tell them just how much you love them.  And please continue to lift our family up in prayer as we begin our healing process.

“For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb.  I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.  Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.  My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth.  Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.” Psalms 139: 13-16