The Name Game

We have landed on a name....

Ciana DeMay Shelton

Ciana: Means God is gracious...in Italian pronounced Chee-ana
We are pronouncing it See-ana
DeMay: This is sorta mixing Delores and May which is my moms first and middle name. She is called Aunt Dede by some of the family. May is a family name that goes back a few generations.

Blessings,
C, T, F, and Ciana

The Newest Pic

Here is the newest ultrasound of Baby Girl. aint she cute!?
Blessed,
C,T,F & Baby Girl

He Is Risen

He Is Risen


1 Corinthians 15:12. But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13. If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. 14. And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. 15. More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised. 16. For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. 17. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. 18. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. 19. If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men. 20. But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21. For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. 22. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. 23. But each in his own turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him. 24. Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power. 25. For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. 26. The last enemy to be destroyed is death. (NIV)
And all I can say is Amen! Check this out!
Happy Resurection Day everyone!
iggy

To test or not to test.

To test or not to test.
We recently had to decide if we wanted to have some prenatal testing done. As TES is (whispering) 40 now, they are concerned about birth defects like down syndrome. We decided to go ahead with the blood test... on TES, and forgo the more invasive testing on the baby's embryonic fluid. Statistics show that 1 out of 75 have the down syndrome gene with women 40 and over... and they also show that 1 out of 200 have a miscarriage after the procedure. We decided to forgo that procedure. Since we did, the doctors wanted to know what we would do with the info on TES' blood if we did that testing. Would it affect our decision at all?
We talked it out at length and decided that should this baby be born with down syndrome it would not change our mind one bit. We could read up on it whether we had the news that it was very probable or slightly probable. Either way this child would be a gift from God to us... maybe even more special if she is born with down syndrome.I always thought down syndrome children seemed closer to God... for they seem to be born without all the bad stuff...and know love more than most of us who claim to be "normal".
We will take it a one day at a time.... whether she is born normal or with some defect.
Blessings,
C,T,F, and Baby Girl

It's a ......

It's a ......
It's a girl!We are excited! We admit to have been thinking "boy"...but we never thought "not a girl".
The ultrasound tech put it this way... "We have a hamburger, (think on buns) not a turtle." (Just think a little it will come to you.)
So now we are on a serious girl name search. May is a family middle name (my mom had it and her mom had it...So that is a given.)
So far this is what we have as serious contenders:
Carly
Sada (pronounced See-da) But we would pronounce it Say-da.
Calica
Rainy

We will post more names as they come to us.
Blessings,
C, T, F and Baby Girl