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Forty Weeks and a Day | Welcome Beta

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Dear Beta,

This is the last time for us to call you “Beta.”

You arrived.
You are no longer in my womb, still under development and only partially visible to the world.
You are no longer a beta.

I pulled your slippery body into my arms and said in surprise, "Oh! It's a boy!"

Your Daddy announced to the expectant air, "And his name is Jax Reilly.”

You are beautiful and perfect, and everything we dreamed of and waited for.  You are SO loved.

“A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish, because of her joy that a child is born into the world.”  (John 16:21)

“For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as a child of light.”  (Ephesians 5:8)

"Jax" means "God is gracious" and "Reilly" means "Valiant."

10 lbs, 4 oz
22 inches long

March 10, 2012
8:28 am

Born beautifully in our home as planned.

Welcome to our family.

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