Surprise!!!

From the beginning Jet has been full of surprises. 

God put Jet in my tummy when Will was 15 months. We were not trying to get pregnant at the time, but we were of course open to God's plan. And from that time on, we've had to stay open to what God has planned for Jet. Because I assure you, nothing about Jet has gone as planned. 

We decided to wait till Jet was born to discover his sex. I thought I was going to have a girl because it was very obvious to me that whatever was inside of me was the total opposite of Will. I was right in one aspect, he is the opposite of Will in most every way but his sex. So Surprise... Jet's a boy.

If I seem teary eyed in this picture it's because I was. Jet had another surprise, he was born a little different than most babies. At the time, we had no idea the special challenges that our little bundle of joy would face.

We didn't know it at the time, but Jet was probably born with a hearing loss. Surprise. He had difficulty passing his newborn hearing screening, but did end up passing it. From that point on, we had his hearing checked at least 2 or 3 times a year. Something that is very common for babies born with clefts. He's had a million set of tubes put in and alway had difficulty passing his hearing tests - but somehow he seemed to squeak by. Until recently....

If I would have been told at the time that my son had a hearing loss, I think I would have literally fallen apart. Those first few months I had a difficult time keeping myself put together to begin with.

So here we are with Jet a few months away from 4-years-old. Time truly does fly. And it brings a tear to my eye looking back at these baby pictures. Some things just aren't fair in life and there is a part of me that feels that Jet has been cheated out on a lot of things.

But this I am sure of... God's timing is perfect. A month or so ago when Jet was diagnosed with a hearing loss, I didn't even shed one tear. To be honest, I had hope. I am praying that this diagnosis will help Jet find his voice.

Jet picked out orange hearing aids. They'll match all of OSU outfits just perfectly. He seems to be adjusting to them fairly well.

I am grateful for all the "professionals" that God has given us in this journey. I love his audiologist and I am hopeful that "sound" will be a huge benefit to Jet.

Will you please join in praying with me that our little orange beauties will help Jet to talk and that he will enjoy wearing them?

Confident of His Goodness,
Lela