Selah Ruby - My 7th Daughter
Selah at One Month
On December 9, 2007 my seventh daugher, ninth child was born. I was in Indianapolis during the weekend when I got a call from my wife Anne that I should think about coming home because it was going to snow and ice. She didn’t think the baby would come for another week but just to be sure I might want to come home while I had a chance. I packed up and drove home just in time before the storm hit in full strength. The next day we awoke and received a phone early in the morning and afterward Anne said, “We might have the baby today if these contractions continue.” We called the midwife my 9:00 am and she left right away so she could get through the snow and ice. The girls and I prepared for the home birth and it wasn’t long before the midwife arrived and two other guests who thought we were still having church at our home. One was a 32 year old single woman who had never witnessed a birth and another was a friend whose husband was working that day so she came to help. My oldest two daugthers came in to be of help and my next two oldest daughters talked us into allowing them to witness the birth.
Anne was prepared and ready to deliver and we all witnessed a beautiful birth, which Emily and Sophia got to assist the midwife in delivering while I supported Anne.
Emily and Sophia Assist
The Delivery Team
Savannah was still not walking by this time, she had her casts on from falling off a rock climbing wall but she did not let that interfere with helping out in prayer and rejoicing.
All Seven Girls
Selah enjoys her first daily devotion the next morning with the help of her two older sisters Ava and Victoria.
Posted by Chris Hogan on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at 14:42 PM
