10.11.19 Baby Louisa

Dearest friends and relations,

Here we sit 6 weeks after the birth of another little DeVoe bud on our family tree. Louisa Annette joined us on August 30th and we have delightedly gotten to know more of her developing personality every day.

 

Aimee’s life has been added to with a new little sister of course. Another fun addition for her this summer was the move into our new house. Ed worked so so hard to make it livable in time for baby’s arrival. I was grateful to deliver here in the home he built. We moved in 12 days before she arrived. Right on time. What little princess has ever been this spoiled by her daddy? He built a whole new house for her arrival. ;) 

Aimee loves her new room. It is so bright and has beautiful windows that look out on the pasture. I am hoping to plant some beautiful shade loving plants around her window that she can see blowing in the breeze or catch the scent of through the open window. 

We love having a simple process for bathing her with a stunning roll-in shower. It is life alteringly good. 

Aimee has continued through her many specialists this summer. The primary changes for her have been related to our decision to once and for all declare her as homeschooled. She is attending our homeschool co-op with the boys now and we are pursuing ongoing therapy options through childrens, which seem like great fits so far. The most difficult to resolve is speech services, but we are hopeful to begin that soon. Aimee has been daily working with her new iPad and communication buttons. I need to tell you more details about our hopes there soon. 

I do have one big prayer request right now. We have added another baby and another car seat, so our family no longer all fits in the one vehicle. We have been attempting to get Aimee a car seat so that we could at least get her out in the winter or when Ed and I take them together. The big problem is her regular, ongoing appointments. She generally has one or two appointments a week. All of our kids cannot fit in one vehicle and none are old enough to remain home. Even if we can get her a car seat, it would be an impossible task to get her in and out of it with just the nurse to help me. Let alone getting the wheelchair loaded into the back of the suburban. 

Okay, all of that info to say, would you please pray with me for a solution to this problem. Family members have been helping us this past 6 weeks so that we have made it to all appointments, but this is not a permanent solution. We are praying for a new vehicle that can accommodate 4 car seats, 2 adults, and 1 wheelchair. We are even considering a sprinter or small bus at this point. 

I’ve said that we would not decide about the number of children to have based off of vehicles. I am so glad that we did not decide to limit our family and miss out on this amazing girl who is already adding more love. However, we do still need wisdom to find a solution to this practical life issue.