Update: Our little Babushka … ♀

Surprise… 

I knew it. I knew it. I knew it!!!

❀ GIRL ❀ 

I had felt from the beginning this baby was a girl so as I mentioned in the last post when at 18 weeks BLUE balloons popped out I WAS SHOCKED!!!

The Ultrasound Technician said she was 95% positive it was a Boy and even double checked it. So my joke to my best friend Michelle was that “there was still a 5% chance it was a girl! “ I was even so confident to have told Jessie our Photographer/Friend/Balloon box maker (who has 3 precious little girls) that I was going to have to need some of her girls hand me downs before the reveal!

At 20 weeks our Dr. and his ultrasound technician thought it was a girl. So these past couple weeks we have been in limbo waiting for a confirmation.

Today at 23 weeks it was confirmed by Jessie’s sister Jenna Kinsley that it’s

Momma’s intuition was right! We are thrilled to welcome a girl and to know she is healthy is such a blessing. I have to admit that if if was a boy it may have been at least a little bit slightly harder having a boy right after Jaxton. That is my own personal feelings and I’m sure it would not have taken me long to over come that emotional hurdle. The Lord is Good and he provides.

Originally I had never pictured myself with a girl in our family other than me. I wanted to be the only girl. A house full of boys and me. Sounds selfish and ridiculous I know. I just feel like i’m more of a guys kinda girl.

I have struggled with thinking this girl is going to turn out like me (defiant, sassy, strong willed and moody). Which scares me to death!!! Although Jake  already has those traits I feel like I can handle them with a boy. In addition, on a personal note, because my mom and I don’t have a great relationship by any stretch of the imagination it scares me that me and my daughter will have an equally strained dynamic. But the more I think about how she will be born into a Happy Marriage with Christian morals, have an older brother and an angel brother as her guardian our circumstance is already worlds different.

Father God, Thank you for our precious daughter who is being knit in my womb with your wonderful creative hand. Thank you for masterfully putting each part together and skillfully making each organ work properly. Thank you for LOVING her before we even know her.

I pray for the love that we are so excited to give her to fully be received and reciprocated. We pray that we are a blessing in each others lives.  I want to pray for Josh and I to raise her by our example of Integrity, Loyalty, Faith, Trust and Unconditional Love. I want to pray for her body to be pure and holy until the day of marriage. May her husband also keep his mind and body pure. I pray he sees her as the Proverbs 31 woman and cherishes her far above rubies and that her children respect and honor her. May she effect this world greatly for your kingdom and know a love for you greater than any other. I pray for her protection and that she listens to wisdom. May you bless her and have favor on her life even now.

Help my children to live lives that are always overflowing with thankfulness, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. (Col. 2:7, Ephesians 5:20) (31 days of prayer for your children)

Yawning.

23 week bump

* * * No such thing as a “Normal Pregnancy” for the Husmann’s! * * *

My Pinterest Page for Little Girl.

OK… time to send me some hand me downs!!!  :)  LOL!

Love, Lisa

Special Announcement…

Josh voted BOY.                  Lisa voted GIRL.

I was so nervous! The anticipation had been building for 4 days! My best friend Michelle and I went to an ultrasound on January 17th to have the lady put the gender on a piece of paper. She then gave the envelope with the gender to Michelle. Michelle didn’t open it until I was on the plane ride home to Indiana! Then she called a friend here in Indy to get the box and balloons ready for the reveal. Josh and I both originally thought it was a girl. Then slowly over time he changed to BOY.

I was DEAD SET it was a GIRL! I was so convinced that it was a girl I wondered how I would be able to breath if blue balloons popped out!

Well, I am slowly recovering from shock! The lack of pink balloons lingering in my house is haunting.  LOL  ;)

18 weeks now and feeling great!

{Much Love} from our family to yours!

Lisa, Josh, Jacob, (Jaxton) & Baby #3 Husmann

Jaxton’s message.

What would you do if you followed God and lost your son in the process? – JAXTON’S STORY – 10/2/11

I’ve always been proud of my husband, but I am really blown away by him when I hear this message. This is the message he was born to give.

God, thank you for using Jaxton to teach us this message. We have learned more about your grace, love and peace through this than any other life situation.

Thank you for choosing us.

 

// Our LOVE Story

March for Dimes // Jaxton Husmann

March for Dimes // Jaxton Husmann site

Message from the Team Captain Sara Kumlander:

For all who have shared in Jaxton Husmann’s journey, join us in honoring his powerful life. We are forming a team to walk in memory of Jaxton and the impact he made on this world in the 14 days that he was alive. We are walking to support Josh and Lisa and the mighty example they are of living by faith. Their story touched so many lives and continues to do so. This is one way we can join with them in honoring their son.

Please share this site with anyone who may be interested in joining our team. All are welcome

~Jaxton’s Team

The mission of March of Dimes is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality.

Click for Jaxton’s page

JAXTON PRAYER ALERT

He has crashed multiple times in the last 12 hours and has had to ventilated by hand once. We’ve decided to ask God for a COMPLETE miracle.  This afternoon or evening we’re going to take Jaxton off the ventilator and take his life out of human hands and place it into God’s hands.  We’re asking everyone to join us in praying for a COMPLETE miracle for Jaxton. We’re praying God completely heals him of Trisomy 18, he breathes on his own, his brain is healed, the omphalocele is gone, and he leads a long and productive life, here on Earth, healthy & happy and glorifying God in everything he does before he spends eterniity with Him!!!

Thank you SO MUCH for your prayers!!!!!!!!!!!!!

- Josh

{Pictures of Jaxton’s Birth}

Here are 20 amazing pictures of Jaxton’s birth.

Thank you Jessica Johnston Photography

 

We have been so incredibly blessed by Jessie documenting our pregnancy, birth and life of Jaxton!

 

* * * 1 Week Birthday! * * *

Yay my littlest man!

You have defeated the odds in every sense! I could not be prouder of you. I have been enjoying every breath of your baby smell, holding your tiny little 3lb body, holding your little fingers and kissing your sweet toesies! You have made me so happy I can’t even explain in words with out tearing up. The Lord has truely blessed me with you. I can praise him for answering my prayers!

Jaxton, you have stolen the hearts of people from around the world.

I get multiple emails, comments and messages a day from people all over the world telling me how YOUR LIFE has effected their life and their journey with God! Here are some places other than all over the United States in almost every single state that people are praying for you: Australia, Afghanistan, Holland, Egypt, Israel, Canada, and South America. And to God I give all the glory!

We have been praying for your NICU staff since we knew there was a chance you might be here and WOW have we been blessed! The staff here has fallen in love with you and have specifically requested to be your nurses. They even pick up shifts during the week to take care of you. We are especially in love with Shari and Wendy who fight over who gets to take care of you!  :) – Talk about an answer to prayer. How could I ask for more than people wanting to love you and treating you like their own! THANK YOU GOD for being so generous with Jaxton and us in this area! We have truelly grown to love them and would consider them friends if not FAMILY!

They just changed your covering for the Omphalocele and the central line covering. Everything is looking great! I can not imagine missing these moments that we have gotten with you. You have changed our lives forever!!! Thank you for showing me a side of love I never knew about. I have learned so much about myself through loving and caring for you. I don’t feel like eating, sleeping or leaving you for even a moment. I just miss you when we are apart. Last night I slept with a blanket that had your scent on it. It was so comforting to smell you and makes me look forward to a time when we can snuggle in bed together. Looking forward to a time with out tubes, monitors, leaning over a plastic bed, beeping machines and Nurses (just Kidding Shari and Wendy… we LOVE you!).

* We have some praise reports!

{You have been off the prostaglandin for over 24 hours with no sign of bad news! This is a huge answer to prayer because then all we need to do is get you to breathe on your own then we can take you home!!!! I have gotten to see you inside and out and I can say I love every little part of you.}

{We have been able to decrease your oxygen level to 45% and you are doing GREAT! The goal is 21%)

{feeding is up to 14ml. per feeding. The goal will be 45ml per feeding}

{He is reponding to sound and touch and opening his eyes a lot more. They are open in the last picture with Aimee.}

{breathing over the vent. Up to 27 breaths over at one time}

We need TONS of prayer for tomorrow- It’s a BIG DAY!!!

{He has a lung test tomorrow called a Co2 test. It is going to determine wether He will be able to breath on his own off the ventilator!}

{We will get another Echocardiogram to find out 100% if he doesn’t need the heart medicine anymore and praying there is no Coartation!}

This is my dear friend Aimee who has been keeping the blog updated while I have not been able to. Talk about perfect timing and God providing… I met Aimee just weeks ago and now we are the closest of friends. My best friend has 2 kids and wasn’t able to make it out here so God gave us Aimee to make us feel so loved. She is a wonderful woman of God and we are growing more fond of her everyday. She has been such a huge part of keeping you all up to date and our prayer requests. She has recently gone through the loss of her sweet daughter Charlotte Jean on January 8th. Please keep her in your prayers and especially lift her and her husband up as she is walking this road with us now. She has a strong heart, but many times I am concerned that this might hit too close to home too soon. I pray for her to be abundantly blessed with happiness and children! Here is Aimee’s blog

Thank you Tara Curts for encouraging our family with this song and video

 

Wednesday 3/2/11 12:27am

hey everyone, this is Aimee. i have come back to indy to see jaxton again…i missed him! this little guy is a heartbreaker! before leaveing the hospital for the night josh and lisa asked that i send an update about what has been happening today.

 

first, i want to thank everyone for their continued prayers and support…prayers are still very much needed and wanted! today, at 1:47pm, jaxton was taken off prostaglandins (the heart medication, p.gs for short). p.gs were one of the reasons jaxton was given a central line the first night. this medication essentially allows the heart to function at a higher level which allows everything else to function better. the less strain on the heart, the better everything is. this also effects this oxygen saturation level, which is something that is very important…well, at this point i feel like every number and beep and movement is important! please pray that jaxton will not need to be on the p.gs! it has been almost 12 hours and so far he is doing well. there will be signs if there is a problem, and right now there are none! it can take as long as 48 hours to know for sure if there is any reason why jaxton would need to be placed back on p.gs, but having no reaction/decline this far means that his heart defect is probably not as severe as once thought. PRAISE GOD! please pray there is no heart defect at all! more test will have to be done later to determine that. the other thing that is changing is his level of oxygen. for the first night, and i cant remember how long after, jaxton was at 100%, he has been at 50% oxygen until today when we was then taken down to 35%…”normal” is 21%! when i left tonight they put it back up to 50% so that he could sleep well tonight, but to be so close to the normal range is great, especially for where he was at just 6 days ago! please pray that jaxton will continue to do well at the lower oxygen levels! i can say this without being crazy…jaxton is awesome! he is more than just “the little one” in room 1, he is a fighter and brings so much strength to everyone that walks in there to see him! that is how i know God is working and doing what He has said He would do!

 

please continue to pray for jaxton! please pray for his heart! please pray for his lungs!

 

God, we praise You for what you can do. We praise You because we know that you are more than able to do what we ask, that is what makes You awesome!

 

Psalm 145: 17-21 “The Lord is righteous in all his ways and loving toward all he has made. The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them. The Lord watches over all who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy. My mouth will speak in praise of the Lord. Let every creature praise his holy name for ever and ever.”

these are a few pics i took today…he took his first binkie tonight…so cute!

Jaxton’s Fund

Hello friends, this is Aimee. I am hijacking Lisa’s blog again…mostly with her consent! If you are like me, you read these updates and want to help in a practical way. Not living close to the Husmann family makes it very hard to help in a practical way. I have talked with Lisa and Josh and asked if there was anything they needed. They said “No, just prayers and encouragement.” I began praying about what God would have me do to help my close friends and was lead to start a fund that would help them with the financial aspect of this journey. Josh and Lisa are humbled by this offer, but they’re real hope is for Jaxton’s life to continue to inspire and influence for God’s purposes.

Jaxton’s Fund will be available to those that would like to give a gift. 100% of this fund will be used to help families in the Indianapolis area who have babies with Trisomy 13/18, or who have spent time in the NICU. This will allow the Husmanns to help other families financially and to lead them to a closer relationship with Christ through Jaxton’s life.

Some of you are like me and would love to take a meal over… food makes everyone feel better, right? Again, because most of us do not live close enough meals are hard to deliver. If you would like to send a gift card for a meal out or for groceries, all mail can be sent to Josh and Lisa through the church. Whole Foods, Kroger, Target, Meijer and Fresh Market are all in their area. Most major restaurants can be found in the surrounding areas as well.

Encouragement mail may be sent to Mercy Road, c/o Josh and Lisa Husmann; PO Box 40909; Indianapolis, IN 46240

If you would like to give to Jaxton’s Fund, please click the link to Mercy Road Church’s online giving. When giving for this specific fund, please be sure to use the drop down menu to denote Jaxton’s Fund. These gifts will be tax deductible and a simple registration is required.

Please do not feel pressured to give financially, I am simply following a leading from God to help my friends in need. If you have any questions, please e-mail me (Aimee Loeser) at asloeser@gmail.com.

Psalm 34: 1-3 “I will extol the Lord at all times; his praise will always be on my lips. My soul will boast in the Lord; let the afflicted hear and rejoice. Glorify the Lord with me; let us exalt his name together.”

1 John 3: 21-24 “Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God and receive from him everything we ask, because we obey his commands and do what pleases him. And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us. Those who obey his commands live in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.”