Hey Friends 🙂
When was the last time you were completely suprised by God?!
13 years ago today I was pregnant with baby #2.
Our doctor completed an ultrasound, and assured us that we were 100% having a girl.
We were blessed to have three baby showers for “Baby Rebecca.” We painted “her” room in bright, beautiful colors and filled the soon-to-be nursery with pink onesies, frilly dresses, booties and more!
Soon the big day arrived! I delivered my new precious baby (without any drugs, I might add ~ not by my choice…another story!) ~ and quickly turned to the nurse and asked…
“Does she have red hair??”
The nurse replied, “HE DOES!”
“HE does????” I shockingly replied.
After the initial shock (and desperate attempt to come up with a boy name!) ~ we immediately rejoiced in God’s provision and sense of humor! Benjamin James Bultema was born! 🙂
If you attended Mars Hill Bible Church in 2001, you may remember Benj’s story! Our friend and pastor Rob Bell got a big kick out of sharing with the congregation of 10,000+ the story of Benj’s birth.
I’ll never forget when Rob called the hospital soon after Benj’s birth and said, “Cindy, I told everyone at 9 AM & 11 AM services, and can’t wait to do it again at 6”. For many years, folks would say, “Oh, is this your baby girl? Snicker. snicker.”
That’s ok ~ God knew EXACTLY what He was doing!
Happy, Happy Birthday Benj!!! We love you and thank God every day for making you uniquely you ~ and totally sports crazy, 100% boy!
And I’m also grateful you love a good celebration ~ just like your mom! 🙂
When was the last time you were completely suprised by God?! I’d love to hear you story!
Thanks for stopping by *She Sparkles*, my friend! I hope you’ve had a wonderful, joy-filled weekend!
Sweet blessings –
P.S. I love my husband John’s note to Benj today…”Happy Birthday Tiger. That’s what I called you when I gave you your first bath because you didn’t have a name yet!” 🙂
We had a baby surprise 4 years ago. Only it was his existence that was the surprise. We were not expecting that! But God knew what He was doing then, too! That little boy has been the sunshine in our lives ever since! I can’t even remember why we didn’t want another baby!
We have a surprise. I’ve always called her “God’s sense of Humor” our girls were 12 and 10 when the walk in dr told me the flu bug was not flu but we were pregnant. She’s our beautiful 17yr old now!!