First Few Days at Home

Sunday, October 23 - Tuesday, October 25

Sweet Baby Caroline is adjusting so well to her new home.  We are so overwhelmed by how truly precious she is.  We continue to be in awe of our Father's love.  Thank you so much for your prayers, support, and love. We love y'all.

1 Peter 5:7- Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.

Psalm 23
A psalm of David.
 ¹ The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
 ² He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,
 ³ he refreshes my soul.
He guides me along the right paths
   for his name’s sake.
⁴ Even though I walk
   through the darkest valley,^[a]
I will fear no evil,
   for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
   they comfort me.
 ⁵ You prepare a table before me
   in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil;
   my cup overflows.
⁶ Surely your goodness and love will follow me
   all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the LORD
   forever.

In Christ,
The Anderson Family

Caroline has come home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Our precious princess Caroline has finally come home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  We arrived to our house around 10:00 last night. We thank each and every single one of you for your amazing support.  Your fervent prayers and love have truly been incredible.  We continue to be in true awe of the unconditional love and care that the entire staff at the Henry Medical NICU. The departure last night was truly bittersweet.  We made lifelong friendships there that will endure forever as our precious Caroline continues her journey.  In terms of visitors to our house, we look forward to the day that we get to introduce miss Caroline to each and every one of you.  We can’t wait to one day in the near future to personally thank each of you for the amazing role that you played in helping our sweet Caroline arrive home last night.  In regards to house visits, the nurses and doctors have been very firm about visitors. Unfortunately, her little immune system is exceptionally weak. Furthermore, October is the peak of RSV season.  This virus can be deadly to a premature baby.  Additionally, we have now begun flu season. Therefore, the nurses and doctors were very adamant about limiting visitors to our house.  To all of you who know Mary Beth, you know this is extremely difficult for her to tell her friends, who have shown us such unconditional love along this unbelievable journey.  So, in reference to visitors, for medical purposes the nurses and doctors told us that each visitor must be over the age of 12, have had a flu shot, and must not have any possible symptoms like a runny nose or cough.  Also, in regards to visitors, for personal reasons we would like to spend the first two weeks just bonding as a family.  We are very blessed that Phillip has 10 days of FMLA paternity leave and will be out of work through November 3^rd. We want to use this precious time to truly bond as a family with our sweet little princess.  Again, we cannot express enough just how truly in awe we are of the prayers, love, and support of each and every one of you.  We continue to be in awe of our amazing Father.  The details that He put into this journey have truly been unbelievable.  We cannot wait to share with each and every one of you so many amazing stories that can only be explained by God. We continue to cling to the Bible verse of Romans 8:28- “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”  This will forever be our Anderson family verse that will be our rock as we continue this amazing journey with our precious little Caroline.  We love each and every one of you from the bottom of our hearts. We will try to update our blog each day with at least a picture or two so that y’all can watch her continue to grow.  Since we will not have visitors for a while, this will be a way for you to have a “virtual” visitation.  Furthermore, we would love to hear from y’all and this blog provides a place for you to post comments.  This will be so wonderful to one day show our sweet Caroline just how truly dedicated each and every one of you has been to her and us as a family.  The main thing that we need at the moment is prayer.  Please pray specifically that God continues to wrap His loving arms around us and keep us dedicated to raising Caroline in a home that is genuinely Christ centered.  Again, we thank y’all from the very bottom of our hearts.

In Christ’s authentic, selfless, and unconditional love,

The Anderson Family