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19
Mar 2012
Beck Ellis
We’re so thrilled to be able to announce the arrival of our third son, Beck Ellis! He’s incredibly beautiful, and he has the most kissable cheeks and little grunts that have stolen my heart forever. We thought Beck was going to join our family weeks ago, but he decided to hang out until he was over 40 weeks, and then he met his match with the big, bad petocin.
He likes baths. I like his old man facial expressions and wrinkles :).
Since the moment we met I could not lay Beck down or control my kisses. We spent our first night together cuddled up holding hands talking about always being punctual, how much he’s not a fan of late night eating, and covering the same topic over and over again about how beautiful he is. Jeremy and I are so blessed to call him ours and have him a part of our family forever. Someone else is also quite excited about his little brother :). When Asher held Beck for the first time he was hugging and kissing him and after awhile Beck started to cry…and then Asher started crying…he thought he did something wrong and hurt his little brother. It was the sweetest moment. Beck is so blessed to have a big brother who is already his protector. Of course Asher also had to touch his eye balls and man-handle his face checking him out, but I suppose that’s what big brothers do too, ha!
The other reason I couldn’t lay Beck down was because he wasn’t able to keep anything in his belly. We found out at Beck’s 20 week ultrasound that he was showing “echogenic bowels”. The doctors were not completely sure what that meant or what it was, it was just a red flag, something to watch throughout the pregnancy, and something we would have to wait to see how and if that would manifest when we saw Beck. Since Cystic Fibrosis is a lung and digestive disease, when we heard this news Jeremy and I started mentally preparing for the possibility of having two kids with CF.
In less than 24 hours of Beck being with us, he went from occasional spitting up to vomiting bile. To hear, “we’re going to need to bring him up to NICU to run some tests” was absolutely crushing. My first thought was of our sweet Paxon, and how sometimes babies don’t make it out of the NICU. Emotions and memories came flooding back as we handed over our beautiful boy not knowing what the future would hold for him. To walk into the room and see him already with an IV, a tube down his throat, to hear all the beeping monitors going off, to see doctors and nurses frantically working to run xrays to get him ready for tests all made me want to throw up. My plans to have another night cuddling our baby came to a crashing halt.
In no time they knew that he had a bowel blockage and we needed to do something fast to try to rid his body of the meconium. They rushed him down for a procedure to help with this, but essentially it was a complete failure. The plan was to try the same procedure the next morning, and if that didn’t work Beck was going to have surgery on his bowels the very next day.
We were desperate. Desperate for this procedure to work. Desperate for him to poop and avoid this surgery. Desperate for people to pray for our boy. And, desperate for a cure for CF as it all became quickly apparent that we were now dealing with this beast of a disease again.
Hundreds of people have been praying for Beck and begging God to allow this blockage to move through his body. It’s completely humbling and an overwhelming feeling to hear so many coming alongside us and joining us in prayer. And it’s even more humbling because it’s working!!! We started the morning yesterday preparing for the procedure to go the same as it had before, and expecting our two day old baby to have surgery. Except that wasn’t how the procedure went! Jeremy and I started crying and thanking the Lord when our boy started to pass some meconium during the procedure!! We had hope.
And, we have even more hope now! He has continually been passing meconium on his own, and we’re anxiously awaiting the arrival of the neonatologist this morning to see if we can take the tube out of his mouth and try feeding him again!! It’s a new dawn. It’s a new day. We have hope it’s going to be a very good day!! We wanted to share our boy with you, and ask that you continue to pray. We’re desperate to bust the chains on this place and bring him home!!! We love you all!! Thank you for loving our boy!!
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OH MY…I love every single one of those pictures!!! CONGRATULATIONS a million times over! What a beautiful blessing this sweet little Beck is! So thankful for his safe arrival and SO thankful for God’s huge answers to prayers!! Overjoyed at each bit of good news I hear and continuing to pray for Beck all the time and that he will get to go home with you soon!! Love you all so much and so thankful for this precious life!
Your family is beautiful Rach. Love you and we are always praying.
I can’t stop staring at these pics, Rach. He is so incredibly beautiful. I think every pic and every little facial expression is my favorite 🙂 And, Big Brother, Ash. Oh, we’ve known all along he would be the proudest, most protective, loving big brother. And seeing the pure joy on his face as he holds his little Beck. . . melts my heart. We are so filled with hope by all that has gone on over these last 36 hours. God is answering so many prayers and we are continuing to pray for big miracles!
Praising God with you for little Beck. Thank you so much, Rachel, for sharing these beautiful pictures. It’s pretty amazing how much Beck looks like Asher…2 handsome little boys. Love you guys!
Praying that Beck continues to poop and that you will be bringing him to your your loving home. What’s that saying a picture is worth 1,000 words? Can’t stop looking at these and reading the unspoken words in each of them…beautiful! Lots of love to the Olimbs!
HE is perfectly beautiful!!!! Congrats and we have been praying for you! Love the pictures and will continue praying that you things will keep moving through and you can bust out of there soon!
I can feel the sheer love oozing out of each picture. The picture of you and your boys makes me so incredibly happy!! He is about the sweetest little guy ever! Praying for more poop and no tubes so you can take your sweet baby home and snuggle your days away.
I love his little facial expressions! He is so precious. The pictures are so great and you all look so happy. I love praying for you guys and cant wait for you to bring him home.
Praying for all of you and especially little Beck. Love the pictures. Asher is so cute. Many blessings to this little family. Love you all so much.
HE’S BEAUTIFUL – the perfect blend of all of you!!! Congratulations to you and Big Brother, Asher!!
Such an amazing story – God could not have entrusted him to a more perfect family!
Love you
Great news! Continuing to pray for sweet Beck and the fam…he looks like such a little sweetheart, and well Asher, he is going to b the best big brother ever. His smile is sooo contagious! Praising God for his faithfulness ! Love u guys
I’m so happy Beck has safely arrived. I’ve been praying for months about Beck’s little tummy and it gives me such hope and joy to see how God is still at work on his little body. I can’t stop smiling at the wonderful pics.
Rachel,
I am so thankful you posted all of this. We are praying and we are so glad to hear the great news of his improvement. We will of course be continuing to pray for all of you and Beck. Can’t wait to see him!
precious, precious, precious. May the Lord surround you with awareness of His presence constantly. We know He is Emmanuel, God with you! May “the Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace.” Numbers 6:24-26
Your photos melt my heart and the smiles are contagious. We praise God with you and continue to pray tat the chains will be busted too!!! We love you.
I am so so glad you posted this. I’ve been dying to hear an update. We have been praying a lot and will continue to pray for you guys. Jordan is convinced that you guys will find a cure for CF – We know that God is bigger than this evil disease. We pray for a cure!!! Love you guys.
I love the first picture of you holding Beck! So wonderful to see the joy, contentment, and gratefulness on your face. He is beeaaauuutiful! I love you guys so much, and can’t wait to meet him. I know those who love your family will continue to drown you all in prayer…-if [prayer] was an ocean, you’d be sinking.
What a great post to wake up to this morning…prayed for Beck through the night, can’t stop thinking about you guys…what awesome words to read! Will keep praying Rachel! Now…off to less serious things, you look beautiful in the pictures and well, Beck is just way too adorable, I don’t know how you’ll get anything done at home, you’ll be too busy staring at his perfect scrunched up face! Love you Rachel!
“But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved you!” Eph. 2:4. Your joy is bursting forth in those pictures. Your faith is stronger, your trust is bolder. Your have a beautiful son in your arms and your broken heart is restored. I thank God that He has made something so beautiful as Beck’s sweet little face and all the love around him for us to see. Thanks for sharing such tender words and pictures. I am beyond happy for you all and I love you do much. I pray that Beck Ellis is a strong man of faith who serves the Lord all his days here.
Beck, we’re all praying that you can come home soon!
This is my 3rd time visiting this post! Thanks for sharing the wonderful pictures. Every single one of these photos makes me smile. You look fantastic, Rachel! How sweet to see Asher’s love for Beck. Continued prayers for the little guy and that you all will be home soon! Congrats!
Praying for you and your beautiful family! God is so good. The joy on your faces is precious! Go baby Beck!
God is so great! Thank you.. And what a beautiful boy He blessed you with…congratulations to both of you and to his brother, Asher. We will continue to pray and thank our Lord Beck will do wonders! I just learned today of this Miracle…Love and Hugs, Reggie and Odell
these seriously melt me. Seeing asher with him…. AHHHH! so soooo meltable!
And for reals- how do you look so totally fabulous after popping this kid out?!?!? You are one hot mama! I am so thrilled to see you all in one big happy family photo. I just love it. And so excited that theres more of your family to love now!
Praying for you all constantly!!! LOVE AND HUGS!!! – Team Nucks
Thank you so much for sharing all of this with us. We have been praying so hard for all of you, especially Beck. I have to admit, I don’t think I have ever prayed for someone to “poop” before. But, as soon as I saw your post on Facebook, I was bowing my head and lifting your little boy up in prayer. You and Jeremy are amazing parents and amazing examples of God’s love. Your trust in God shows me where I should be putting my trust and not in things/people in this world.
These pictures are so touching and wonderful!!! The one of the four of you brought tears to my eyes. You look fantastic. Are you sure you just gave birth?! Lots of love and prayers from our family.
Congratulations Jeremy, Rachel & Asher on the arrival of beautiful Beck!
He is sooo handsome! We love love love the pics of Asher holding Beck.
You can tell Asher already loves him dearly. So do we!! Again, Congrats!
Love you all so much,
Deb & Amber
Congratulations on your new adorable son BECK. We will be praying for you all. Amazing Grace of God, what a gift.