Jeremiah Michael Lyons

Jeremiah Michael Lyons was born into our home on Monday, February 7, 2011 at 8pm.  He weighed in at 7lb. 10 oz. and was 20 3/4 inches long.  I was thrilled and overjoyed that he had little dark hairs- I just love little hair.  We are so thankful to the Lord for this special gift and for the Lord's grace throughout the process and for our amazing doctor who goes to our church Dr. Grim who was a huge encouragement! 

It was quite the labor and the Lord sustained me even though I admit at times I was quite discouraged.  I began having some contractions on Saturday though not much and then woke up at 3am on Sunday morning with contractions every 5 minutes or so that made it hard to sleep- we kept timing them and that morning called the doctor and decided to go to the hospital- but alas after checking me- they sent me home saying I was only 1 centimeter dilated and sent me home.  Well, even though I feel like I am a wimp with pain, they kept coming harder and I felt like I needed to go back that evening- they checked me and sent me home again.  We tried to sleep that night and then finally Monday morning I told Michael that I needed to go back- so we called the doctor and he saw us early at his office and said I had dilated to 3cm and sent me to be admitted- I was crying tears of joy- finally.  I thought I might have to go like this for a week.  I am very thankful though that the Lord allowed me to go into labor on my own- even on my due date though it seemed so long.  So finally we were admitted at 11am and the labor progressed very quickly- especially after the epidural and was able to push just for 30 minutes which was a blessing.  We are thrilled with this little gift from God.  We are both very tired and exhausted but overjoyed with the Lord's goodness.
Some pictures and a bit about his name.  Thanks all for your encouragement and prayers!!!

Jeremiah Michael Lyons…

Jeremiah-   Meaning “Yahweh exalts or lifts up”-  Jeremiah was a prophet in the Old Testament who prophesied to hardened Judah before the fall of Jerusalem.  He is often called the weeping prophet as he faithfully spoke the words of the LORD during a time in history where God was about to punish His people because they did not listen to the LORD.  God would bring on famine and destruction of Judah because they did not obey the voice of the Lord.   From the beginning of the book, God calls and ordains Jeremiah to preach faithfully His message even if the people hated him and turned against him, which they did. 

We take seriously the meaning of our son’s name that he might grow up to exalt Yahweh and that he might be faithful in the midst of suffering and persecution.  We know the world he is born into is not a kind world and hates the followers of Christ.  We pray that our son Jeremiah will faithfully obey and speak the words of God even amidst prison, beatings and persecution! 

Michael-  Meaning “Who is like God?”  We named his middle name after his daddy.  There is no other person I would want my son to follow and imitate as he follows Christ!  I pray that Jeremiah Michael grows up to love the Lord and the Word of God as much if not more than his dad!  We pray that he would be a faithful proclaimer and servant of the Lord in good days as well as when trials and suffering come! 

Lyons-  We have decorated his nursery with lions and jungle themes.  But we pray he would be constantly reminded of the Lion of Judah- the King of all Kings.  We pray that he would recognize that he has a rich family heritage but more importantly that his treasure would not lie in earthly things.  We pray He would lift and exalt the King above all Kings!

First Family Photo

Dr. Grim

Grandma Lyons

I think this was at 38 weeks