And Then There Were Four!
We gratefully announce the arrival of our fourth child, a little girl named Calissa Jane Ding. Her name is derived from the Greek word “kalos” which means “beautiful” or “good.”
She was born on May 19, 2006 at 11:54 pm. Her initial stats: 7 lbs 8 oz and 18 inches long.
Oddly enough, this was Lois’ longest labor yet. Her contractions began at 6:30am and continued into the evening with little progress. By then we’d checked into the hospital because Lois’ water broke in the noon hour. We made a difficult decision at 9:30pm — after 15 hours of inconsistent contractions — to have a light drip of pitosin administered to accelerate her seemingly stalled and ineffectual labor. That did the trick (yikes!) and within 2+ hours, we had our baby girl. Through it all, as with her other two deliveries, she did it without any anesthesia.
What makes this day particularly notable is that it’s also our fifth wedding anniversary. Happy anniversary, babe. Though arguably the toughest one! We’ll have to do a make-up date soon…
Thank you Lord. Bless this little girl! And God bless her momma for an amazing job enduring a long and at times discouraging labor.
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9 Comments so far
Leave a commentPraise God! We are excited to hear of Calissa’s birth, and look forward to seeing you all this August.
May the Lord indeed, bless her and keep her and may His face shine upon her!
Congrats,
Sam Livingston
Hallelujah! Thank You Lord!
We prayed and prayed last night and hoped she would come by 11:59pm! She beat it by 5 minutes. We thank the Lord for a healthy mama & baby (and for smiling upon and granting “the little things in life” - the fun of having an anniversary baby).
We look forward to meeting her.
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mb4dc2, et al.
What a beautiful anniversary gift from above! Thank God for His perfect timing and His hand of protection over baby and mother. We hope to rejoice with you soon.
What a beautiful little girl. Congratulations, Lois & Evers!
Nia, Jonathan, Zoe & Ian
Congrats!!!!!
Good job Evers! Most especially a tip of the hat to Lois, she did the
“heavy lifting”!And, a big how-do-you-do to Calissa Jane, that’s a pretty name. She sure
has got some rosy cheeks.The way that Ignatius pops his buttons every time this happens, one
would think he does all the work!In Concord, I am raising a glass in your general direction now, good
health to you all.Nice blog Evers.
God Bless You All.
Richard Rongstad
Concord, California
Praise the Lord for the arrival of Calissa! Blessings to you all!
Rejoicing in the Lord with you,
The Daos
so happy for you all!!
may God continue to bless you and bless others through you.
looking forward to visiting you, or running into you in target, walmart or home depot again…
with His love,
isaac, grace and ally
Congratulations, Lois and Evers!!!
Welcome to the wonderful world of being another one of those weird large homeschooling families! Four children by your fifth anniversary–impressive! ;-D
Calissa is simply beautiful. Looking forward to seeing a picture of her with her big brothers and sister.
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