Prayer request and a vacation

My prayers go out tonight to the sister of a girl I work with. Her name is Melissa, and about 5 months ago she came to work SO excited because she just found out that her sister and her husband were expecting their first baby. She talked about it all the time and just couldn't wait to be an aunt! A couple of weeks ago Melissa told me that her sister had an ultrasound which revealed the baby, a girl, has a very severe cleft lip. That was the least of their concerns, though, as the ultrasound also revealed almost nonexistent brain waves. I haven't heard much since, but I don't work very often so I just found out today that this precious little girl will be born with part of her brain missing! No one knows what the future holds for her. I can't even think of the words to write - I'm just so sad for this couple, I absolutely cannot imagine going through what they are going through!! It makes me realize what a miracle a precious little baby is, and I'm SO grateful to have a healthy baby. I think I take that for granted. I will be keeping this couple in my prayers and praying for the best possible outcome, please keep them in your prayers as well.

It doesn't really seem right to talk about something exciting after that, but we are going on vacation tomorrow morning. I'm excited but nervous. Nervous because we are leaving Isabella for the first time. She will be going to Monte's parents to stay for three days! Yikes! I think I'll have fun, but I'm really going to miss that little girl. We're going to go to the Twin Cities, then on Sunday come back to my in-laws to get Isabella, then go to Monte's sister's to stay for three more days since Monte has meetings for work in Fargo Tuesday and Wednesday, and she only lives an hour from there. (Wow, that was a HUGE run on sentence - oh well) Anyway, I better get packing and quit rambling! It's amazing how much more there is to pack when there is a baby involved! :)