Maren Grace
January 7th, 2008 by JoeShe’s here!!! Our little baby girl arrived yesterday, January 6, 2008. Thank you for all your prayers for her and Suzanne. They are both doing great. Here are the details:
Name: Maren Grace Thomas
Birth Date/Time: January 6, 2008 at 4:44 p.m.
Weight: 7 lb 5 oz
Length: 18 3/4 in
And here are a couple pictures (see more on flickr):
January 7th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
Congrats you two. Can’t wait to meet her. Wow, she’s got a lot of hair!
January 7th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
Congrats to your family on the arrival of your newest blessing! Maren Grace is beautiful! What a pretty name you picked out for her! Fun that she arrived a little early!
What a fun birthday she will have! 
January 7th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
Rejoicing with you at the safe arrival of Maren Grace!
January 7th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
Well, I’ll be. She looks like………………a baby! Congratulations you two! Glad both mom and baby are doing well. Seems dad has managed not too bad either!
January 7th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Whoa!!! Check out the hair!! It’s so not fair! All my babies were pretty much bald!! Oh well. She’s beautiful, and I can’t wait to get my hands on her in April. We’re still praying for all of you and rejoicing that Maren and Suzanne are doing so well. We love you!!
Luke, Jenn, Ashleigh, Riley and Kyleigh
January 7th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
yeah! yeah! yeah!
maren is beautiful (I mean the actual child and the name, too!).
it is crazy, she doesn’t look like a canadian!
please hug her and kiss her and tell her all about the folks back in texas that love her and will pray for her and can’t wait to meet her.
suz, you are a rockstar! i can’t believe how quick it all went!
we love y’all so much!
kenny, kim,
jonah, sydney, and baby ian
January 7th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Congrats!!! She is so beautiful. We are so happy for you and we can’t wait to meet little Miss Maren Grace.
January 7th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Wow, thanks for the pictures of Maren! She is so beautiful. So much hair and baby fat. We’re so happy for you. Riven, Joshua and Kaleb were mesmerized with her as they watched the slideshow on flickr. Robin says, “I want a baby!” I say, “I want a Maren!” I’m sure she will bring you hours of endless joy and entertainment. I pray she grows into a gentle, quiet, submissive, kind, lovely, humble servant of God.
January 7th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
Thank you to our Father God for giving us another healthy and beautiful grandchild. We are looking forward to many wonderful times together. We are so very blessed to know that all our grandchildren are being taught of the Lord and taught lovingly. Though we are very far apart and can’t see each other often like we would hope, God gives grace and comfort and keeps us close through His Holy Spirit.
It is beautiful to see you two with your new daughter and to see the love in your eyes for her and for each other. We will faithfully pray for her, Evan and you all.
January 7th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
Hey, congrats on the arrival of Maren! Evan is now an older brother… no easy job! That must be pretty close to the first baby born in Olds this year?
January 7th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
She’s beautiful…just like Mommy! Congratulations!!! I’m going to go look at your flickr slideshow now so I can do more ewing and awing!!!
January 7th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
whoot whoot!
is she named after someone? i dont think i have heard the name Maren before, but is is nice!
suzanne, i was impressed that you looked so nice after having just had a baby, then i saw that other ppl thought so too.
i know how to get comments on a blog…announce a baby’s arrival!
January 7th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
Congratulations, sweet friends. I can’t wait to meet Maren in April. Much love!
January 7th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
so excited for your earlier than expected arrival of precious little maren!!! LOVE the name! seems like that is danica’s sister’s name? or something similiar, something like that?
what a sweet day for your family!
anyways, like everyone else has said already, suz you look FANTABULOUS! as always!!
congrats again and i echo the prayer from jeremy…
eeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!
January 7th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Wow, she is soo incredibly beautiful!!!! SOO SWEET!!!! Congratulations!!!! What a precious blessing!!!
January 7th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
Congratulations Thomas family!! She is absolutely GORGEOUS!
God bless you all in this time of adjustment and as you spend time together as a family of 4!!!
January 7th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
Oh my goodness, she’s perfect. Not that I expected anything less but she’s more beautiful that I even expected. I can’t believe that head of hair…especially in comparison to Evan’s. haha!
Can’t wait to see her in April!…That’s way too long from now.
January 8th, 2008 at 3:58 am
Congratulations and God Bless You! Maren Grace is beautiful.
January 8th, 2008 at 7:14 am
Wow, my eyes got all watery looking at these pics. She is precious, and her name is beautiful. It will be such a joy, like I know it is with Evan, to learn about this little person God has entrusted to you and to hear His purpose for her and raise her up to be a success in His kingdom! Kids are a joy! Suzanne, I can’t believe I’ve never met you and hope one day we can. I know you are all an awesome family, and we congratulate you in such a happy time! And hey, when the fog lifts, we need your address!
(I threw away the envelope from your Christmas card… silly gal…) Love you guys!
January 8th, 2008 at 8:48 am
We are rejoicing with you over the birth of your beautiful daughter! Thanks so much for sharing the pictures with us. We look forward to seeing you all soon. Evan and Ben should be about the same age! Love from the whole Backus family.
January 8th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Baby Maren is a wonderful, precious gift from God. We are so excited that she is here and can’t wait to see her next week! She is so blessed to have wonderful parents and a big brother who will help take care of her. She is so incredibly beautiful and I can’t wait to hold her and kiss her.
Suzanne, you are so awesome! (And Joe’s not bad either.) Ha!
Love you all,
Mama Rap
January 9th, 2008 at 2:46 am
Beautiful pictures - what a miracle. God’s blessings for many wonderful years of training to follow in Jesus’ footsteps and awesome memories along the way. She’s beautiful.
January 9th, 2008 at 6:21 am
I have heard about the new grandchild from her grandfather Bob, my family and I have been friends with Bob and Sharon for many years. He is absoutely elated and I am sure Sharon is too. Congratualtions and hope to see more pictures soon, I am sure we will when they get back from seeing her
January 9th, 2008 at 10:03 am
I’m gonna bite her.
January 9th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
She is absolutely beautiful! - Nick is very jealous of all that hair - we are so happy for your and your lovely, growing family.
January 12th, 2008 at 8:45 pm
This is my third try. Oh such a beautiful great grand daughter and so much HAIR . The good lord is looking down on this family. I love all of you and hope to see you all this spring. D-Dad.
January 12th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Oh such a beautiful and healthy baby. Maren for a name is not bad. I’m proud for you, and hope to see you in the spring. Love D-dad
January 13th, 2008 at 10:03 am
Awww! We’ve been in TX and away from the computer! When we came home last night, I knew I had to check to see if your little girl had arrived yet… and she’s here!!! Congratulations to all of you. She is beautiful and I’m glad that everyone is doing well. Maren is a beautiful baby and a beautiful name.
Love to you all!
January 17th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Wow! “Be fruitful, mulitply and fill the earth!” May the Lord continue to bless you and give you great joy in raising these precious children! Please bring them back down to Idaho for a visit!
April 18th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
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