Baby Update - AND - Please Pray

I had my 7 month checkup today and everything checked out just fine! I gained another 4 pounds last month...which puts me at 14 total so far. The doc said that as long as I keep on track with this (and don't have any crazy abnormal swelling or anything like that) I should end up right around the average 25 pound mark when all is said and done.
I was also tested for gestational diabetes today and praise the Lord, it came back negative. Baby Rae is around 2 pounds now, and she is very active.
That is the praise report!

Here is the prayer request:
Last month, my doctor was unable to make my appointment due to a family emergency. Today I found out why: he and his wife lost their 9 week old baby girl to SIDS.
They have six children: One biological son and 5 adopted kids. This was their most recent adoption. Dr. Spencer (who is a Christian and works in a Christian clinic) had been giving free care to the baby's biological mother during her pregnancy because she was a minor and from out of state, had no insurance, had other kids, etc. Toward the end of the pregnancy she asked him if he and his wife would just adopt her baby, and they agreed. They got to be there for baby Magdalene's birth, Dr. Spencer cut the cord and everything. They took her home when she was just 12 hours old.
I cannot imagine the pain of losing a child. To go from kissing your sweet newborn goodnight...to her being gone the next morning...would simply be unbearable. A miscarriage would be hard enough, but this is a baby they held and kissed and cared for 9 weeks.
Obviously they took it pretty hard. Dr. Spencer said it was the worst day of his life - and that he wouldn't wish it on Hitler. At the same time, he was very strong in his faith...praising God that his little girl didn't have to struggle through this world. She got to go straight to Jesus.
His wife took it even harder. Her brother was murdered 20 years ago, and with this recent loss she became quite angry with God. Her heart has since softened and she is just thankful that they got to be the ones to care for Magdalene while she was here. Dr. Spencer's sister is an atheist, and he said he's been able to have some really great conversations with her about the Lord as a result of this tragedy.
"Weeping may endure for the night, but joy comes in the morning." The pain we experience during this breath of a life is nothing compared to the eternity Dr. Spencer and his family get to spend with Magdalene.
Please keep the entire Spencer family in your prayers. Their remaining 5 kids range in age from 2 years to about 12 years, so this is bound to be hard for them to deal with and understand. And thank God for the hope we have as believers. Losing a child is something you think you'd never get through - and without God, you probably wouldn't. But Jesus offers a hope that is to beautiful to be described.