June 19, 1960
The whole family was together celebrating Mary Jane's second birthday. During the party, Drew made an announcement.
"Y'all are such a blessing to Elizabeth and I. You have encouraged us so much, from the moment we began dating way back in… I don't know if I can count back that far."
Everyone laughed.
"But really, we are so thankful for everyone from both our families. Thanks for being a part of our family and sharing the milestones. We have another milestone. Miracle Baby Four will be joining our family in January!"
Everyone was thrilled and hugged Drew, Elizabeth, Judy, Clancy, and Mary Jane.
January 16, 1961
At 2:51 a.m., Elizabeth was in extreme pain.
"AWWW!" she wailed.
"Push Darling!" the nurse coaxed, squeezing her hand.
Elizabeth did so. She had been in labor for 18 ½ hours. She went into labor during church the day before and Drew took her to the hospital. She was completely exhausted.
"I can't do it anymore." She began to sob.
"You have it. You can do it." The nurse looked Elizabeth directly in the eye. "You can do it. This is your MIRACLE baby, the baby you and your husband have prayed for since your honeymoon. You have to get him or her here. Don't stop now, Baby."
Elizabeth nodded. The urge to push came over here.
"I have to push!" she exclaimed.
"Go on." The doctor said.
"AWWWWWWWWWW!" Elizabeth screamed. "AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!"
Two hours later, she was still in labor.
The doctor was preparing to do a Cesarean.
"I've gotta push!" Elizabeth said.
The doctor came over.
Elizabeth pushed with all her might.
At 5:00 that morning, the baby was finally born.
The doctor cut the umbilical cord and the baby began to cry.
"Congratulations Elizabeth, it's a boy!"
Elizabeth began to sob. "Oh doctor, thank you!" she sobbed.
"You're welcome, Honey. Great job! That was your hardest labor yet."
"Can I see him?"
"You sure can." Dr. Spencer smiled.
"This is Michael Thomas Cutler." Elizabeth smiled.
"A great name." Dr. Spencer smiled.
The nurse went and brought Drew back.
"Oh Honey," Drew's eyes filled with tears. "We're so blessed."
"I don't know what we did to deserve this. We were told shortly after we were married that we would NEVER have children. Now, we four beautiful children. I guess that just goes to show, never give up on praying."
"Never give up." Drew agreed. "I called Jen. She said Clanc is super excited to have a brother. The girls are happy either way because they have each other."
Elizabeth smiled. "Our family has been perfect since the day we were married, but now our family is REALLY perfect."
"I agree." Drew smiled and kissed his wife.