39 Weeks We have done “belly shots” throughout our pregnancy and often Big Brother Sean likes to be in them too. Usually he just stands next to me, but today he wanted to give Baby Benson a hug in the picture! Afterwards Sean said, “I just gave Baby Benson her first hug from me!” Only […]
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Thank you for your comments on my last post and for repeating my new mantra with me, “September 17 is going to be a happy day!” I have continued to try to focus on that statement and not worry too much about what could possibly go wrong between now and then (our new baby girl’s […]
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Another week down and two to go… if our new baby girl doesn’t arrive early! 🙂 This journey continues to be such an awesome and strange mix of emotions as we prepare to meet our third child/second daughter. The closer we get to her scheduled birth (via c-section) on September 17, the more real this […]
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Molly’s Godparents, my sister Meg and her husband Bill (pictured here on their wedding day last September), are working with The Cradle (in Evanston, Illinois) to adopt a child. The Cradle encourages couples waiting to be matched to network, as many adoptions are identified from outside the agency (even out of state). Meg and Bill […]
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Three weeks from tomorrow (Thursday), if all goes well, we will get to meet our new baby girl. If she is born healthy, in theory we will get to bring her home a few days later. Did I really just type that? It’s been over five years since Bob and I started trying to have […]
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Last night we got home from Sean’s last AYSO soccer game of the season/awards night and since he was getting to bed later we skipped our normal format for prayers (naming all of our family members and some close friends, followed by our “special prayers”) and went with the abbreviated “God bless all our family […]
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