“Body
and soul, I am marvelously made…
You know me inside and out, you know every bone in my body;
You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit,
how I was sculpted from nothing into something.
Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth;
all the stages of my life were spread out before you,
The days of my life all prepared
before I’d even lived one day.”
Psalm 139
You know me inside and out, you know every bone in my body;
You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit,
how I was sculpted from nothing into something.
Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth;
all the stages of my life were spread out before you,
The days of my life all prepared
before I’d even lived one day.”
Psalm 139
God has created you in
a special way and already knows you and loves you dearly. We love you too! He
is blessing our family with your life as opposed to someone else, and for this
I am so grateful for! Someone might think we do not “need” you because you
already have 3 little big brothers. But you are irreplaceable in our eyes, and
we want you because God’s plan is perfect and always meets our needs in
unexpected ways.
Each of our children
has brought a new unique joy to my life. I wouldn’t have ever experienced that
particular joy in my life if he was not born. That is what makes me most
excited about the birth of this new baby…I will look forward to a whole new
creation, a whole new love, a whole new little look and smile, a unique
heavenly joy that no one or nothing else in this world can bring me.
Yes, I know this will
be challenging to say the least…juggling life (and juggling babies too at times
it seems) with four under the age of three. But how can I say no? If we are all
here for a bigger purpose, this must be mine. Doing my best to bring up these
little souls to be champions and soldiers for Christ in a world that needs it. God
has big plans for these little men, maybe a little woman. And it will make a
great story in history. So amidst the 6 diaper changes by 10:30am, 12 teeth cut
in 4 months time, or refereeing wrestling matches all day, we make it fun and
full of giggles as much as we can. God somehow gives us the graces we need to
make it to another day. Seeing the friendships and irreplaceable bonds that
have already formed with my children, the way John and Dominic get so excited
to see each other after waking up, or how they dote on Isaac, is like tasting a
little piece of heaven.
The thought of adding
another little babe to the mix is overwhelming to think about at times, but
something we look forward to and feel privileged to be a part of. We cannot wait to meet you, little baby!
From Dad,
It is hard to prepare yourself for what these few years of marriage have blessed us with and I never would have imagined having such a full life. I always new I would love having kids, and more (in numbers) than what most family would consider "appropriate" but never this fast.
We do get a lot of weird looks and inappropriate comments but I would never change what God has done with our family. I can't even imagine how my life would be like without them. While our life is not conventional by any stretch of the imagination, mine has never been and I don't think I would want it to. It is much more fun, exciting, and exhausting living this way. Having said all this though, I do hope we have a little bit longer of a break next time. :)
To Baby #4: I got to see you with Mommy two days ago. The excitement we get from those small short moments with you never gets old. I am not patient by any stretch of the imagination and simply can't wait to see what you are going to look like. You might want to stay in though as long as you can. Dominic is a little crazy!
