Saturday, March 24, 2012
Friday, March 23, 2012
Baker is here!
We welcomed Baker Michael Branch into the world and straight into our hearts yesterday, March 22nd, at 9:35am, weighing 8 pounds 9 ounces and 20.5 inches long.
Our family and hearts grew instantly and we cannot imagine our lives without him. We are thankful for this beautiful blessing and our hearts are full of joy!
Our family and hearts grew instantly and we cannot imagine our lives without him. We are thankful for this beautiful blessing and our hearts are full of joy!
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Emotions.
Something about being 100 months pregnant makes you super emotional. I am pretty sure I have experienced every emotion in the last 24 hours. Every. Single. One.
Just knowing that in 2 days I will have a new baby, sends me into a complete emotional tailspin. I go crazy cleaning and getting ready one minute, and then the next, I am a ball of tears on the floor, holding Saylor and stroking her hair. One minute I am daydreaming about seeing his sweet face, and the next, I am scared to death that something could go wrong and pouring out prayers to our sweet Jesus.
I was driving home from Target this morning, and heard a song on the radio, and in that moment, lifted my hands to thank our Lord for the gift of a beautiful blessing growing inside of me. I then looked in my rear view mirror at my sweet first born, and fell completely apart. Emotions are gripping me at every turn.
And in the midst of writing this post, a dear friend called, and brought me back to reality. She reminded me all of this was normal. That it's okay to feel deep and cry hard. That our heart holds an amazing power to expand, to grow, to love one more just as deep and hard. That moments may be tough, but the reward is great. That these are indeed the best days of our lives. To cherish these small moments. To soak them in deep. To savor the smiles and laughter. (Thank you, friend, you are so dear to me.)
Back to cleaning, packing and organizing. Back to playing outside in the sunshine with Saylor. Back to everyday moments and smiling at the in between.
"From the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another." - John 1:16
Just knowing that in 2 days I will have a new baby, sends me into a complete emotional tailspin. I go crazy cleaning and getting ready one minute, and then the next, I am a ball of tears on the floor, holding Saylor and stroking her hair. One minute I am daydreaming about seeing his sweet face, and the next, I am scared to death that something could go wrong and pouring out prayers to our sweet Jesus.
I was driving home from Target this morning, and heard a song on the radio, and in that moment, lifted my hands to thank our Lord for the gift of a beautiful blessing growing inside of me. I then looked in my rear view mirror at my sweet first born, and fell completely apart. Emotions are gripping me at every turn.
And in the midst of writing this post, a dear friend called, and brought me back to reality. She reminded me all of this was normal. That it's okay to feel deep and cry hard. That our heart holds an amazing power to expand, to grow, to love one more just as deep and hard. That moments may be tough, but the reward is great. That these are indeed the best days of our lives. To cherish these small moments. To soak them in deep. To savor the smiles and laughter. (Thank you, friend, you are so dear to me.)
Back to cleaning, packing and organizing. Back to playing outside in the sunshine with Saylor. Back to everyday moments and smiling at the in between.
"From the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another." - John 1:16
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