Suspense...

..is building. Just days away from our newest addition. The preperations continue. We have the hospital bags ready and stocked with all the things for a trip around the world. They don't call Carrie the bag lady for nothing. The baby clothes have all been washed. They are so little! And the car seat is going in today. I'll be using a technique I learned by watching Roger. He was standing on it. Have you ever seen a 6'5" man stand in the back seat? The biggest suspense is not knowing what we are getting? Is it a boy or a girl?

Labor and Golf

Our family sky just got brighter with the addition of a new star - our beautiful niece Alina Carolyn Noyes. Carrie added wonderful support to Meredith throughout the labor. However, at the end Carrie seemed a little scared. Typical male, I responded, think of it like Golf, You are on the 18th green, and your partner is away so he has to go first. This is great because you get to watch his putt and his read. Is the green fast or slow? Does it slope left or right? Carrie got to watch the whole labor process and learn from her partner. Same thing right? Ok, Meredith will probably agree, labor and golf are nothing alike. But its a good crack eh?

Blessed

Anyone who knows kids knows that little boys and little girls plan their lives when they are little. Boys plan on being neighbors with their BF's and racing bikes together or getting life size monster trucks and going 4 wheeling together. We maybe even talk about playing on the same football team together. Little girls (BFF's) talk about big weddings and having babies and watching their kids play together. What is about to happen to our families right now is partly a blessing from God but is was also planned. Our lives are turning out to just what we planned. We 'pretend' play football together....

We race bikes together....

and we are having babies together.



Soon our kids will all be playing together. We are blessed and we are thankful for this.