being ready

"We creep a little bit closer to being ready for this little bubba each day. I remember with my previous two, how in the last few weeks I'd wander into the nursery just to ponder what was ahead. I would open drawers full of tiny little clothes all freshly washed and neatly folded. I would arrange and rearrange soft toys. I would stare at those teeny newborn nappies and try to picture the little person who would wear them. And this time is no different (except her bedroom is my bedroom) and I love taking that little bit of time to bond and dream and think about the bomb of love that is about to go off in our lives."

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it's always darkest before the dawn

I haven't been telling the whole truth here lately.

I haven't been lying, just keeping quiet about things.

I knew when I was pregnant with the beautiful girl 

that things would be trying at times with two under two,

I knew there would be changes and that we would all need to adapt,

I knew that it would be challenging and exhausting and tough

and that was just on the good days.

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official

Our beautiful baby girl is all official now.

She is registered.

She is ours.

We get to keep her.

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from this moment...

Babies are born;

and in that moment

when they are completely vulnerable and helpless,

they also have unbelievable power.

They cast a spell on us which will last a lifetime.

They hold our big beating hearts in their tiny hands.

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family

This photo is of my beautiful fledgling family.

It's of my two beautiful boys

on the littlest ones first full day in the world.

I love these two boys

and I love this picture.

The tiny fragile baby,

the proud as punch new daddy.

Perfection.

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