O Love That Will Not Let Me Go

Julie just before being wheeled into the operating room! Julie with Dr. C just before meeting Walt Noah all ready to meet Walt with Jennifer (Gigi) and Lori (Loli) Walt's big introduction to the world! Proud Daddy! Beautiful Little Guy Walt showing off in the nursery for all the ladies Julie gets to hold Walt for the first time! Our wonderful nurse Karla handing Walt over to Julie in her own room Little Walt and his sweet Mimi Our pastor Ken Pierce came by to meet Walt Catching a quick nap Gigi and Walt Loli finally getting to hold Walt! Walt and Daddy Our dear Friend Kim getting to hold Walt Kimberly's husband, Ryan, and Walt Walt finally gets to meet his cousins (left to right): Emma, Landon, Laura and Caroline Walt and his uncle Stephen

Here are my first pictures! Julie is on her way to the room and doing great. As we have more pictures, I will get them up for you to see. Stephen

Well Magdalena's little brother has finally made his grand entrance. Walt was born this morning at 8:02am, weighing 8 lbs 4 oz and 20 inches long. Both Mom, Dad, and Walt are doing great!

72 hours from today I will be snuggling with little Walt, and I am ready. I am physically and emotionally ready to know him face to face. Any pregnant woman by this point truly feels as though they are losing their mind, so I know that I am not alone when I say that is what I have felt like. I can't remember anything. I can't concentrate, and I am constantly thinking of the things I need to be doing before Monday. None of these things are truly important, but they are part of the whole "nesting" process. I was so glad that my work found a sub for me early because I don't know if I could have passed the torch on in such a short period of time, but it also, gave me a little bit of a brain break on my last few days. I have been able to "let go" some (ok, I let go very quickly) of the things that I was trying to complete at work and fully focus on taking care of Noah and me. This is an emotional time for both of us. He doesn't write much, but he lost a d...

Two weeks from yesterday we will meet Walt face to face, unless he decides he can't wait. And when people ask my due date, they always seem to have a response like..."get ready to hear lots of crying (costs going up, no sleep, etc.)", and I can truly say that Noah and I ARE ready to hear that noise again. These comments remind me of how easy it is to get caught up in the daily routine and forget your blessings. I know that I can easily forget how I married a wonderful man who loves me and is so sweet to me in spite of my pregnancy, grieving, freaking out hormones right now. And I know that I will have days of complaining, but I am ready to know that Walt is here. I want to see if his ears are lowered or fists clenched and to hear him breathing on his own. I know that even if the doctor tells me that everything is ok, I will constantly be overprotective of him. I have been telling God so many times that I just can't lose another child, but I never would have imagined t...

We all know how much Mimi loves all of her grandkids, and each of them is spoiled in different ways. Look how she is already spoiling Walt. She wanted to be sure that he had special paintings made just for him when he came home. She came over and hung them on the wall too! It is so hard to see all of the details, but Papa insisted that there should be a ladybug in the picture, so she put one on the tip of the lion's tail and to the right of the elephant. Mimi saw this particular elephant on a bag that someone gave me at a shower, and instantly knew she wanted to paint it!

Every Easter the Easter bunny brings my sweet nieces a wooden egg with a small painting of whatever they were interested in that particular year, whether it be Hannah Montana, High School Musical, or Baby Einstein. This year the Easter Bunny brought all of their eggs a little later than usual, and Magdalena received one too. I was told by the Easter Bunny that I bring it out around Easter time with her basket, but lately it has been a treasured item by both Noah and me. I took a picture of it, carefully wrapped it up, and now, it is tucked away until next Easter. This is the perfect little egg for my sweet baby girl. Thank you "Easter Bunny".