Yesterday my baby sister Kerrie gave birth to the most beautiful baby girl!!! Her name is Rayah Joanne Clayton and she is quite perfect. Both mom and baby are doing very well, and as soon as I have photos I will post them.
We got to go and visit her in the afternoon and she has the sweetest face and attitude. She didn't make a peep the entire time we were there and is just the most serene, peaceful little being I have seen in a long time. Her daddy said that even when the other little babies were all screaming she was just content to sit there and hang out.
Welcome baby Rayah, to our obnoxious and loving family, we are so excited to have your soul as a part of our tribe.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Monday, August 24, 2009
What to Do?
The third time was NOT a charm. In fact, it was nothing. The seller just outright rejected our offer, not even a counter-offer. This whole process has gotten us thinking very hard about the decision to purchase a home and if it is right for us at this point. We currently live in a great house, in a beautiful neighborhood and cannot help but wonder if taking on the extra expense of a mortgage when we also have the looming costs of child care in six short months.
On the flip-side, owning a home has been a dream of ours since before we were married. To be so close and then put it on hold might be too difficult. Our Realtor has been incredible, and I cannot imagine how we would have gone through all of what we have dealt with without him, how do we repay him for all this work if we stop looking now.
With the baby coming in thirteen and a half weeks I also wonder how much of this is my own emotion driven desire to start nesting and have a settled home to bring her to. As it stands, even if we found a house next week we could not close until a couple of weeks before she gets here. It is all very frustrating and confusing. I am positive that we will be led in the right direction and whatever decision we make will be the one that is right for us, but for now we will keep praying for guidance on this chapter and hope to have some resolution soon.
On the flip-side, owning a home has been a dream of ours since before we were married. To be so close and then put it on hold might be too difficult. Our Realtor has been incredible, and I cannot imagine how we would have gone through all of what we have dealt with without him, how do we repay him for all this work if we stop looking now.
With the baby coming in thirteen and a half weeks I also wonder how much of this is my own emotion driven desire to start nesting and have a settled home to bring her to. As it stands, even if we found a house next week we could not close until a couple of weeks before she gets here. It is all very frustrating and confusing. I am positive that we will be led in the right direction and whatever decision we make will be the one that is right for us, but for now we will keep praying for guidance on this chapter and hope to have some resolution soon.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
3rd Time's a Charm???
Ok - house hunting has resumed. We spent some time Saturday looking at a few houses and found one that we really like. Over the last four months we have learned that compromise is a must, and so this house only has two bedrooms on the first level and a kitchen that needs some help in the future...But, it's very cute, in a good neighborhood and has a finished basement that our brother-in-law Clayton will fit in. His height has been the litmus test for every basement we have been in since we started looking (since Colin and I are midgets).
The good news is this is not our "forever" home, and if we do have a second child, the kids can share a bedroom pretty easily. The lot is huge and it has a garage. So...no offer yet, but keep your fingers crossed! Hopefully the third time is a charm.
Friday, August 14, 2009
For my Husband
Through all of the craziness that is pregnancy, I have been incredibly blessed to have Colin. A few weeks ago we celebrated four years of being together and I am constantly reminded by him of how amazing he is. Today when I should have been working I was looking at some old pictures, and this poem I wrote for our wedding day came up. It is as meaningful now as it was one year and six months ago. I love you baby!
They came from opposite worlds,
But were blessed with the same values.
His family is a tree, hers an orchard.
Separately, they were taught that love is life,
That family is fundamental.
She was cynical about matters of the heart,
He was enjoying a new life and location.
Neither wanted love or a relationship
And still, their hearts found each other,
Through a very well placed elbow.
They spent an evening in conversation
And their hearts began to beat in unison.
They began their dance in the mountains,
And beside a glistening lake love ignited,
Began to grow, and bonded family and friends.
They were slightly guarded and both fearful
They tried to trick their hearts,
And manipulate away from love,
But the bond overwhelmed them,
They gave in, and their love grew stronger.
In celebration they took a trip,
To the lake shore where their love first began
He asked that she be with him forever
She agreed before he completed the thought,
And again their love grew.
Together they celebrate their love today,
With family and friends to support them.
With all the joy imaginable,
They share their belief that love is life,
And begin their new foundation.
They came from opposite worlds,
But were blessed with the same values.
His family is a tree, hers an orchard.
Separately, they were taught that love is life,
That family is fundamental.
She was cynical about matters of the heart,
He was enjoying a new life and location.
Neither wanted love or a relationship
And still, their hearts found each other,
Through a very well placed elbow.
They spent an evening in conversation
And their hearts began to beat in unison.
They began their dance in the mountains,
And beside a glistening lake love ignited,
Began to grow, and bonded family and friends.
They were slightly guarded and both fearful
They tried to trick their hearts,
And manipulate away from love,
But the bond overwhelmed them,
They gave in, and their love grew stronger.
In celebration they took a trip,
To the lake shore where their love first began
He asked that she be with him forever
She agreed before he completed the thought,
And again their love grew.
Together they celebrate their love today,
With family and friends to support them.
With all the joy imaginable,
They share their belief that love is life,
And begin their new foundation.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Clumsy
Grace has never been something I have been associated with. Generally I am awkward and fall down a lot. The pregnancy has brought on a whole new level of clumsiness though. I have more bumps and bruises then ever before, most from running into things or tripping.
Yesterday was no exception. I took the bus home from work because the Jeep was in the shop. I got off at a stop about a mile from my house and started walking. Ten steps into my walk I tripped what I have decided to call "ground turbulence," also known as air, and face planted into the asphalt at the very busy intersection of University and 1st Street in Cherry Creek. Basically, I took a digger. I managed to break my fall with my knee and wrist, and thankfully did not land on my belly, but my pride has a really bad fracture!
Picture, if you will...pregnant woman in a little black knee high dress tripping and falling in the street. Getting up with sunglasses crooked on her face and trying really hard to play it off like my knee isn't bleeding like a ten year old at summer camp. So much fun!
Yesterday was no exception. I took the bus home from work because the Jeep was in the shop. I got off at a stop about a mile from my house and started walking. Ten steps into my walk I tripped what I have decided to call "ground turbulence," also known as air, and face planted into the asphalt at the very busy intersection of University and 1st Street in Cherry Creek. Basically, I took a digger. I managed to break my fall with my knee and wrist, and thankfully did not land on my belly, but my pride has a really bad fracture!
Picture, if you will...pregnant woman in a little black knee high dress tripping and falling in the street. Getting up with sunglasses crooked on her face and trying really hard to play it off like my knee isn't bleeding like a ten year old at summer camp. So much fun!
Monday, August 10, 2009
And the countdown is on....
So we went to our twenty-four week appointment last Monday and it dawned on me that in sixteen (now fifteen and a half) weeks we will have a new baby in the house! A new soul to share our days and nights with. This is an overwhelming thought, not simply becasue of the nervousness we feel, but also because of the joy. I am truly overcome.
I pray that we can teach her and guide her and still give her enough freedom to make her own choices and mistakes. I hope that we can teach her to learn from her mistakes and not always save her when things go wrong but be there to support her. Sometimes people bail their children out too much because let's face it, they are children, but sometimes the best lessons are the hard lerned ones and I pray that we can learn the difference.
I pray that we can teach her and guide her and still give her enough freedom to make her own choices and mistakes. I hope that we can teach her to learn from her mistakes and not always save her when things go wrong but be there to support her. Sometimes people bail their children out too much because let's face it, they are children, but sometimes the best lessons are the hard lerned ones and I pray that we can learn the difference.
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