Preparing for Our Baby Girl

 With our little sweetie due to arrive in three weeks, I am over come with joy. Her pregnancy has been a delight, and every kick and wiggle is just as precious and awe inspiring as the first. I pray to never let the wonder of carrying a child grow passe. Preparing for baby sister has been a sweeter and gentler process than the preparation required for a first born. In retrospect, I realized that preparing for a first born through baby showers, baby and pregnancy books, registries, baby classes, and furniture purchases is less about preparing for an individual baby than it is about preparing for ones childbearing years and needs. I find myself feeling more emotionally connected to this child I am carrying than I felt carrying our M because my focus has been more about loving her as our daughter and less about the process.  

Besides enjoying her sweet kicks and hiccups, I have been washing clothes

dreaming of tiny toes

 and finding little bows.