Amazingly enough, we only have four more days to go until we get to meet our newest family member! We are all obviously excited, but the girls are beyond that even. It seems that everything we do or talk about always comes back to our new baby in some way. Karina can't wait to finally be a big sister and Jadyn is full of very helpful advice at any time on how to be a good one. (Seeing as she has had so much practice already!)
We have been spending a lot of time talking about how things will be different and/or the same after baby gets here and all of that crazy stuff that goes along with a new little one coming home. We are definitely feeling the stress and pressure of all that is coming our way starting very soon.
I think Jadyn summed it all up for us the best yesterday, though, during dinner: "It's so good that God knows everything already about everything. We don't have to. We can just wait for Him to think we need to know it." I pray that we can keep that simple truth in mind as we make it through this next week of changes. We'll keep you posted...
We are scheduled for an 8:00 a.m. c-section delivery on Thursday.
We woke up this morning to beautiful snow...again. Every time we think we are all done, we get more. There was only about an inch or so today, so most of it is already melted, but it sure is pretty to see while it is here! The girls are hoping for lots more today and tonight. We'll see what happens. Right now we just have a few flurries coming down off and on.
We were talking with some friends a few weeks ago about kids losing teeth, and I mentioned that our Jadyn is 6 years-old and still hasn't lost any teeth. She has always been short one tooth in the front on the bottom - it just never came in - but she hasn't lost any yet or even had loose ones. She's really been wanting to loose a tooth - many of her friends already have, and it's a big sign of growing up some more - getting those "grown-up" teeth.
The same afternoon while we were eating lunch, Julie and I noticed that one of her front teeth has really moved over to the side in the open space. I asked Jadyn if she has any loose teeth, and she sadly replied, "no." So I asked her to open wide and reached in, and sure enough - her first loose tooth! It's actually so loose I think she'll loose it this week for sure. She was so excited - her radiant smile beamed from ear to ear as she proclaimed, "I'm going to get my first grown-up tooth!"
Not two days later we noticed one of her front top teeth is also becoming loose. What a big girl - yay for Jadyn!
The girls are hoping for lots more today and tonight. We'll see what happens. Right now we just have a few flurries coming down off and on.
