Sugar and Spice

I’ve been struggling to find words lately.  My life is filled with such joy and at the same time, a big fat mess of sorrow.  Today though, I’m only going to focus on the joy:

We are thrilled to announce that Caroline and Addalee are going to (Lord willing, PLEASE PLEASE) have a baby sister in February.  Things are going well in this pregnancy, I even passed my glucose test (P-Uke)!  That was a huge relief since I had gestational diabetes during my pregnancy with Addalee.

I'm so hopeful for this sweet baby to arrive alive and healthy.  I'm excited for Addalee to know what it's like to have a sister.  After all, she DOES have a sister...well, 2 now!  Shortly after we found out that Addalee was a girl, Arthur and I were shopping in Target and I saw these 2 little girls also shopping with their mom.  They were very close in age, and they were giggling and playing together.  The breath was knocked out of me when I thought of how close Caroline and Addalee should have been.  Then I overheard one of their sweet voices say, "Hey sister!" (but it sounded like "thith-toh")  I cried then and there.  Arthur heard it too, and then saw me break down...oh the joys of ugly crying in public...you humiliate the person you're with too!  It's always been something I wanted for our children, to have siblings. Now that actually seems like it could be within reach.

We're very cautiously and prayerfully hopeful for our 3rd sweet girl to get here alive and well.  We've been throwing around some names, but nothing has stuck yet.  If you have any suggestions, please send them our way! :)