9th Christmas is a Charm

Is there anything, anything at all, that compares to the feelings of joy and happiness of being pregnant during Christmas, after 8 prior Christmases were so full of the mixed emotions of peace and chaos, joy and sorrow, inspiration and defeat?

Last year's Christmas marked a new beginning and a great joy amid our barrenness that I thought nothing could top.  Someday this unwritten chapter volume of our story will be written.

But our God is a God of surprises, and this 9th Christmas I am no longer barren but quite literally FULL of life.  Blessed be His holy name.  (Which was always holy, perhaps most notably in my darkest hours when I felt most abandoned.  He was always there, as He is for you, too.)

And now for some gratuitous belly and sonogram shots, because I need to rejoice and relish every moment of this long-anticipated miracle!

We wish you a very blessed, peace-filled Christmas, 

and a healthy, fruitful New Year!