Waiting for Baby

After Christmas, we were busy making last-minute preparations for Leah's birth and enjoying our last few days as a family of four. Leah's furniture arrived a week before she was born (just in time!) and it came in a few large boxes. The boys had a great time playing in the boxes. They used their crayons to draw windows and trees in their little "house".

Every night after bathtime, the boys sit in their rocking chair with me and read books before they go to sleep. As my belly grew larger and larger, it became more and more difficult for all of us to fit in the chair! All three kids got squished, and Ian would often say, "The baby is kicking me!" (She was!) Once, Ian actually slid out of my lap and landed in the floor. I'm proud to say that we made it all the way to the end of the pregnancy in the rocking chair. This is a picture of us reading in the chair the night before Leah was born.

Last night was the first night since my surgery that I've been able to hold both boys in the rocking chair again. We've had to read in other places for the last few days, and it hasn't been the same. It was so nice to hold my sweet boys on my lap again!