Babies on the Brain

Yeah, so I have baby fever. But is it any wonder? I’ve been married for nearly a year, and I’m (gasp) 32. And there have been so many conversations about babies lately; I can’t seem to escape it (not that I really want to). Anyway, it comes down to this: God has a plan, and I trust His plan. Chris and I aren’t really in the position to have children at this time. We don’t have any place to put a baby in our cozy little apartment, and our financial situation certainly cannot support another person. There are a lot of details I would like to work on before a baby comes along. Still I know that you can’t wait until all the factors are right; they never will be. Thus I return to my faith in God’s plan. If He gives us a child; He will also give us a way to take care of that child.

People have told me that I would be a good mother. Two people made that comment just today. I really hope so. Chris is convinced that our first child will be a girl. I hope that he’s right, but I hope that she’s part of a set of twins. We have twins on both sides of our family, so it’s a distinct possibility that we could be blessed with our own set. Again, that’s where God comes in.

Right now our only baby is Bella, our pony-sized dog. Really, she’s rather large. Our nephew Jack actually took a little ride on her a few weeks ago! She’s very rambunctious when other people are around, but she’s the perfect companion when Chris and I are here alone. Right now she’s on the floor behind my chair keeping me company. She likes to be near us, and that’s fine with me.

Here's an old picture of Chris holding our baby Bella!(This was taken before Chris and I were married, and Bella was a bit smaller then.)