{our hearts are full}

Our hearts have been overflowing with gratitude lately; Elaine Raquel is sending us her sibling this December!! I am now finished with the first trimester and definitely starting to show so we can't hide it much longer. My body has handled things extremely well for having just been through labor and delivery at the start of this year. And I know that's no coincidence; there have been so many tender mercies along the way!

We have already had an ultrasound and heard this little one's heartbeat multiple times. There are so many emotions which are all hard to adequately explain, but most of all it is gratitude that we are filled with. We are excited, we are peaceful, and we know that Elaine Raquel would want us to bring her siblings here, so that we can all learn and grow, become better, and learn about her and honor her memory in how we live as a family. We know for a fact this is how our family is supposed to be and we wouldn't have it any other way---even though it has been hard. I know that it is exactly right---it's exactly how it should be. What a year 2013 has been and will turn out to be!