{I co-host this link-up with Natalie, Jordan, Cait, Mallorie, and Allie!}
Obviously, two of my most precious blessings are my baby boys! I love them both like crazy and thank God for them every day. Today, I would like to focus on one of them. Is that allowed? Haha. Today, I want to focus on the blessing that is this guy:
If you've been around this blog, then you know that Brooks wasn't exactly planned. Well, his timing wasn't. We were absolutely going to have more children...so in a sense, we had planned on him... just not on having him 18 months after Holden. ;)
When I took Brooks for his 4 month well-check, I was waiting for the elevator when a doctor (our ped's office is part of a hospital) who was also waiting, asked me how old Brooks was. We started chatting and he asked me if I had other children, so I told him. He then said that he had 6 (!) kids and that the most recent was a bit of a surprise. I then blurted out that Brooks was a bit of a surprise, too. His response was, "Yeah...that's the best though, you know?!" He just seemed so happy and genuine about that statement and it really stuck with me. Why? Because it's true.
After 6 months of trying to conceive, a miscarriage at 10 weeks gestation, and 10 more months of trying to conceive before Holden came along... it was hard to imagine that a "surprise" pregnancy even existed...much less that we would ever have one. It really was/is such a blessing to not have had to "try" for Brooks. We did not have to go through that process again and for that I am very grateful. We didn't even have to make the big decision of when to have another child - it was made for us!
Sometimes, having two under two is overwhelming. It is busy and non-stop. Sometimes I feel like 18 months apart is not an "ideal" age difference. Sometimes I think things would be easier if big brother, Holden, was a little older and more mature - better able to understand and to be a little more independent. But I am constantly mindful of the great blessing that Brooks is and that God's timing is truly the best. I believe that their age difference was chosen by God and trust that He knows what He's doing!
I am so grateful for the blessing of an unexpected, but wonderful, surprise! A surprise of the best kind.
When I took Brooks for his 4 month well-check, I was waiting for the elevator when a doctor (our ped's office is part of a hospital) who was also waiting, asked me how old Brooks was. We started chatting and he asked me if I had other children, so I told him. He then said that he had 6 (!) kids and that the most recent was a bit of a surprise. I then blurted out that Brooks was a bit of a surprise, too. His response was, "Yeah...that's the best though, you know?!" He just seemed so happy and genuine about that statement and it really stuck with me. Why? Because it's true.
After 6 months of trying to conceive, a miscarriage at 10 weeks gestation, and 10 more months of trying to conceive before Holden came along... it was hard to imagine that a "surprise" pregnancy even existed...much less that we would ever have one. It really was/is such a blessing to not have had to "try" for Brooks. We did not have to go through that process again and for that I am very grateful. We didn't even have to make the big decision of when to have another child - it was made for us!
Sometimes, having two under two is overwhelming. It is busy and non-stop. Sometimes I feel like 18 months apart is not an "ideal" age difference. Sometimes I think things would be easier if big brother, Holden, was a little older and more mature - better able to understand and to be a little more independent. But I am constantly mindful of the great blessing that Brooks is and that God's timing is truly the best. I believe that their age difference was chosen by God and trust that He knows what He's doing!
I am so grateful for the blessing of an unexpected, but wonderful, surprise! A surprise of the best kind.
