My unexpected joy!

Twelve years ago, when I was pregnant with our third child, I was POSITIVE I was having another boy. I had difficulty getting pregnant (on fertility treatments all three times), with my small stature had difficulty carrying the babies, had gestastional diabetes each time and with VERY large babies had difficulty deliverying the babies so we knew this would be my last pregnancy that my fabulous doc would allow. It was a bitter, sweet time. I had pretty much figured we would be a family of boys. So, imagine my surprise that at my first ultrasound, the tech told me it was a girl. That is why at each ultrasound after (I had a high risk pregnancy), I would ask "Are you sure it is a girl?" I was positive that I would get all this really cute girl stuff (not girly since I am a tomboy) and then Surprise! You have a boy! Instead, at 37 weeks, I delivered a beautiful, dark-skinned, black-haired girl! She has been my unexpected joy every day since--and today we had a Mother-daughter day.

We took Charlie to school a little after nine, picked up some much needed soy milk at Walmart and then, headed to Gardener Village. A very busy fall with all three kids playing lacrosse, we didn't get to the village to see the witches displays so I promised Syd we would go and then have lunch together. We have a great time together since she is so much like me! That can be good and bad---I am very high maintenance and so is she, but she is also very loving, caring and tender-hearted (me, not so much). She is an absolutely delightful young woman!

I am grateful for all three of my kids and it is days like today that I am so glad that Heavenly Father saw fit to allow me to have them in my life. Eric and I had figured we would probably need to adopt children so I am ever so blessed that Heavenly Father not only allowed me to be their natural mother but also that he sent me such great kids!

We are so lucky!