Sunday, February 1, 2009

gratitude

this picture is of me with my baby jensen. he is about 2 1/2 months old and i am 21. it is one of my most favorite pictures.


i feel so blessed to be a mother - to have the ability to bear and give birth to children. i love feeling this little girl move around inside me. i wonder what she will look like. i wonder what she will be like. i can hardly wait to meet her! to hold her for the first time. to see her look up at me with her newborn eyes, seeing everything for the first time. to have her precious spirit join our family.





i am humbled by the trust my Father in Heaven has placed in me to watch over His special children - to call them my own and love them. jensen, burton, and evan bring me so much joy. at times i feel like my cup is overflowing with love for my little boys.





i am excited to be having a girl. i am thrilled to be having a girl! i hope that i can be the kind of mom to her that my mom was, and is, to me - that she will look to me for guidance and reassurance and comfort - that we will be friends as she grows up.





i am having a girl. i will have a daughter.





i can't wait to meet her.

4 comments:

Sharon said...

I'm so excited for you and appreciate the gratitude you have for motherhood. Very touching.

The Larsons said...

LOVE this post. We really have the best jobs in the world! I can't help but be a tad bit jealous of you having a DAUGHTER! SO happy for you.. she will be beautiful, like her mom, and you WILL be as amazing mom to her as you are to your boys. They are all lucky to have you as their mom!

Vanessa said...

Great post Jen. Excited for you!

P.S. I think you have said before you like your hair short, but you look great in the picture! I'm hair envious.

The Coopers said...

That was so cute and touching.. i totally feel the same way! I am so excited for you to have a little girl.. hopefully i will too, but another boy is great as well.