Our Story Is a Thread Woven into the Tapestry of God's Story: Family of Four

Perhaps some day I will get around to blogging the birth story. I know not everyone can say these things but it really was all I had hoped for and in the end, we were holding a healthy baby girl. We are so very grateful.

Among our birth team was our amazing birth photographer, who doubled as an outstanding doula, Grace. I'm pretty sure she would tell you she is a doula first and I wouldn't disagree. Being on this side of the experience, though, I almost think I am more thankful for her gifts in the area of photography. We have a beautiful slideshow video that I have watched countless times already, not to mention a whole disc of photos that captured the experience beautifully.

As it happened, Grace was on call the day of Zoe's birth for another family as well. She had to leave very shortly after Zoe's made her grand debut as their baby also decided to arrive on March 2nd. This meant that she wasn't able to get very many pictures of brand new Zoe. In the end, I think we got the best end of the deal because she came back two days later and we were able to get some really fun, still very newborn pictures.

One of the things we wanted was an updated version of a family picture we had taken the morning I was in labor.

Then, we wanted some pictures of tiny Zoe:

she comes by this furrowed brow honestly - Daddy and Mama each have their own version, Zoe has both

And finally, we wanted some of us bonding as a family of four:

Mother and Daughter

Father and Daughter

Big Brother and Little Sister

I have loved seeing how Zoe has responded to Joseph from the time she was growing inside me. It was no different when they were face to face. She responds so quickly to his soothing ways with her.