Friday, August 13, 2010

Ben is coming!

Over the weekend Violet and I took a trip to Illinois. We made a quick stop in Tremont to see her Grammy, Grampy, Auntie, and Uncle. Then we headed to Bloomington for the next couple of days to hang out with Natalie while the Grabers welcomed baby Ben. It was a fun and tiring trip, but it was so amazing to get to meet another miracle and to watch Natalie meet him for the first time.

The Grabers before heading off to the hospital - still beautiful and smiling at 38 weeks pregnant!


On Monday and half of Tuesday I got to party with these rock stars


Super cute! I even got some practice making ponies :-)


My friend Jen came for a little visit


I asked Jen to take a couple pictures of me and the girls and it was a little on the crazy side


Crazy but fun! I have a whole new respect for moms of 2, 3, 4, and more.



On Monday night we found out the Ben was born and that he and mom were doing great! I was so excited but both of the girls were already sleeping so I just had to dance around the house by myself. Pregnancy and childbirth are the most miraculous events - I cannot get over it.

On Tuesday morning I got Natalie dressed in her special big sister outfit. So cute! She was really excited to go to the hospital to meet her baby brother.


Such a special moment!


Vi had fun hanging out with Joni in the hospital - Violet and Joni's son Jordan were born 2 hours apart!! We were both due on the same day, then went 4 days overdue, and were in labor at the same time. If someone would have told us that 15 years ago when we met, we never would have believed it. So amazing!



The reason for the trip and all of the joy: baby Benjamin Walker! So precious and handsome.




This can make your heart explode with joy - I'm so thankful I got to share this experience with such a wonderful family.

2 comments:

Meg O. said...

What an awesome weekend to be apart of! I can only imagine what a blessing you were to the Grabers!

Ashley said...

It was the best day ever! I was so glad to know that Natalie was having so much fun with you at home. We're just coming off the excitement from all the company today! I could never thank you enough for making this transition great for us. Love you guys so much!