Painting a Place

The girls had a ball painting their baby sister... feeling all her flopping and fluttering... talking to her from the world she will soon come out to meet. They've pretty much asked to do it about every day since.

It is wild how much more Hope understands this time around. She was, after all, just about three months younger than Maddie is now. While painting away, Hope drew a box and told me to have the baby move inside it so God could protect her right there. She proudly tells others how she's about to have another baby sister, how we don't know her name yet but we will someday soon. She makes little things and gives them to me with instructions to save them for our baby. She sometimes even reverts to talking in a baby voice and reminding us, "I'm still your baby too!":)

To this we tell her, "You'll always be our baby-- our very first baby! And now you also get to be our big girl. You have such a special place in this family."

We read and play lots of pretend to help things along.


Wow... our big girl... our oldest at the ripe age of three.



How we pray for both of the big sisters and their hearts as they accept another member of our family-- a totally new role for Madison! May each of them know how loved and cherished they are. And may God give us lots of wisdom and patience in how to do so all along the way!


~Katrina