//GRACYN JADE//

She is finally here and we love her to itty bitty pieces already! Gracyn Jade King, born on March 25 2015 at 2:00 pm, weighed 8lb. 2oz. and was 20 inches long. It was easily my best birthing experience and my first all natural one too. She is just so precious and snuggly and I am enjoying the newborn stage all over again and with more intensity than before :-) After having two already, I am so aware of the speed of time, and I am hoping she will stay newbornish a bit longer than usual. 

My mom was here for a week and a half, taking care of Chase and Addisyn while we were at the hospital and taking care of us all when we got home. :-) This is the first time I had someone sleep here after a baby and having her here made a world of difference! I still got up to feed during the night but was able to get a good nights sleep in between feedings and have been recovering so quickly. She also took Chase and Addi home with her for a week so I am able to rest and enjoy Gracyn all by myself :-) .

//Welcome to our family, sweet girlie. We love you to the moon and back, forever and a day!//

//FAMILY HISTORY: THE BEGINNING//

Brian and I met in the fall of 2005 when I began to work for his parents at a Farmer's Market near Philly. It was a bit intimidating to have to talk to and work with the boss's son, but he was always friendly and helpful- maybe a little too friendly sometimes and that was even more intimidating :-) I knew we had a connection though, when his mom stated one day that he just does not talk very much to anyone; he was usually very talkative and funny with me. We had fun working together and slowly started to build a friendship beyond work. A year after we met, we started dating.

After one year and eight months of dating, he proposed marriage and we planned a wedding in 4.5 months. We got married September 28, 2008 on a rainy ((beautiful)) day.

There is something so comforting and secure knowing that you are 100% committed to someone, and them to you. Love is a choice, every day, whether it comes easy or not. It is not always easy to choose love, but it is always right and worth it.


//I found the one whom I love with all my heart.
I held on to him and now I won’t let him go. Song of Solomon 3:4//

//A HOUSE NOT YET A HOME//

I have seen this run down house all of two times, and I am sincerely in love with it already.

It needs oh so much updating, but I can see past all that and this is what I see:

//Early morning breakfast with my husband in the kitchen, looking out over the miles to a beautiful sunrise// little feet padding out of their rooms in the morning to the kitchen for their warm milk// a sweet little bundle of baby girl sleeping in her rock and play in the living room// my husband and I working together to finish the basement and get our Family Room completed as a place to send those little rascals to play// room outside for the kiddos and I to roam// a little hill for them to sled down before having a hot chocolate break// so many precious memories of the best, craziest, hardest, longest, and shortest time of our lives//

I don't look through rose colored glasses; I know the reality of what we are taking on right now. And we are ready for the challenge and are excited to see what God has for our family in this new adventure.

//"Home is the nicest word there is." Laura Ingalls Wilder//