Just Carly

{late night clothes change}

{sad to be out in the rain running errands}

{our princess... the crown kills me!}

{There will never be enough pictures of her hands}

{I love this outfit on her}

{sweet girl}

{hello, doll}

{I love snuggling a naked baby}

{Skin on skin is my absolute favorite thing about a newborn}

{Baby yawns-- is there anything cuter???}

{My favorite outfit-- clouds & rose gold moccs!}

{her hands... again}

{hi sister!}

{she always sleeps with her hands by her face}

{snuggling my sick girl... her first cold has been so sad!}

{She was completely asleep when I took this.  Her hands have a mind of their own!}

{first doctor visit to check her lungs}

{her lungs are clear... it's just a cold... we gotta wait it out}

{Birth announcement in the paper!}

{love her silly little face}

{Are you serious, mom?}

{lots of snuggles for this sweet girl as she tries to get better}

{she's worn out from this cold!}

{got a blessing from papa Saturday & started feeling better, so we made muffins}

{Saturday night, hanging out with mom}

{Seriously, her precious little hands get me every time!}

Sunday morning fashion show.
I die.

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Babyham #4 is a...

{Click here if you'd like to see the video}

At 6pm the boys and I met my mom, sister & sister-in-law at my mom's house.  Before we knew it, we were ready for the reveal.  We got Josh on Facetime... Posed for a few pictures...

Counted down... 3...2...1...

And got the surprise of our lives.

I swear to you, I was more surprised at having a girl than I was when we found out we were expecting twins!

I still can't believe it!

Ethan (my nephew) faithfully held Josh up so he could see, and together we found out that our fourth baby will be a little girl.

Wyatt is starting to get excited about the baby, and it melts this mama's heart!

I kept tearing up when I would talk about it.

Total shock and disbelief!

I knew Josh would be impressed with Roxanne's confetti.

She hand cut it. And it was beautiful.

For sure, it was the good confetti!

She's the best sister I could ask for.  She made the day so special for me!

And my sister-in-law Julie is the best sister-in-law-- she bought a gift for a boy and for a girl. She is also a mom of three boys, and assumed (like me) that I'd have a boy. So on the tag for the girl gift she wrote, "A girl? There is a God and he does love us! ;)"

I feel so blessed to have been able to find out alongside Josh even though he's not here.  And so blessed to have my dreams of having a daughter come true!  Thank you all for your thoughts, prayers & comments the last year as I struggled to get to this point!  God is so good!