Vera is coming

My baby niece, Gwyneth, has brought much joy into my life.

She fights with me at night over the telephone; punches and kicks me, and pulls my hair and clothes. She whines and charms me into doing things for her. She pulls things out of my drawers and conveniently disposes of them into the bin. She destroys my precious gems and tears my work up. She is like the sister that I never knew existed.

It hasn’t quite settled in, but I have another niece on the way!

Vera will be born anytime this week.

The thought of the hustling and bustling around another kid in the family is getting me excited!

Our family is praying that Vera will be a quieter version of Gwyneth, more of a thinker and less of an athletic little girl who climbs onto chairs, beds, and stairs whenever she can slip away.