Blessed

Not only have we been blessed with our new little man, but also with the love and support from family and friends. I was greatly surprised at how many gifts we have received. Normally you see gifts for the first baby and possibly when you have one of the opposite sex, but not for your third son. I had a cousin and sister-in-law who have really helped with clothes, a brother who is letting us use his baby furniture, and lots of family and friends getting other gifts for us.

I had put together gift registries mainly for my personal use and for discounts on some of the larger items we might have to purchase. One thing I was looking at possibly having to purchase was a new stroller and also a harness booster seat for Otter. Our travel system stroller that we purchased with Otter is worn and the car seat expires in Dec. I was looking at a double stroller, but figured a single stroller would be best. I had put both on my registry because the stores will give you a coupon for a 10-20% off a registry item that was not purchased. Imagine my surprise when a group of people at Joe's work pooled together and purchased us a double stroller! Then I got another surprise today. A FedEx man delivered a new travel system to my house. I have no idea who has given us this gift and I have not seen a letter, message, or e-mail to indicate who gave this to us, but I was really surprised! We have been greatly blessed!

New Addition

We got a BIG surprise last week. Our newest little man decided to come early. He was healthy and showed no issues that can appear with early babies which was an answer to prayers. He did have jaundice and we had to do home phototheraphy, but he is better and doing well. His brothers and sister have been so excited. They fight over who will hold him! Here are some pics of each holding baby brother.