Although you'll never read this my sweet Catherine, I love you. 16 years ago you changed our life forever. All of your siblings have done this in their own way but you have done so in a very special way. You have made me more empathetic, compassionate, and much more prayerful. Your smile lights up the world around you and we are all blessed by it. It's not easy living with a saint. You remind me of my weakness and limited time on this earth. You challenge me to go deeper within myself and find what the Lord is trying to teach me...usually patience. You are made in His image and likeness but He uses you so that I can see my own beauty, goodness, and shortcomings. You struggle mightily against me with every bath, diaper change, and wardrobe change. I struggle mightily with Him against all the changes He wills in my life. You depend on me and your mom for even the simplest of things. You teach me to depend on Him for everything and not rely on my on strength. You teach me that I
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However, I must say, that is QUITE a beautiful baby. :) I can't wait to meet her, I mean him/her. (Which is not to wish twins on you. I only wish a girl on you, not twins. After all, I consider myself somewhat your FRIEND. And I like your wife.)
Let me just say that I agreed to the picture taking...but not the size of the picture on his blog! COULD he make it any bigger? In real life my belly is not that big. You know what I'm talkin' about.
Nicole
I'm going to give Jim some credit here. To him, that belly is probably one of THE most beautiful and amazing things in the world, even though by now you two are old pros at this. To him, you have the ability and strength he cannot even imagine. To him, making that picture big is an homage to the core dignity of your womanhood (if not your vanity).
But I'm just guessing, based on what I've gleaned from the guy I married. :)
And I hear that he's a BIG FAN of having a little girl who shall wear pink tutus. (Oh just wait, Jim, it gets better. And if you have a girl, well, I'd better email you my cell phone number, huh? I can make it to the hospital to rub it in IN PERSON!)