Kylie & Her Siblings

Kylie is such a huge blessing in our life. The love for a child is indescribable sometimes. They offer such an innocence and so many moments of pure joy. This post is really just to share a couple things that Kylie has said about her siblings in the past couple weeks. To this day, I am glad that we allowed her to meet Layla and that we always tried to keep her in the loop.

The other night before bed, Kylie was relaxing in the living room. She grabbed her notebook and a pencil & began writing and drawing. The picture was a couple stick people. There were a lot of letters and I asked her what it said. She had just finished giving me a massage on my legs and brushing my hair. The notebook read, according to Kylie, "Thank you for massaging my legs and brushing my hair. Please help Layla have a good day up in heaven and I hope she paints a sunset. And for Beanie, Daddy, and Mommy. Amen."

It seems like Layla is always on her mind. Some days more than others. Layla is definitely not forgotten in our house. On our way home from the babysitters one night, Kylie asked if she could sit between mom and dad at supper. I said of course. She continued to count, "Mom and dad and Kylie is three. Mom, Dad, Kylie, Layla and Beanie is one, two, three, four, five. That's all of us!"

Again, I'm just so happy that she remembers. I'm proud of how we've handled everything. On Sunday at lunch with some friends, she quietly said, "Where's Layla?". I whispered in her ear, "She's in heaven, remember?". Her response was the typical girly, "Oh...yeah. I knew that."

Every morning and every night she talks to Beanie (my belly). Last night Kylie was telling Beanie all about tomorrow. "We're going to figure our if you're a boy or a girl. And take you a picture and um...uh...and figure out if you can come home... with us...all day...love you Beanie"

I was shocked at that conversation. Tomorrow is the big day!  Kylie was right. We'll find out the gender and that Beanie will be coming home with us in April. That's what we're believing. We can't wait. I'm so glad it's at 9 in the morning!

On a side note, we found a house that's perfect. Great location, great price, great timing. But, we'll see what happens. It's a short sale. So, it's all up in the air. Bryan and I aren't are trying not to get attached and excited. Just because there are a lot of steps to the process. It could last another day or a couple months. We'd appreciate some prayers to know if it's the right thing to move forward with. Either way, it's okay. We have a place to live, but it would be awesome to find a permanent home.

Thanks again for your prayers & support for tomorrow. I'm not nervous, yet. I'm just really excited and anxious to see Beanie. So the ultrasound is at 9. The meeting with Dr. Hayes (Layla's Dr.) is at 10. Our appointment with our normal Dr. is at 11. Bryan was wishing we could just hear how Beanie looks during the ultrasound, but they're not allowed to say anything. I'm hoping we have the sweet lady that we had for Layla all the time. She'll point out the things we want to see.

Okay! Until Friday, probably. (Since we're telling family on Thursday night.)

My co-worker made this awesome sign that I have hanging up behind my desk at work. We've been counting down for 4 weeks! It went pretty fast!

Kylie May, age 4, modeling a Disney jacket -Target, yellow skinny jeans -Old Navy, and pink sparkly Toms (not shown). I'm turning it in to a fashion blog. j/k.