Time stands still when your children meet. It’s one of the greatest experiences as a parent to see how much love your children have to give to each other. I think when you receive moments like this, they can really carry you through the difficult stretches. So when I am in the trenches of postpartum next week I will just replay this little video;)

So grateful to Chelsey Heidorn for coming to the hospital to film + photograph, and my sister Angela who snapped some of these as well.)

 

I could write a whole separate post on adjusting at home since the high of this day, but we are very much still in the middle of it! It’s a lot of overwhelm mixed with happier moments. Thankfully, newborns have this ability to bring out so much good in us, and I love seeing how Gabriel, Veronica, Max, Rocco, and Azelie all melt into butter over their baby sister. There are many squabbles over who gets to hold her….even Gabe has to fight for time. Needless to say, Chiara Maris has found a warm welcome here.

Life is beautiful. In the messy, the lonely, the difficult, and the joy filled. It is a rich gift to experience it. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all of your well wishes!