ruby june.

born at home
april 23, 2010
10.55 am
8 lbs, 22 inches

a little dress for ruby

dear ruby,

i bought this dress for you last week. i fell in love with the colors & even though you don't need another dress, i just had to buy it.

please come soon! i love carrying you inside, but i am growing impatient, wanting to kiss your little fingers & nurse you. i am ready for all those sleepless nights again.

love always,
your very most extremely pregnant mama
(42 weeks, 4 days)

in the meantime...

dear ruby,

i mopped the floors this morning.

i love you!
please come soon, otherwise i'll have to mop again.

love,
mama

40 weeks, 7 days

attitude

“The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so it is with you... we are in charge of our Attitudes.” (chuck swindoll)

the wish to be generous

ALL that I serve will die, all my delights,
the flesh kindled from my flesh, garden and field,
the silent lilies standing in the woods,
the woods, the hill, the whole earth, all
will burn in man's evil, or dwindle
in its own age. Let the world bring on me
the sleep of darkness without stars, so I may know
my little light taken from me into the seed
of the beginning and the end, so I may bow
to mystery, and take my stand on the earth
like a tree in a field, passing without haste
or regret toward what will be, my life
a patient willing descent into the grass.

-wendell berry-

39 weeks, 6 days.

dear ruby,

are you waiting for me to mop the floors before you'll come? i know i promised mopped floors, but i keep forgetting or just don't feel like it once everyone is in bed for the night. the house is clean, we've got lots of food around, the birth pool is in the kitchen if we decide we want to use it, & i love you. we love you & can't wait to see your beautiful face! & fingers & toes & bellies, too.

love always,
mama