God sure knew what he was doing when he blessed Josée, my sister in law, and I with nearly simultaneous pregnancies. I was due late May and Josée in mid-June. Turns out, Josée had a double blessing...twins! The result: three beautiful girls born exactly 2.5 weeks of each other and two mommies who get to go through the trying baby stage together! Yipeeee!!
The night before Sophie was born, a very pregnant Josée came over to our house and gave me just the pick-me-up I needed to push through Sophie's labour and birth the next day, even though it wasn't exactly the birth I'd wanted. We prayed together and put my mind at ease so I could go to sleep knowing God's hand was still over our situation and it was going to turn out to serve His purposes. The most thoughtful thing she did was message me Philippians 4:13, "I can do all this through Christ who gives me strength", the morning we were going to the hospital to have our baby girl. What an encouragement! All that day, I knew Josée was praying for me and cheering me on from home.
Josée and I get together frequently and, you guessed it, we live the (baby) dream. With three babies under 6 months and a toddler (Kaela and Averie's older brother, Levi), we have tons of chaotic fun! We've recently started a new tradition, Friday lunch get togethers...and what fun we have! We chat, eat yummy food and enjoy our babes. Yes, there's lots of crying, diaper changes and baby feedings (often before mommy feeding), but that's just the season of life we're in and we're so blessed to be enjoying it together.
Like I said, God knew what he was doing when he allowed us to be "preggos" and mommies of new babies together. Josée has been such an encouragement to me, and I'm so very thankful for her and her calm and welcoming nature that sets my mind at ease when I've had a difficult time with Sophie. Love you, Jos!!
Josée and I at the end of April, both very pregnant and very happy!
Can't believe I'm just reading this now. You are so sweet!
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