A girl! A little girl to adorn in pink and ribbons! No one was more shocked than her own parents! I grew up in a family of all girls and had finally accepted that I would be raising and living in a foreign world of boys and blue but Kathleen arrived and thrilled my girly soul. We had decided NOT to find out her gender and when Josh stuttered, ‘I think it is a girl!’ I felt my heart burst with joy.
Bringing her home, we realized we were out numbered. Taking three to a store required serious strategy. I also realized I was facing some major challenges. I had a newborn, 2 year old and 4 year old…all three had binkies, all three in diapers… there was a feeling that we finally acknowledged out loud that Peter may be a bit behind…’young for his age’… But we kept going.
Owning my own business meant no maternity leave and back to work when Kathleen was three weeks old, on a limited schedule. I relied more and more on my family, who was awesome in helping me out. Looking back those first days started to fly by. We were so busy with our careers, so busy renovating our house, raising these blue eyes babies.
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