aye! babies

I'm really not looking forward to going to work.  It's been a long time since I felt like this, and I'm not really sure why. ...still not sure.

Today was ok.  I went with Abel to do Friday morning errands.  I can not take Bella shopping.  That girl hates me not holing her, or being able to run around.  She is so adorable the way she talks in her baby girl voice.  B'yoon =balloon, pie=pie, tonight we asked Bella to do prayer and she put her hands together and said in an even higher pitched voice "baby baby baby baby" bobbing her head this way and that, which sent Andrew over the edge giggling, because that is what he says when I ask him to do prayer, and he wants to be silly instead.

I couldn't get them to do many chores tonight but Antonio did write his name nearly 20 times in tiny print with out much fuss for his valentines.  Although he insists on using uppercase letters, and filling in the Os with scribbles.  "That's how I do it sometimes" he says.  Aye!

Prayer
baby baby baby...if I get pregnant I am definitely blaming Bella for that prayer.

Father of Life,
We thank you for the expectant mother who carries this growing hope in her life and into our world. Bless her and the living promise of this child and help her to manage the mix of joys, fears and anxieties she may have about the time ahead.
As she watches her body change, may she grow in your own loving kindness and compassion. Let her be inspired by Mary and Joseph who model a loving family life and give her the courage to guide her children in a faith-filled life.
Be with her in her gladness these days and deepen her faith, so that labor might be a time of strength and prayer. Guard the health of her baby and give her the peace of mind that may so often seem elusive in this time.
With your grace, she will be ready for the end of this expectant time and ready to take on the joys and challenges of parenthood.
May she praise you with Mary:
“My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord and my spirit exalts in God my savior.”