I've been thinking a little bit about how some readers requested, when we posted about our engagement and wedding, to hear a little more about our romance. So, here goes!
(I'm going to try to keep it fairly succinct. I hand-wrote 54 pages in my journal recounting our wedding day. Just the wedding day mind you. I don't generally lack for words.)
You know the short story already: I met the Artist through my brother Joseph. They had met by being classmates at Notre Dame.
Attending a ‘preppy party' thrown by some friends June 2011. We were dubbed ‘preppiest couple.' |
I was a junior in college. I had had a rather drama-filled fall that year, as far as guys go, but knew that none of it was going anywhere. Then in the spring, I found myself extremely happy being single — but not in the sense that women's magazines tout of falling in love with yourself as a first step to finding love. It was simply that Our Lord was really courting me and filling me with joy. So I just wasn't thinking about guys… In fact, I was thinking about the convent. I had done so before in a grudging, reluctant sort of way, but this time I was very excited about it; I went everywhere with an extra bounce in my step and a stirring in my soul. For lack of a better term, it was very romantic!
On Good Friday, I finally took the first step of submitting an online inquiry form to the order of sisters that I was feeling called to join. Practically speaking, it was a very small measure. But for me at that time, mentally and spiritually, it was huge. I had been avoiding it a little bit because of lingering fears, but when it was done I was beyond happy. I felt an intense peace. With a full heart, I just let go of things and put them in God's hands. I had a distinct feeling that it didn't even matter whether or not I entered the convent; it simply mattered that I fulfill whatever God's plan was for my life.
“There you go!” I prayed, “I'm just putting it in your hands! Whatever you want me to do sounds good to me!”
And I really meant it! (It was definitely a moment of grace. My prayers are usually considerably more petty.)
Since then I've come to believe what they say about how you'll meet the right person when you stop worrying. Because it was exactly one week later, on Easter Friday, 2010, that I met The Artist. Jojo had a group of people over to his house to watch The Fantastic Mr. Fox, and since I'd just had a break from school, I had the time to get off campus.
My first-ever impression of the Artist was when I glanced through the guests on the facebook event that Jojo had set up, just to see who would be there. I saw his picture on the list and had two thoughts. One was, “I like his name.” The second was, “he looks like just the kind of guy I would go for.”
The fated facebook profile picture. I just liked him right away! |
A group of us were already standing around in Jojo's kitchen when he came in. I recall that he entered bearing a box of Girl Scouts thin mint cookies, which he began passing around. Everyone else there mostly knew each other. I was waiting for Jojo to introduce me to this guy who was, indeed, just as likeable to behold as he'd seemed in his profile picture.
Ugh! Brothers do not pick up on telepathic signals! Although Jojo does get credit for making the introduction between us, and he later explained that he had foreseen that we would hit it off, the record must show that Jojo did not introduce us. I was pretty much dying for him to, so I was painfully aware of the fact that he didn't.
Then the Artist went ahead and reached across the circle to offer me a cookie, and took the opportunity to introduce himself (even better!). Jojo was surprised; he claimed we had already met, which I contradicted with confidence. The Artist also obligingly disagreed (with a very charming I would have remembered meeting you vibe). He then asked whether I were Jojo's older or younger sister.
Oh, I'm his younger sister… as in, probably the perfect age for you…
By the end of the evening, I had figured out that I had an enormous crush on the Artist, who was fun, kind, and extremely attentive to everyone. I had also determined, quite simply, that I would marry him eventually. The next day in a meeting, I confidently told my boss that I had met my ideal man.
Although we kept in touch and saw each other to some extent after the initial meeting, things did not take off right away. The timing had been very, very right for me in terms of gaining a lot of clarity in a short space of time (bye bye, convent dreams!). But the timing wasn't right for us as a couple. I did my best — way beyond my usual standards and, in some cases, downright shamelessly — to create opportunities to see him, and even was so bold as to ask him to help me move out of my dorm at the end of the spring! Despite my efforts, and despite the fact that we enjoyed every minute that we were together and getting to know each other, however, we couldn't get any traction. To my chagrin, we said a definitively friendly farewell for summer.
March 2011. The Artist first visited the LMLD homestead and got to meet some of the family. I was also meeting Pippo for the first time! |
{He later explained that he was doing his best to be prudent, because he knew we were about to part ways (you'll recall that I went to France for a while that summer). He was convinced that I was going to be swept off of my feet by some Jean-Pierre and he'd never see me again, so he was being as level-headed as he could. Little did he know that I thought of him every single day that I was away, and was already planning the French honeymoon we would later take. (No exaggeration.) He didn't realize it, but he was the person with whom I corresponded the most while I was abroad — no one else was willing to jump through the translated email linguistic hoops my immersion experience required.}
So, the months passed and we didn't get any closer. He dated elsewhere (sigh) and I got hard to work on my busy senior year, didn't spare a glance for any other guy, and kept my St. Joseph novenas going. But when he came around again later that Fall (to skip over some of the heartbreaking part), I had a new strategy.
Close to Thanksgiving, he started to suggest some further casual dates. When he called me one night to make some plans, I stopped him in his tracks with a sort of, “we're not spending more time together unless you have your act together” kind of message. He was rather taken aback, seeing that I was serious and that, apparently, he had hurt me by not being more direct before. It became clear that he didn't want to lose me, as he quickly went into concentrated pursuit mode. On a snowy evening shortly thereafter, he came to campus and sat down in my dorm room and tried to explain himself to me while I regarded him coolly (but of course I had made sure that I looked my best before he came over). When he was finished with his nervous protestations, I told him that I was very busy through the rest of the semester, and furthermore that I wouldn't date him unless he really knew what he wanted — because I already knew what I wanted. So, he was welcome to call me in the new year if that's what he really wanted to do.
He called me Jan. 1, 2011 and asked me on what I now call our first real date.
When we did go out, it was the best time ever. We started at a museum downtown, and then got hot cocoa, and then went to dinner, and then he put his arm around me as we sat under a statue in a chilly park that evening. He could have proposed to me then, and I would have said yes. Instead he simply told me how he couldn't wait for me to meet his family, especially his sisters. We realized that we were meant to be together, so we would be. It was perfect — and hard to finally call it a night.
In the coming weeks and months, we soaked up every minute together that we could. I found in the Artist the man with whom I was most myself – as a woman, as an artist, as a Christian… Within just a few months we were talking about marriage (the first time we discussed a timeline seriously was St. Patrick's Day, 2011 [he suggested a summer 2011 wedding. I said, ‘I need to graduate! I can't plan a wedding!']). In my previous experience, it would have been reckless and dangerous to give my heart away so quickly. But love casts out fear, and I knew that with him I was safe and all was right. I just knew it was him.
So that was that! I had met him about nine months previous, and then we started dating and that lasted about nine months, and then we were engaged for nine months. And here we are! More in love than ever.
You know how it goes… first comes love…
Spring 2011 trip to the DC zoo. |
Then comes marriage…
Just as I had foreseen it the day I met him two years previous! 😉 |
…and then comes something else that takes nine months!
At a friend's house after a baby shower for another friend who is expecting her little boy in about a month! |
Yep. You guessed it.
That's a little bump we've got going on there. |
Most days you can't tell. I figured I'd get a shot in this particular blouse, because this is definitely the most pregnant I've ever looked! |
I am 16 weeks along, feeling good, and delighted to report that another Daughter has become a mommy! We are not going to find out the sex in advance, so while the baby is in utero we're referring to him/her as “Finnabee” (a name created randomly on a whim from the Artist's imagination — no significance at all). The due date is July 21, 2013.
It just seemed to make sense to talk about our love story while we wait for this Little Love. Our baby has already drawn us so much closer together in amazing ways, and it thrills me to think that I get to carry a bit of my husband around with me all the time!
Colleen says
oooooh CONGRATULATIONS! Thank you for sharing your beautiful love story with us. What a happy surprise at the end! You are radiant!
Alice says
Oh, Deirdre! Hooray and congratulations! I'm so happy for you.
anne says
Oh, this post just made my day!!! Congratulations!!! And, thanks so much for sharing your sweet story.
Patty says
Really can't say it any better than this. How wonderful. You, your mom and sisters make this blog a ray of sunshine, and I am just so happy for your family! CONGRATULATIONS!
Michele says
Congratulations! What a beautiful post and what exciting news! We're due with our second about a week after you…so I'll have fun watching your progress 🙂 We'll be praying for you!
Deirdre says
Congratulations to you as well! I hope your pregnancy has been easy on you… I've been learning all kinds of respect for moms juggling little ones while going through this!
Mary Ellen Barrett says
What a lovely story, and a great ending!!! Congratulations dear.
Meredith in Aus says
Congratulations! What a lovely story, well told, and such wonderful news. Your due date falls between my 8th and my 4th baby, so I shall be thinking of you.
In Him
Meredith in Australia
Colleen Martin says
LOVED this whole post!!! And congratulations!!!!!
Emily says
So sweet! What wonderful news! I hope all continues well for a happy and healthy pregnancy. Congratulations!
ellenjohnson824500384 says
Congratulations! What a sweet post!
Lauren says
Beautiful story and beautiful baby! Congratulations!!
Anne says
Yay a baby ! Congratulations! Being a mommy is the best!
Charlotte says
Congratulations! I knew it as soon as you mentioned the nine month connection! So happy for you and Auntie (Grandma) Leila and your whole family. Thank you for sharing this joyous news with all of us.
Emily B says
Congratulations! How wonderful! Another LMLD baby–yay! (And not to take away from your news at all, but I wanted to share that I am due just 2 days after you–I will pray for you during my pregnancy; it will be easy for me to remember this way :))
DeirdreLMLD says
Congratulations to you, too! And thanks so much for your prayers! 🙂
Katrina says
Wow, I just found your blog through Hallie Lord and I absolutely adore your love story and you look amazing! Can't wait to follow along. Congratulations!!! And for the record, I think ND guys are great picks for husbands 😉
DeirdreLMLD says
Thank you, Katrina! Yes, I liked his ND-ness right off the bat. I know a lot of solid, manly ND men. 🙂
Katrina says
Wow, I just found your blog through Hallie Lord and I absolutely adore your love story and you look amazing! Can't wait to follow along. Congratulations!!! And for the record, I think ND guys are great picks for husbands 😉
NorahS says
Yea! Congratulations! Great story. Loved the foreshadowing.
nhwolfe says
Congratulations!
Haley @Carrots for M says
Ahhhh! Lovely! Congratulations, I'm so happy for you and The Artist 🙂
Tracy says
Congratulations!
Amy M. says
There's nothing to say but SQUEE! (Sorry, this is the only expression my girlfriends and I have ever found that properly expresses feminine excitement at these sort of things 🙂 Congratulations! Best wishes and prayers for a healthy pregnancy for mom and baby!
Jennifer says
DEO GRATIAS!!!
Sooooooooooo happy for you and your Beloved!!! What a beautiful love story. I just love how our Lord calmly steps in when we finally stop being stubborn and give ourselves over to His Most Holy Will. Thank you for sharing such happiness. My day is brightened now because you shared your story.
Jennifer
White Oak, PA
Homeschooling Mom to 8
Kinga says
My first time commenting here, but I have been a big fan of this blog. Wonderful love story and a awesome news! Congratulations!
Mary (Owlhaven) says
Congrats! My daughter is due with her second baby just a couple weeks before you're expecting your first. Such a blessing!
Mary, momma to 10
Kimberlee says
Congratulations!! Deo Gratias!! I thought, hmmn, when I saw the pic of you with Pippo, and then when you said First Comes Love I thought Yippee! Wonderful, wonderful news! So happy for you all, and you look fabulous. Your Love Story was delightful to read as well. I always enjoy the stories when one of the couple Just Knows, right off the bat like that. Deo Gratias!
_Jessica says
Oh, how exciting!! Congratulations!! Pregnancy looks wonderful on you!! I think being pregnant is one of the most joyful things in the world. I will remember you in July – my son's birthday is the 13th, and my 2nd is due August 18th. It's so exciting to see Catholic couples having babies…we're changing the culture. 🙂 Your love story was beautiful, too. Nearly had me in tears.
Suzette says
“It's so exciting to see Catholic couples having babies…we're changing the culture.”
Mary says
Congratulations, Deirdre! What an absolutely beautiful beginning. Looking forward to keeping up with your beautiful story as it unfolds in the form of a family! Your story gives me hope, and I thank you for sharing your heart. As a 26 year old young Catholic woman who has hoped and waited (and sometimes, not so patiently!) to begin the beautiful life of marriage and family, I begin to get discouraged with each passing year and gray hair that begins to form when my Mr. Right still hasn't made his appearance. 🙂 It is only recently that I've been blessed to see the true joy that comes with the single life and the opportunities it has for serving God and others. . . but sometimes, the thought of ever finding a good Catholic man seems SO impossible! Your story not only inspires hope that there ARE “good guys”, but helps me to reaffirm that truth that life is short and following God's will is #1. Thanks for living YOUR life according to His plan and being for others an encouragement!
DeirdreLMLD says
I'm so glad to hear that you liked it, Mary. As I mentioned, that fall before I met the Artist had been drama drama drama, and it had put me in a very frustrated and bad place for a while. In a way, I think it cleared my head to just refuse to think about *any* man, at least for a while. But yes, meeting my man completely restored my general faith in men – he's so very good and so very much everything that I'd hoped for (and more)! If marriage is your vocation, that awesome man will come along…
Mary says
Thanks, Deirdre for your encouragement! Be assured of my prayers for a safe pregnancy and healthy baby!
salomeellen says
Congratulations! How exciting. God is so awesome. (And I have two children with August birthdays; the 16th and the 23rd are very good days…. ;-D )
Tracy says
beautiful! What a sweet romantic tale and congratulations!!
Julie says
Oh I just love it! Especially the part about carrying around a bit of your husband with you. So excited though I only know you here.
Jeannie says
I love this story! Congratulations!!!! I have a July 22 baby boy! Prayers for a happy and healthy pregnancy.
Lisa G. says
Oh my – what a great story, and I never guessed what was comin'! Congratulations to you, dear girl!
Saoirse says
I have never commented before here – but had to – had to say congratulations! We share a due date! Our 4th child is due on the same day. I am so impressed with your willingness to be surprised. We don't have that kind of patience. 🙂 With my first – we weren't going to find out – but my husband had to know – so he read up on how to tell. Well, that u/s was a little early – apparently our dates were off. So, he declared girl and proudly told the next u/s tech this two weeks later. Yeah, she responded – I wouldn't buy the pink just yet! So, we found out. We went on to have 2 more sons – so we will see if the trend continues. Praying for healthy babies and easy pregnancies for us both.
DeirdreLMLD says
Congratulations to you, as well! I hope you're doing well. At this point, it is hard for me to imagine handling these changes with three little ones keeping me on the go! Power to you. 🙂
Aimee says
oh yay!!! I was really, really hoping this post was going to end with an announcement of a certain kind! 😉
My very first little love was born July 16th, happy day. Congratulations and God bless you all at this exciting, joyous time!
Pippi says
Congratulations!! What wonderful news! What a lucky little one to have such a lovely family waiting for him or her 🙂
Katie says
How exciting and wonderful! God is so good, and his plans are pure joy. Congratulations to you both, and thank you for recounting your journey so far!
Becky says
What a wonderful story with such a very happy ending! Yay!!!
I had to have a put up or shut up moment with my husband as well. I wonder how many of us have?
DeirdreLMLD says
Haha I'm glad you enjoyed it, Becky.
To be fair, I probably was being quite demanding, since I had known since day 1 that we would get married, and in his mind he was just trying to get to know me (not a bad plan). But in the end I'm glad I got the pace picked up a bit. 🙂
Patty says
Congrats!!! What a beautiful love story with the perfect finish. I do remember a period of my courtship with my husband where I just kind of wandered around in a daze with the one thought in my head, “I've met the man I'm going to marry!”
Kathryn says
Congratulations! Your story was beautiful and I'm sure your new little one will be as well! We haven't found out the sex of any of our babies (number 4 is due a few weeks after your peanut). It's so much fun doing it that way-even my doctor says she enjoys those deliveries more! You will be in my prayers for a healthy, easy pregnancy.
Jennifer says
So happy for you! Thank you for sharing the whole story. Congratulations!
Mamabearjd says
I'm ditching every blog but LMLD for Lent. Y'all are awesome. Congratulations!
Mary says
This post was so delightful to read – and with a surprise happy ending. Congratulations!
Beth says
Congratulations!!!!! What wonderful news! God bless you and your family!
Beth says
Congratulations! What wonderful news – God bless you and your growing family!
Anna says
Congratulations!!! Lovely story.
Lacey says
Aw yay! I love love stories! Congratulations you two! (and grandma and aunties too) Babies are the best!
Mrs. B. says
Oh my goodness!! Congratulations! I was so delighted by engrossed in the story that the “little detail” at the end really surprised me! I felt the same way – the joy of carrying a part of your beloved with you all day… So infinitely sweet! Blessings to you all!!
Terri says
You and your Artist are just lovely. Congratulations! And thank you for indulging us by sharing your love story.
priest's wife says
you don't know me at all- BUT…I PREDICTED there would be more sweet babies this year…my birthday is July 21st and I knew I would marry my husband when I saw his name on a list…I liked his name…..thanks for sharing your love story
DeirdreLMLD says
Yes, you did predict it! I remember that comment in which you made your prediction… It was bound to happen, right? 🙂
Cary says
Congratulations! What wonderful news, God is SO good!
CMerie says
Yay! Congratulations! What a great way to tell us the news!
Kelsey says
Congratulations, Deirdre! You don't know me at all, but I lurk here a lot and I feel like I know you a bit. I just got married this past summer as well, and now find myself 16 weeks pregnant, too! I definitely relate to looking pregnant only in certain clothes – and really, I try to wear those things as much as possible, because it beats looking just pudgier than usual, right? Isn't it the best? You look truly lovely!
In a strange twist of the universe, I recently found out that some members of my husband's family know you and your family. We live in Connecticut, but there is family in New Hampshire as well, and some went to Trivium. I had already been following this blog for a while before I discovered that, and it totally floored me.
I wish you a very healthy and jubilant pregnancy, Deirdre!
Kelsey says
And we have the same due date!
DeirdreLMLD says
Congratulations to you, too! It's so exciting to be expecting the first, right?! Thanks for your kind words.
How fun – the small Catholic world connection strikes again. 🙂
Debbie says
I loved the story, Deirdre- and the photos are all beautiful. I somehow had managed not to realize that the Artist is a Domer! We shall have to chat at some point- does he ever come around for reunions? Football games?
It *is* wonderful to feel that one's love, and marriage, has actually become incarnate (as a Christian, you will no doubt find this thought fruitful for reflection!).
May you all be blessed.
Love,
Debbie
DeirdreLMLD says
Yes, I ended up with my ND connection after all! And now I'm fated to watch the football games for the rest of my life… 🙂
There is truly no better way to put it than simply 'love becoming incarnate.' I try to wrap my head around it every day, and I'm in awe! Thank you for your wishes!
Amy says
How exciting. Can I hope for a girl? Please? I want to see some girlie knitted items.
DeirdreLMLD says
Haha yes, it's very exciting to think that there could be another daughter of another generation around here! But I'm super excited either way (especially because we have the names picked out and I love them).
Hafsa says
Congratulations, what a beautiful story! We are exactly 16 weeks along as well and my due date is July 21st! Although this being my fourth baby, I'm a little more round than you. I miss the days of that first cute baby bump…
DeirdreLMLD says
Congratulations to you as well!! I hope that your pregnancy is easy on you and all the little ones are excited for a new sibling!
Jamie says
What a wonderful story! Congratulations on the new precious life!!
So Much Forever says
Congratulations!!! You look wonderful! You'll be in our prayers.
Anne-Marie says
YAYYYYY! Congratulations!
Your story begins much like my parents', though they were both much older and in grad school. At the Catholic chaplaincy on the first Sunday of the academic year, my mother thought, “That red-headed acolyte is very good-looking,” and fifteen months later they were married. May your marriage be as happy and strong as theirs!
DeirdreLMLD says
Aw, how lovely! Thank you!
Sue says
You made me cry!! What a beautiful love story from beginning to end… or, rather, beginning to next new beginning!! Congratulations!! I will be praying for your little Finnabee.
Melissa says
What a beautiful, touching story! Congratulations on your first pregnancy! I too am pregnant (with my third) and have the same due date! Blessings all around.
DeirdreLMLD says
Congratulations on your third! Haha I can't help but notice that a lot of us here are due at the same time! Here's to a July baby boom. 🙂
Mary says
Such exciting news!! How wonderful!! Congratulations to you Deirdre and your sweet Artist. You look beautiful! I pray this is an easy pregnancy and your deliver a happy and heathy baby safely. May God bless you and those you love…Hugs from our home to yours!
Laura says
I'm a relatively new follower to LMLD, but have been loving it! Congratulations to Deirdre and her hubby on the new baby!! How exciting! Grammie Leila must be thrilled!
Laura
mother of 4 young men
near Altoona, PA
paula says
Congratulations! My nephew is a jojo too! (although he requests cousins not call him that on facebook!). Such a sweet story..just wait…you'll feel & look more pregnant!
armyofseven says
Congratulations, Deirdre! So excited for you here!
momco3 says
Hooray! Great news. Will pray.
Maggie says
So precious, congratulations!
Brenda says
My heartiest congratulations to you & your husband. You look beautiful, & healthy, & very, very happy. :o)
Kathy says
Such a beautiful story! Congratulations!!!!
Janet says
How beautiful is that baby going to be? From the looks of your photos, pretty darn beautiful! All of you Lawlers probably don't realize how some of us check in with our “cyber-family” every day to see what's new. And today the extended family has been made very happy. Congratulations!
Lisa says
Okay, I had tears during the love story here. I had no idea what would be at the end of the post, and then….WOW! I am so happy for you. Your story was the best! How beautiful. May God continue to bless you, the artist, and little Finnabee forever and ever. You look beautiful.
christine says
Congratulations!!
Mattie says
Congratulations! How wonderful!
Betsy M says
Congratulations to you and the Artist! That is such happy news. God is good. I love your story as it brought back such memories for me. I told my sister the night that I met my husband that I was going to marry him (despite the fact that both of us were dating other people at the moment). We will keep you and the baby in our prayers.
seashoreknits says
What a beautiful story, Deirdre! I loved every word.
Congratulations to you and the Artist on the very joyous news of your pregnancy!
So so happy for you
DeirdreLMLD says
Thank you all so much for your warm wishes and prayers! I will be sure to pray for you all as well! We could not be more excited and the Artist could not be taking better or more solicitous care of me. 🙂
Mary says
Congratulations Deirdre and John! You look wonderful. Prayers for a healthy pregnancy and birth. I enjoyed the courtship story. Those are always great, because they are TRUE! And God is amazing at matchmaking. I appreciated the accelerated timeline for your love affair. My husband and I were engaged after five months! When it's right, no sense in waiting! Congratulations again and God bless you.
BettieB says
Congratulations, Deirdre! Thank you for this lovely story, with a happy ending which is also a happy beginning!
Jessica says
Congratulations! How wonderful.
emily b says
Oh I just really enjoyed this little announcement! Made my day! Blessings to you and the little one! Congrats to the whole family. (P.S. it was also love at first sight for me and my husband; I told my mom that night that I had “met the man I'm going to marry”! . . . so. . . .I get it!)
Jessica says
Congratulations! How wonderful.
Elizabeth says
Eee! I love baby announcements *and* love/how we met stories. This was wonderful! Thank you so much for sharing 🙂
Laura says
Just curious, Deirdre, but is your hair straight OR curly?? I've seen pics of both ways, i think, and it sometimes confuses me, which one is which??
DeirdreLMLD says
Hi Laura – the short story is that it's naturally curly and naturally straight… Just depends on the weather (mostly), among other factors. 🙂
dasha says
Aww, this made me tear up!! My husband was like, why are you crying? i said, suki's sister is pregnant and is adorable. he said, “oh. ok.” LOL. I always really enjoy your posts…congratulations! -dasha (suki's sister-in-law)
Suzette says
Congrats! Congrats! Congrats!!!!! I LOVE being pregnant for that reason – carrying a bit of my dear husband with me. I prayed so hard our first child would look like him so that when he was at work I would be sweetly reminded of him in our child. What a silly prayer, but Our Lord found it worthy of granting and our firstborn is the spitting image of her Dada!
What a beautiful love story. Thank you for sharing. 😀
St. Girard, pray for us!
nt12many says
Wonderful! Congratulations! I love it when married couples are open to the joy of parenthood right from the start. It is such a natural and wonderful way to begin married life together; with the blessing of a baby! Love the love story!
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Nancy says
Congratulations. Thank you for sharing your story and pictures!
Anabelle Hazard says
This is such a beautiful love story. I'm doing a series of Catholic Love stories on my blog (and hopefully one day turn it into a book). May I add this to my link up? The page is here if you are curious http://www.anabellehazard.blogspot.com/p/real-lif…
DeirdreLMLD says
Thank you, Anabelle! I'd be honored – please feel free.:)
Mrs. Pickles says
*squeee!* SO happy for you! You make such a beautiful mommy, Deirdre. And July is a GREAT month to be born. 🙂 I'll be keeping you in my prayers!
Amy Caroline says
So many congratulations!!!!
Valerie says
What an absolutely perfect LOVE story to share for the month of February…Baby Blessings and ALL!
wanderingsue says
Congrats, so much! What a great interim name Finnabee is! Ours were Bourneville and Wensleydale- chocolate and cheese. Have fun!
Stephanie says
Congratulations Deirdre! I will pray for you as Finnabee grows under your heart! I just love the thought and time you put into writing this story. What a blessing that you shared it with us! I also love seeing all the other comments of readers who are due on around the same time as YOU. Now, that is something for us ALL to be happy about! Amen!
I also think it is wonderful that Leila will have a grand-baby on the same coast 😉
Julie says
So happy for you and the Artist!!!! Simply EVERYONE (including me!) is having babies in July – must be something in the water.
polly says
What a sweet story and wonderful news. You look beautiful!