We announced Baby #4 - a swift answer to a prayer

Chelsie β€’ Isla June β€˜16 πŸ’– Lachlan Dec β€˜18 πŸ’™ Maisie πŸ’• Dec β€˜20 - born to Jesus @ 30wks umbilical cord accident 3οΈβƒ£πŸ‘ΌπŸΌπŸ‘ΌπŸΌπŸ‘ΌπŸΌ Dec β€˜17 March β€˜18 May β€˜20 (7wks)

π™Ύπšžπš› πšπšŠπš–πš’πš•πš’ πš’πšœ πšπš›πš˜πš πš’πš—πš

πš‹πš’ 𝚝𝚠𝚘 πš‘πš˜πš™πšŽπšπšžπš• 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚝.

π™±πšŠπš‹πš’ #𝟺 𝚍𝚞𝚎

π™ΉπšŠπš—πšžπšŠπš›πš’ 𝟸𝟢𝟸𝟸.

π™΅πš˜πš› πšπš‘πš’πšœ πšŒπš‘πš’πš•πš 𝚠𝚎 πš‘πšŠπšŸπšŽ πš™πš›πšŠπš’πšŽπš, πšŠπš—πš π™Άπš˜πš πšπš›πšŠπš—πšπšŽπš πšπš‘πšŽ πš›πšŽπššπšžπšŽπšœπš. πš†πšŽ πšŠπš›πšŽ πšπš‘πšŠπš—πš”πšπšžπš• πšπš˜πš› π™·πš’πšœ πšœπš πš’πšπš πš›πšŽπšœπš™πš˜πš—πšœπšŽ πšŠπš—πš π™·πš’πšœ πšπš›πšŠπšŒπš’πš˜πšžπšœ πš™πš›πš˜πšŸπš’πšœπš’πš˜πš—. πš†πšŽ πšŠπš›πšŽ πšŽπš‘πšŒπš’πšπšŽπš 𝚝𝚘 πš–πšŽπšŽπš πšπš‘πš’πšœ πšœπš˜πšžπš• π™·πšŽ πš‘πšŠπšœ 𝚜𝚎𝚝 πšŠπš™πšŠπš›πš πšπš˜πš› πš˜πšžπš› πšπšŠπš–πš’πš•πš’. π™°πš—πš 𝚠𝚎 πšŒπš˜πš—πšπš’πš—πšžπšŽ 𝚝𝚘 πš™πš›πšŠπš’ πšπš‘πšŠπš πšπš‘πšŽ πš‹πšŠπš‹πš’ πš’πšœ πšπš›πš˜πš πš’πš—πš πšœπšπš›πš˜πš—πš πšŠπš—πš πš πš’πš•πš• πš‹πšŽ πš‹πš˜πš›πš— 𝚝𝚘 πš˜πšžπš› πšŠπš›πš–πšœ 𝚝𝚘 πšŒπš˜πš–πšŽ πš‘πš˜πš–πšŽ 𝚝𝚘 πš˜πšžπš› πšπšŠπš–πš’πš•πš’.

(For some context, our 3rd child, Maisie, was stillborn just shy of 30 weeks in Dec 2020 due to an umbilical cord accident.) I plan to do a follow up post explaining too that this baby is not a rainbow, not a replacement, not a reincarnation, not a redo. Not a happy ending to a sad story. Their own person. Their own life. Their own love. Their own story.

But for now I wanted this baby to have their own special announcement free from any contingency that their life was dependent on Maisie’s death.