Patrick

I found out Patrick was on his way in early January 2010. Shock was quickly replaced with an all consuming joy. You see, all I ever wanted was a houseful of kiddos to call me mama. 7 years into our marriage we finally had our first child. He was a everything we had ever hoped for. We spoiled him rotten and our world revolved around him. We wanted more babies like him. Unfortunately, we had already been down the path of infertility and knew our chances of having more children were limited. However, we quickly became pregnant with baby #2. Maybe whatever that was ‘broken’ was fixed and all was well. Sadly, at 11 weeks into the pregnancy, we lost our baby. For the next 13 years we tried on and off to have a baby. Infertility and loss followed us, friends and enemies alike welcomed baby after baby into their families. We kept going on with life. How fortunate we were to have our oldest. He was a dream. A gem of a child and still spoiled rotten. He was our pride and joy. Years rolled on and life was good. My husband and I were not getting any younger. I was approaching 40 and he was was already a couple of years ahead of me. We decided that we would not be the old people having a baby. Well, like most things in our life there was a twist heading our way. A beautiful and wonderful twist that I had pretty much given up hope on. Patrick, all 7lbs of him, came into our world on September 9, 2010. Joy did not even begin to describe what he added to our family.