Living a Blessed Life

Welcome to the family... Carina Joy Schwarz November 10, 2013 5:31 AM 6 pounds 10 ounces 17 inches long   Darek is great at documenting events as they happen so he doesn't forget the little details that may normally be lost. I, on the other hand have been a little preoccupied so I am just now getting around to recounting the events that led up to the birth of our beautiful daughter, Carina! (Kah-ree-nah) On Friday, 11/8/2013 I was starting to have very infrequent contractions. I knew they were different and that something would be happening soon, but based on my experience with Tobiah's birth I did not know how long it may still take. I had an appointment with my midwife and things were progressing as they should, but there were not strong signals to indicate when Carina would make her big appearance. I was told to enjoy the weekend, help clean up the last of the leaves and get the Christmas lights up so then we could have the baby and the outdoor work w...

I have been such a slacker with this blog over the past year and for that I apologize! We have been so very blessed already and have a lot to look forward to this fall. Baby girl is on her way: Darek, Tobiah and I are expecting an addition of a baby girl in early November. Toby is excited to meet his baby sister, and is it the sweetest thing to hear him include her in his prayers every night before bed. He knows which bedroom is hers and that the cute, pink toys, etc. are for baby sister. We are still working on a name for our new addition, but I am sure we will have that taken care of by the time she arrives. :-) This pregnancy has been completely different from my pregnancy with Toby. I began the first 8 or 9 weeks with some nausea all day long. I was always hungry but as soon as I ate I felt sick. This was especially difficult because that was during the time that we were not yet sharing our exciting news. It was challenging hiding that I was not feeling well, but as far as I ...

In front of the Adams Family home in Quincy, MA Happy 9 Year Anniversary, Darek!   A little background: Darek and I met at a birthday party for a mutual friend our Junior year of high schoo l. (We lived in towns about 30 minutes apart, but ended up having mutual friends through TEC , which Darek was inv olved in and I was not .) I was da ting someone else at the time and our mutual fri end invited him because she had a crush on him ! My first impression was that he (along with his guy friends) was ob noxious and I just could not see what she saw in him... Fast forward a n entire year to the end of our Senior Year in high school. I was invited to a gathering of friends and you guessed it, Darek was there ! I did not think too much of it, but he was writing on his s en io r pictures and had a lin e of people waiting at a table for him. Yes, Darek was always the center of attention! :-) I decided that I should have a photo as well (I believe he gave me 2) so I hopped i...