Beach and Bath Time Fun

My Cup Runneth Over

Yesterday the four of us went back up to Holland for a day away. It was great to be out of town, only if it was an hour away. After lunch we stopped at JP's for a cup of coffee. While waiting in line, an older gentleman stopped me to ask how old Millie is. I told him just six weeks. He then told me he had just been to the hospital to visit his newborn great-grandson. His sixth! He told me when he thinks of his babies, "his cup runneth over." Exactly what I was thinking.

Dutch Baby

I just love Tulip Time in Holland. My mom, the girls and I went up last week to see the tulips and the dutch dancers (well and let's be honest, to shop). Madeline once again wore one of my old dutch costumes. Doesn't she look cute? Millie was passed out in the stroller all day and missed most of her first Tulip Time. There is always next year!

Sisters

I didn't grow up with sisters. As many of you know, I have two brothers. I love my brothers A LOT, but I am so excited for Madeline to have a sister. My prayer is that they are best friends and lean on each other in times of need.

Madeline already loves Millie. She loves to hold her, kiss her and help me give her a bath. She is the perfect age to do all these things and more. I wanted this baby a lot sooner, but am grateful for the age difference between them. I think it's perfect. I guess God knows what he's doing after all.

Millicent Grace Chappa

On April 2nd, I was laying in bed listening to Todd snore. I flung my leg over to kick him and my water finally broke! I was thrilled to know that I was going into labor. We called my mom, she came over to stay with Madeline and we drove to the hospital. At 12:30pm that day, our sweet Millicent Grace was born. We like to call her Millie, or Millie Bean for fun. She was 7lbs 15oz of perfection. The delivery went smooth and was much shorter in comparison to Madeline's. We are once again head-over-heels in love. The love you feel for your child is hard to describe and we feel that kind of love everyday for our two sweet girls.

"As surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD. I prayed for this child, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of him. So now I give him to the LORD. For his whole life he will be given over to the LORD." 1 Samuel 1:26-28