Hope

Many of you that have seen me regularly since last November knew that I was wearing my hope necklace religiously. I got it as a gift from Joe's sister Kelly for my birthday last year. I have worn it every day since I received it...except the day of my emergency surgery and the day of their birth. But both days I made Joe hold it until I could put it back on. I got pregnant the month after I starting wearing it. In the last few months, it was also providing a home for my wedding rings. At one point, the chain broke and I panicked...I guess it had become somewhat of a security blanket for me. I finally took it off the night the babies came home to their new home. I finally felt settled in taking it off and decided that I would save it for the first addition to Virginia's jewelry box. It was quite funny that I started wearing it in November because people surely thought I was wearing it to support the Obama campaign.

You can hardly see the word HOPE on it but it is there. These earrings were given to Virginia by one her favorite nurses...Grace. Some of you may remember Grace from the bow fame.

I am going to try to take a picture by this each month to see how they are growing. I wish I could have done it in the hospital but we will just start from here.

They hated the carpet...it was only for a minute!