Kindness of Friends

This has been an amazing experience so far, being pregnant with triplets. One of the most noteworthy and truly unexpected aspects of it has been the way that everyone has responded to this pregnany. John and I have had so much kindness from family and friends, that it's almost hard to believe.

First, to know that there are people all over the country praying for our health is just awe inspiting. My family is in mostly in the northeast, in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Maryland; John's is more spread out, in Connecticut, Kentucky, Georgia and here in Arizona. I know that we have prayers coming from every corner of this country and that is more comforting than any good doctor's report we receive!

We both work for Honeywell, and have received countless good wishes and gifts from the wonderful people we have been blessed to work with. Before I left work for bed rest, they had a shower for us that was so cool! Almost all of the people in my group (about 60) attended. Lots of guys said it was the first baby shower they had ever been to, which I thought was really awesome! (We didn't make them play the diaper game, thank goodness!). We received so many supplies from those guys that the boys could have come home that day and been in pretty good shape. The funny thing was that it was a surprise to me, and I had come into work on that Monday and said I was going to leave work a week earlier than planned. I had no idea the frenzy that caused, until Thursday came around and I saw what they had pulled off. Just amazing!

Then on top of that, a dear friend of mine, Erin from Denver, came to Phoenix with her beautiful daughter Karli to have a shower for friends from the neightborhood, church and work to attend. Again we were inundated with gifts, both from those attending and from family that couldn't be there. It was so special that we had my mom Robin and sister Shelby join us over the Internet through Skype. We set up a laptop right in the circle of chairs and it was almost like they were there! We ate yummy food, played one game (won by Mother Betty, for you Honeywell folks!) and ate cake. It was super fun, and I appreciated everyone that was a part of it.

Finally, we have had people delivering dinner to us every Tuesday and Thursday for a couple of months now. This was set-up by dear Lisa and Misty from our church, who thought it would take some of the pressure off of John to bring meals. It has done that, and it has the extra benefit of bringing me visitors now that I'm sequestered in the house! What an amazing thing for people to volunteer to do.

We could never thank all of you enough for your support, prayers and friendship during this awesome time of our lives. To be able to share this blessing with so many makes it even more special.