Nothing is worth more than this day. - Goethe

My husband Wyatt and I were engaged on September 2, 2005 and married exactly one year later. We began trying to get pregnant in the Spring of 2007 but later learned that it wasn't going to be as easy as we thought. Finally in July, 2008, after a couple of surgeries including having my gall bladder removed, we learned that we were going to have a baby. It was surreal. More on that later...
In July of 2007 I bought a journal that I would record my thoughts and feelings about being pregnant and being a mother...if and when that day came. My hope was that one day my child might come to know how she came into the world and just how much love I had for someone I'd not yet met. The cover reads "Nothing is worth more than this day." A quote from Goethe. I thought it would symbolize the day we learned we were pregnant. And then I thought it would be about the day we found out that we were having a girl. And then I thought it would be about the day we brought her into this world. And since we've gotten to know Sophie day by day, I've learned that it's truly about everday we have with her, because everyday is a gift.
So I begin with taking a retrospective approach to where we are today. And that is with a beautiful, funny, adorable, and perfect 14 week old daughter. Her name is Sophie Grace. Sophie means "Wisdom" and Grace means "Gift from God". She is every bit of both.