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I HAVE CLEVAGE (thanks to the triplets and the BFing)!

I seriously never thought it could happen to me and now I am writing about it. Wait, this is starting to sound like some Penthouse letter to the editor.
Here is Noel (aka the Clinger) at the Church of St. Michael in Stillwater. We were here for their ceremonial baptism as my sister (the godmother) from Australia was in town with her 3 kids for 5 weeks. It was such a wonderful experience as Eddy and I were married here, Quinn was baptised here, and now we have the chance to share this sacrament with Ewan, Mairin, and Noel. It feels like we are finally putting permanent roots down somewhere after years of moving during college, grad school and the early years of living together and marriage.

We had the babies baptised officially in the NICU during their first couple of weeks of life, just in case... That was a good experience as well though tinged with some sadness for me. During the mental fog that was our NICU experience I made the baptism for a Wednesday evening that worked with Eddy's work schedule, my parent's schedule, and his parent's schedule as his dad was still working hard on our basement. It wasn't until I was in the car on the way to the hospital that I realized what the date was: February 7th, exactly 1 year to the day that we lost our baby girl. It was overwhelming and strange; almost like God speaking to me letting me know that there is some plan in place. I like to think that Mairin is God's gift back to us and that Ewan and Noel are additional blessings (which all children of course are). While it still devastates me to think of the little girl we lost, I now cannot imagine my life without the addition of these 3 babies and Quinn. It was one of those full circle moments.

Here is my brother (the godfather) with Mairin, me with Noel, and my sister with Ewan:

My cup runneth over.