Ella's World

Tomorrow Ella's world will be changing. Tomorrow we will welcome Vivian Lane Moll to our family. Ben and I are very excited. Ella is really clueless. She has no idea how her life is going to change.

Until this point in her life she has not had to share the spotlight with any other child. She has been an only child, the only grandchild, and the only niece to all her aunts and uncle. This week alone she has gained a cousin, Julian R.T. Whitney, on July 4th and will meet her baby sister tomorrow. This will change her world in big ways. We just hope and pray she is ready for all the changes.

Fortunately, she seems to like babies a lot. Whenever she is around a baby she is drawn to him or her and is mostly gentle with them. She also loves to play with her baby dolls. Maybe this new love of baby dolls is a result of Vivian coming. That is our prayer.

Now that our world will include more then just Ella, the blog needs a new name (hopefully this can help me keep it up more). I am not completely sure what the new will be. We may go through a few names to find the perfect one.

Tomorrow it is not only Ella's world that will change. It is also Ben and my own world's that will change too. We will have two girls to care for, love, and nurture. At times that feels very overwhelming. How do we split our time, attention, and love to meet both of their needs? It will definitely require God's grace and guidance to help us through. Fortunately, for us we have lots of people in our life that can help us with this. God has placed us in a community of believers full of great parents and those who are willing to share their experiences and what God has taught them. For that I am grateful.

We will be sure to post pictures of Vivian as soon as we can.