heaven blew every trumpet and played every horn

the moon stayed up until morning today.

i turned off the light in the kitchen and let joseph stand up on the counter to look out the window at it. clearly, i'm not like other moms; i'm a cool mom. :)

i remember days before joseph was born, there was a full moon coming soon, so i googled "full moon and labor" (in addition to "eating pineapple to induce labor") to find out if there was any truth to that whole thing. and by that whole thing i mean i think around that week somebody had said something about a full moon and more babes being born by way of the gravity and the tide and such. i didn't find any compelling evidence that the full moon was going to help me out, but did you know that there are many people who actually believe that the entire moon landing was staged? now that's somewhat compelling.. for the record, there was actually a huge surge of births the days around joseph's birthday, so much so that we saw a couple from our birth class in labor but in the waiting room.. eeeeh.

have i mentioned that this book is one of my favorites of all books ever? it's true. i love it. aunt sarah gave it to joseph along with the runaway bunny when he was a few months old. i just purchased a copy of on the night you were born to give to elliott as a much-delayed birthday present. i just love it so much. you should read it. and own it. joseph and i have it memorized.

enjoying this could-have-a-babe-any-moment-but-life-as-usual-proceeds season for now. i'm off to complete some projects -- crocheting the goggles for joseph's aviator hat he's been requesting (with each babe hat i completed, he'd respond to my "joseph, guess what i made??" with "jophes hat?") and the pre-babe assembly of birth announcements. excited to put a photo on the front and announce our babe on the inside slash meet/hold/smell/hold/love/look at/hold this baby.



happy tuesday :)