Ruth Charlotte Norman.

I can't even write this without tearing up so it will be short.

I have never been so in love with God, my husband and another human as I am now.

It was (and still kind of is) the hardest thing that I could have never even imagined and for some crazy beautiful reason, the makes the magnitude that much more significant.

Praise God for mothers who have answered calls at 2am and come over and helped with the incredible newness of all of this.

She is beautiful and we are beyond blessed and praise God that somehow (I have no idea) He dreamed up something as beautiful as birth and babies.

Birth story to come-still recovering from the quite insane nature of it all :)

Ruth Charlotte Norman

Born: February 8th, 2012

Time: 4:35pm

Weight: 7lbs 15 oz

Height: 20.5 inches

PS: You can follow us on Instagram (well mainly you can follow pictures of our lovely daughter): sotrulylovely

xoxo, Anna & Ruth (and a husband smitten by a little girl)

So much.

Everything in my life goes back to the Bible verse that was on our wedding invites:  Now unto Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly beyond all that we ask or think.  Ephesians 3:20


I have tears in my eyes just typing about how grateful I am.  I will never be able to give enough praise to God for what He has done in my life and how He consistently blesses those who know Him and just as beautifully, those who don't.  

My List:

+For grace, His abundant grace.

+For our families.  We are getting ready to head down with my parents and sister to his parents house. Our parents genuinely love each other and we get to spend all holidays with both of our families together.  "Exceedingly abundantly."

+My husband.  You might think this blog is an ode to him and you might be partially correct :)  I fall more in love with him every second I breath.  It is humbling to be loved so well. Each day I think that I couldn't love him more and then I awaken and fall even deeper into love.

+A new home. Amazing neighbors. Answered prayers.

+Our baby.  I have never in my life believed more strongly in God as I do now watching my stomach move around and thinking... Someone thought all of this up.

+Our friends. We are so loved.

A humbled lady, Anna Norman