06 October 2009

The Circle of Life

Earlier this week, I heard of a horrific loss suffered by friends of our family - a young man, on the eve of his wedding, lost in a senseless and tragic accident.
Yesterday, we received news that my cousin and his wife were celebrating the birth of their first child.
I keep thinking of the tune by The Byrds, and the bible verse on which it is based...

To everything there is a season, and a time for every matter or purpose under heaven

We, too have special news - we're expecting kiddo numero two!
(This partially explains my weakened blogstress state, as I am very pooped most days, BUT I promise an update on Avery's room soon -so, get ready to comment, 'cuz I need your thoughts!)

Thank you ALL for your sweet comments upon our return to Brazil - ya'll make me feel great!!

36 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness! Congratulations on the baby news. So excited for you all!

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  2. CONGRATS!!!! So exciting! Keep us posted on how it's going! Congrats, congrats, congrats!

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  3. Hi there, massive congratulations, hope you will celebrate over @ My Passport to Style, by entering our Heels that Heal competition, you could win some gorgeous arm candy and spread awareness of the need for regular smear testing.Comp ends this Thursday UK 4pm Uk time!Send a pic of you in favourite heels to sharonstyle@fsmail.net and grab our button re CC .Sharon XXOOO

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  4. GASP! what the?? hooraaaaaay!!!!
    doing a dance similar to snoopy.
    congrats to the 3 of you! have you told avery?

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  5. Congrats!!!! I'm so excited for you!!!

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  6. CONGRATULATIONS! What an exciting time for you guys! I hope you get feeling better soon. Just keep thinking about that 2nd trimester boost of energy!!

    :)
    jenny

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  7. I am so sorry to hear about the loss. On a different note, congrats on baby #2! How far along are you?

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  8. Hoorah! Another member of the family and another room you get to decorate.

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  9. It is a sad story but nice to remember the good as well. Congratulations to y'all! That is so exciting!

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  10. The Circle of Life is an amazing thing...one that humbles me daily!

    CONGRATS to you and your adorable family!

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  11. Congratulations! How fun to be decorating two rooms now!

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  12. AHH, CONGRATS!!! what exciting news!!!! I'm so so so happy for you- yeah!!!!! xoxox

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  13. Many prayers sent your way-for both the joyous and sad. Congratulations on your newest little bebe-to-be!

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  14. Many congrats to you and your sweet family Alison- yahoo!!! :-)

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  15. congrats on the coming bambino!

    Smiles!
    Michelle

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  16. congratulations! i am so happy for y'all.

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  17. Oh my goodness girl!!! Congrats to you and your family!!!!

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  18. Hey Girl! A big huge congrats to you all! How fun!

    I am working on a site for my "real" job...you might find some helpful tidbits in it...
    www.pppirchsc.wordpress.com.

    Hope you are feeling ok!

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  19. Congratulations! What an exciting time for you and your family!

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  20. Such a sad story about that young man, but CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!! yay! That is such great news! cannot wait to see what you are going to do for the nursery!

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  21. Life makes no sense, does it? A sweet life taken and another one enters this world. That is incredible news that you are expecting #2! Congratulations! I was just lamenting yesterday how I used to hold my little boy, falling asleep with him during his naptime, rather than setting him down! I couldn't get enough of him! It's so exciting that you are going through that phase again!

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  22. Life, how precious it is! Very best wishes to you!

    "Live. A lot. Unleash yourself upon the world and go! Go now! And fly free in the frowning face of convention. Giggle. No, laugh. No, howl as if you have never grown up. Understand that this is not a dress rehearsal, this is it! Take it all in. Yes, cherish every last rose and every single breath. And by all means, whatever you do, wear a really cool pair of sunglasses." -Bono

    How greatl is that!

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  23. CONGRATULATIONS On baby number two!! What fantastic news for your family.

    Signed the lady who's expecting her first- THL

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  24. Congrats for baby number two...

    The circle of life is a mystery if you think about it...

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  25. Sorry about your bad news but look at what happened. You turned around and had two good things come to you. Congratulations on the new baby. Exciting!

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  26. Congrats to you (and your cousin)! This is wonderful news. When are you due Alison?

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  27. CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!! SO very, very exciting!! You and Brian will have kiddos in the same grade...just like you guys. I love that! I'm so sorry to hear of your loss. Life is so very precious.

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  28. Alison- Congrats on your exciting news!

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  29. OMG!!! How wonderful, congratulations Alison. I remember how terrible I felt with James the first couple weeks. Hang in there!!!

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  30. Wow, that evoked a lot of feelings. How sad. How happy. I wish you all the best. Sorry for your loss. Happy for your joy.

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  31. How in the heck did I miss this big news??? So, so, so exciting!! Congratulations a hundred times over!! A new baby, is there anything better?

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  32. yeah! congratulations. I am so excited for you all.

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  33. Congratulations-a new nursery to decorate and show us!

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  34. What a happy news for you! Congratulations!

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