Upside Down

"The baby arrives and the world is turned upside down. How utterly irrelevant are things that yesterday seemed vitally important"

Hi Everyone! This is Robin Polavin (Ben's wife). I've so enjoyed this blog and learning more about each of you, so this afternoon Ben taught me how to do this (he is a patient man) so that I could share a little part of me on here as well. The quote above kind of outlines what our life has been like for the past 6 weeks - and we'd never go back. I am not sure if all of you know our situation, but we had been trying to have little Avary for about 3 years. After finally determining that in-vitro gave us the best chance at having a child of our own, we were blessed to have been able to have her on the third (and what we had determined would be the final) attempt. What a miracle she is! I just stare at her and can still hardly believe that she's here, and that she's a part of both of us. What a journey it was to get to this happy ending. I am thankful for the lessons we learned both in patience and in learning that we are not in control. And a part of me is thankful for the "suffering" because it makes you stop and appreciate every single second of the "good".

So for those of you who so faithfully kept us in your prayers throughout this pregnancy - we are so thankful. There is no doubt in my mind that it was because of those prayers that my pregnancy went so smoothly.

On a less "serious" note, I have posted our latest family portrait - taken when Avary was about a week and a half old. Since the only picture posted on this blog of me was "post-birth" (thanks Ben!) I thought it'd be nice if you could take a peak at the 3 of us when I wasn't in my hospital gown. :)

Hope you all have a fabulous week!

Much Love,

Robin