A Peek at the Poulsens

Claire Matilda Poulsen was born at 11:29am on Wednesday, February 27th, 2019. She is almost 4 years younger than her nearest sibling, and several months shy of being 7 years younger than her oldest sibling. She waited in Heaven for us while we helped Stockton through his ACT clinic years, but we always knew she was there. When we did decide to get pregnant, it felt like she swooped down immediately, not wanting to wait for one more second to prepare to come to our family. I had a very joyful pregnancy anticipating her arrival, and when she was finally born, I held her in my arms and had this very special feeling of her being so happy to finally be with us. I know that we are in our particular family units for a reason and that we were together before this life, and especially that we will be together after this life, and that is a very joyful, comforting thing. Claire's birth felt even more special because with her arrival, we knew our family was complete. Twelve months later...

I got to go to Natalie's classroom today to watch the 2nd graders present their animal research projects. It was SO cute and sweet! All of the kids were so nervous but they all got up there and did their thing. Natalie chose to research koala bears and she definitely learned a lot about them!  Claire did a good job hanging out while we watched all of the presentations. She likes to check things out but always stays close to me. I wonder if she will be the same way when she is walking? It made me so proud and happy to see my girl in this setting. She is doing so well at school! She is so pretty and kind and curious and bright-eyed. Watching her feels kind of like watching the me of the past. I don't feel old enough to have a 2nd grader! I love her so much.  She was so excited to show me her clay koala in her diorama, and she was thrilled to show Claire off to her friends....