Windows of Heaven

We have been very blessed. Each week that we have paid our tithing the windows of heaven have opened for us. Whether we are intending to pay that week, had only just written the check or were just about to, some necessary part of Baby's infrastructure literally falls in our lap.

For example, we had just turned in our tithing when a sister in our ward asked if we needed a stroller and baby carrier. Her friend has finished having babies and was looking to give hers away. She even had two carrier seats to go with it that she gave us. (By some weird twist of fate, Daniel's company was the one to design this very stroller.) It is also interesting to note that although we did not know it then, we did need a blue stroller.:)


On another occasion, we intended to write our check and Daniel found an unassembled crib on the side of the road with a sign reading 'Free Crib'. It is a tribute to his manliness that he was able to put it together without any instructions. It is beautiful and now sits ready to welcome our son when he arrives.

Two Sundays ago, a brother in our ward asked Daniel if he wanted a bassinet. Daniel replied 'What's a bassinet?'. The brother came to me and made the same offer just to be sure we knew what we were getting. :) Daniel put it together yesterday and it is perfect. We have it set up next to the rocking chair that my grandfather left me. (A chair that was made for my grandfather's mother when he was born and which now his great-grandson will be rocked in.)

There must be someone very special coming for the Lord to help us prepare so well for his arrival. We are so excited and grateful. We know we aren't going to be able to do this alone.