The Adventure Continues

As I type this, we are in northern Georgia, north of Atlanta, heading south. Our ultimate destination will be a mid-sized town, just south of Macon. We hope to arrive by about 1:30 Georgia time, and we hope to be at the hospital meeting Temple and the baby by 2:00.

Last night, while driving south, we finalized our baby daughter's name. We had no trouble with the first name, but we were stuck on three possible middle names. So we decided to contact Temple to see if she'd like to select the middle name from the three "finalists." We thought that would be special for her. After all, she give this child the greatest gift of all: life. It seems only fitting that she play a part in her naming. On that note, I'll hold off on revealing the name until we have a photo to go along with the name. Hopefully, her introduction will occur in our next blog post.

And in other, related news have a wonderful childcare situation that has befallen us. Via connections in the extensive but tightly-knit Catholic homeschooling world, we have found a fellow homeschooling family right in Temple's hometown. They have six kids who range in age from 13 to 2, pretty closely paralleling our kids' own ages. When I asked if they might have an older girl to help with a little hotel babysitting while we are meeting Temple and the baby, this family instead opened their hearts and homes to us. They have offered to take our family in, babysit the children there at their own home, feed us meals, and even let us spend nights in their mother-in-law-suite. Talk about southern hospitality!

So the plan is to drive directly to this wonderful family's home and drop off the kids. From there Joe and I will head to the hospital to meet Temple and the baby, both of whom will be released today. All of this will happen within the next couple hours.

This evening, we will head to a nearby town that has a 5:00 pm Mass with our new-found friends who will also be attending Mass at the same time and at the same church. If all goes well, we believe we will have our baby daughter in our arms for Mass this evening.

Stay tuned for updates!