Love in Action Journey

I cannot even begin to tell you how overwhelmed with joy and thankfulness my heart feels to be able to write to you today that "Our son is HERE and we are HOME with him!". It has been the most incredible few days! Thank you so much to every precious person who has prayed for us and encouraged us throughout our entire journey over these last 17 months. We are bubbling with joy to introduce you to our beloved Gabriel Robinson. As you can imagine we have hundreds of photo's of this little cutie pie, but they are all loaded on Proud Daddy's computer. I just have a couple to post today as little one sleeps and I tear my eyes away from his cuteness for a quick few moments to share his big arrival. The above picture was taken about an hour and a half after his birth, after his first birth. Gosh! This precious boy has some serious vocal capacity when it comes to bath time :0) Other than that he is so very peaceful and content. We just adore him!  He is by far the bigge...

I want to giggle, do a crazy-happy-dancing-jig and laugh out loud because tonight is the last sleep !!!  We are just hours away from meeting our son face to face! No matter how much I try to write, I will never be able to express just how full of love, thankfulness and expectation my heart is right now. God has gone to the highest heights to show us blessing every moment of this pregnancy. So while I don't have all the words to express all that I feel right now, I will share with you a few of the precious photo's I will deeply treasure celebrating being able to carry this little boy safely to his appointed birth day tomorrow morning.      Thank you precious Jesus for these 4 precious children that you have entrusted to us ... Tianna, Angelee, Zac and now Gabriel. We are forever thankful that you chose us to be their parents for all eternity. I know that tomorrow Zac will be laughing in pure delight as he celebrates with us from hi...

2 more sleeps ... This preggy mommy had a WONDERFUL and very busy day! A  pampering manicure and pedicure from my friend and such a fun preggy photo-shoot on the beach! I am blessed and so looking forward to seeing how it all comes out. What a beautiful reminder of just how special every moment of this pregnancy has been to us! It's been go, go, go getting all the loose ends tied up before I go into hospital on Thursday. I've only just got home from school class meetings and am about to start work on a month end report for my hubby's business, so there has been no time for any picture posting today. Totally grinning in my exhausted state that when I wake up in the morning I can say "tomorrow"!!! Till tomorrow ;0) All my love, Janine

3 more sleeps!!! To say that I feel blessed , giddy with joy and so love d would be putting it too lightly. I honestly feel SATURATED and cocooned in God's amazing love! He is spoiling me from every angle through so many precious people. I feel so loved. Messages keep pouring in with wonderful words of encouragement, prayers and such genuine joy as we all expectantly await Gabriel's birth. Just today a very precious heart-mommy friend dropped off this sweet pressie for our little boy. Isn't it too darling! The blessings just keep rolling in. Over the weekend a very faithful friend of mine gave my hair a wonderful cut, colour and blow dry to ensure that I feel pretty for the big day. Then this morning I was blessed with the yummiest gourmet breakie at the new Boardwalk Hotel.  The 3 of us giggled and laughed like school girls in such a plush, elegant setting. Our laughter seemed to be on the contagious level as another guest dining alone behind us couldn't he...

4 more sleeps ... Such a sweet picture by the super talented Anne Geddes . This mamma was too tired to pose for any new pics today ;0) About to climb in bed for an early night.  Love always xxx Janine

It's only 5 little more sleeps ...   So I am taking time to sit in my rocking chair and soak up all of Mr. Gabe's busy antics within my womb. I will never take for granted the privilege it is to carry a precious child into this world. Today I am counting my many blessings. All my love xxx Janine

3 + 3 = 6 6 more sleeps and these two beauties CANNOT WAIT to lavish all their love on their little baby brother.  Just another layer of restoration for me lately is seeing God restore their faith and joy. Their prayers for baby Gabe's upcoming birth are filled more and more with joy than the worry of saying goodbye to another brother. While it is still a process, this is big growth and healing. My prayer all throughout this pregnancy has been for the Lord to restore to them an innocent and worry-free outlook on pregnancy so that when they grow into the beautiful women, wives and mother-to-be that they will one day become ... their experiences of pregnancy will not be tainted with fear. God can and is doing this. Every moment of carrying Gabriel has been a joyful experience for us as a family. It has been filled with blessing and the very desires of each of our hearts. It takes my breath away to see how He CAN and DOES restore ... to the uttermost! Even though it does take...

This week I am truly feeling larger than life! My feet keep swelling up ... so I'm keeping my feet up!!!  But the silver lining in this happy little story is that ... it's only 7 more sleeps!!!! Yaaaaaahooooooooooo!!! I'm in absolute wonder that this time next week Thursday our sweet boy will be in our arms soaking up all our cuddles, smooches and oooh's and aaaah's!  From one excited, swollen footed mamma ;-) Janine xxx

I can hardly believe how quickly my little girls are growing into precious young ladies. Today was the start of their new school year. Grade 6 and grade 2! Daddy and Mr. Cosmo had to take a pose with these little beauties at the start of the day ;0) They had a fantastic first day back at school. They are both so thrilled about their teachers for the year. It does my mommy heart happy to hear how excited they are to go back to school tomorrow!  And seeing as we have been counting down ... 6 + 2 = 8! Yip ... 8 more sleeps!!!! After covering all their books, this tired mommy is taking her swollen ankles off to bed. Night all. Janine xxx 

Today I'm ... Proud of myself for stretching my brain as I've spent hours working out how to accommodate this new blog design! Giggling to myself that it's only 9 more sleeps till sweet boy arrives in my arms (and I don't have to pay for any more heart burn medication! hee hee) Enjoying the sound of my little girls laughter with their best friends as they soak up their last day of holidays before school (and homework!) starts tomorrow! Taking joy in picking my favourite roses from Zac's garden to enjoy inside the house. These orange ones are my favourites! They are called King David roses. David is Zac's middle name :0) They smell beautiful.  Doing a dance of joy for my friend Adeye who after months of waiting, finally has her precious Hasya in her arms and out of the orphanage and is getting her ready to take her home to her amazing forever family! (If you want to see what "love in action" really looks like, you need to spen...

There is such excitement in our house right now! In just 10 more sleeps we will be meeting our beloved Gabriel! We are all beside ourselves with joy. I keep dreaming about what this sweet baby boy looks like and what his little personality is going to be like. He is so loved and anticipated ... our blessing from Jesus! So here's what I do know so far ... he has adorable cheeks just waiting to be smooched by his mama ;0) He has strong little legs and feet that know how to kick really hard (especially when I decide to go to sleep at night)! He is simply too wonderful for words! To say that we are ready and excited is the understatement of the year! Everything is set out and waiting for his grand arrival! I love that as much as people ask my hubby how he feels about sleepless nights, changing nappies and going back to the baby phase after so many years, his response is the proudest, broadest beam ever! He simply can't wait! It makes my heart do flip flops to hear hi...