This wonderful couple now has something to unite them.  I have often thought that it isn’t until a couple has a baby that they are truly brought together.  Before a baby, a couple is just that.  Two people who have chosen to live their lives together.  To solemnize their friendship and love for one another with ties that bind.  But they are still living their own lives.  Each goes to work, each has their own hobbies, they have different ways to relieve stress, find different ways to reach their goals and though they might share common beliefs and goals they as individuals will work towards those goals in their own way and in their own time.

But then a baby comes.  And they become a family.  There is now a little person that with the moment she is born becomes a unifying force between them.  They will for the rest of their lives strive together to be the best parents that they can be.  With a baby they must work together towards a common goal and be undivided in their approach.  They must create plans that they both can work together to fulfill.  Mother and Father now have in one little person a part of each of them.  The greatest thing they will ever be a part of.  A truly great man once said, “No success can compensate for failure in the home.”  As parents now, they will have to make the upbringing of their sweet daughter their priority.

I love that babies can become the glue that binds a couple.  It is a wonderful feeling to have a partner that you love and then have the wonderful privilege to work together to raise, love and teach a child.  Gracelyn, as tiny as you are you are great.  You are the “unifier” that will bring your loving parents even closer together.