Why I love having a daughter

I shared soon after Noa was born that I had really hoped that she was a boy, and had convinced myself that she was a boy, so I was shocked when they told me as I saw her for the first time that she was a girl. But I am just amazed at how God is truly the one who builds our families and it is he who knows exactly what we need and even what we want. He is so good to us. Obviously, knowing and loving my Noa, I can’t imagine our lives with any other person, boy or girl. But there are a few things about having a daughter that I love now and anticipate for the future:
~My absolute favorite is watching my husband with his little girl. There aren’t words to express the tenderness and sweetness that fills the room as they snuggle, wrestle, laugh, or anything else together. It is precious. My friend Margot told me that he would make a great “girl dad” a while before Noa was born, and I see everyday what she means.
~Along those lines, I love it when Eric calls the two of us “my girls.” I love the feeling of being in a little group with Noa of belonging and being treasured.
~I never thought I would say this, but I love girly things. Dressing Noa is always a fun part of my day because her clothes are SO CUTE and fun to pick out. Its also so fun to imagine what beautiful things we can do to decorate her room as she gets older.
~People tell me that having a girl as a firstborn will be a tremendous blessing if the Lord does in fact give us the slew of kids that we hope for. I hear that in general, training up a “little mommy” is quite a delight.
~Being a girl, there’s a good chance she’ll love babies, just like I love babies, so that will be fun.
~I’m looking forward to Noa growing some hair so that I can play with it. I LOVE braiding hair, so I am very excited to have a little girl running around with piggy-tails.
~I’m looking forward to playing dress-up and watching Noa become all kinds of people in her imagination.
~I’m really looking forward to tea parties
~I’m looking forward to hosting girly sleepovers
~I’m so excited about time in the kitchen. Growing up, my mom and my sisters and I spent hours in the kitchen together, eating, baking, drinking tea/coffee, cooking, cleaning up, eating some more and always having some of the best and sweetest times of fellwoship and communication. How I hope my kitchen is a wonderful haven for the ladies in the house as my mother’s was/is.
~I’m excited, and nervous, to go through what my mom went through with me as I navigated the years of adolesence. I know it will be hard and tough, but also such a joy and an awesome opportunity to see really what my love for my daughter is made of (and who knows, maybe she won’t be like either her father or I when it comes to middle school and high school drama… PLEASE, LORD!)
~I’m excited to watch my daughter go through all stages of life and to share in her experiences because, as women, we will understand each other in a special way. I pray that she and I will enjoy the closeness and openness that my own mom and I share. I long to share in her joys and struggles and fears and prayers and triumphs and heartbreaks and be a steady and strong friend to her as she goes through it all, as my mother was (and still is) for me.
~The Lord has blessed our family with a great heritage of Godly women, and I am thrilled for Noa to be a part of that heritage and to pass that on to her daughters and their daughters, that the Lord would be glorified in families who know and serve him for generations and generations.
~I love that Noa and I have a lot in common as girls but that in many ways, there is so much of Eric in her. Already, she has made me come to understand and love Eric in so many new ways. I know I will love watching her be her “father’s daughter”.

Right now I am also very excited about having a daughter because I just found out yesterday that we actually have TWO DAUGHTERS! So, all the great things I listed above, I get TIMES TWO! We are overwhelmed at God’s goodness to us in this. We were very excited about both prospects of having a boy or another girl, but in general we had hoped that Noa would have a little sister very close in age to her to be her best friend. Eric and I each have two sisters who we think the world of and know that a sister will be such a blessing to each of our daughters.

I will try to scan and post some photos of our littlest girl as soon as I can and also share her name with you once we decide for certain (we’re about 99% sure right now).

Thanks for reading the ramblings of a very excited and a little emotional mom. Please rejoice with us in the Lord’s blessing of two precious daughters.

Tags: Martha, Noa, pregnancy, Thoughts