She's here! Faith Lucia Franco was born (on her due date!) on Tuesday, September 6, 2011 at 2:20pm. She was 7lb, 8oz and by all accounts was the picture-perfect healthy term baby! We truly had a happy labor and delivery (as "happy" as labor gets, anyway:), and Michael and I could both feel the ... Read More about Introducing Faith Lucia
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Have a little Faith
Three-year-old Faith Lucia is such a blessing to me. She is also my only baby who "looks like me" so far. She is incredibly smart, perceptive, imaginative, and downright delightful. My five-year-old son was barely talking in full sentences at three years old! He and his sister are so different. I am ... Read More about Have a little Faith
Slice of (Faith’s) Life: May 31, 2012
My baby girl, Faith Lucia Franco, officially started crawling on May 31, 2012. Just wanted to mark this momentous event in Faith's life on Humble Handmaid, which (if you've ever read About Me) doubles of course as a shameless outlet for posting pictures of my kids. :) The floodgates ... Read More about Slice of (Faith’s) Life: May 31, 2012
Franco, party of seven
Where to begin? Since I last posted, I've hobbled painfully through the end of an exhausting pregnancy and navigated the first three weeks of having a newborn. We are now a family of seven, with five children 8 years old and under. Here is our new baby.:) Aidan David was born on November ... Read More about Franco, party of seven
“Why yes, I do have my hands full” and some other things it’s time I admitted to
Precious Gianna, 1 year old A few weeks ago, a priest friend of ours, Fr. Pettit, called out of the blue and asked if we and some mutual friends could have dinner with him on Wednesday night. We were delighted to hear from him, since we hadn't seen him in three or four years and he ... Read More about “Why yes, I do have my hands full” and some other things it’s time I admitted to
Our little saints
Our friends the Gerkens invited us to a little July 4th play date to celebrate the feast day of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, the patron saint of their newborn son, Joseph Frassati Gerken. Mary Lou had everyone meet at the park behind their church for cupcakes and juice. From there, we made a ... Read More about Our little saints
A little jailbird, a wedding and a shark picture
Here's a weekend photo roundup! Our dear friend Lucy got married on Saturday, and I had the privilege of arranging her hair on her wedding day! I was also the Something Borrowed friend for her...she wore my wedding veil. :) Your royal happiness, Faith Lucia. What a trooper. No morning OR ... Read More about A little jailbird, a wedding and a shark picture
Fishy, happy Franklets
Gabriel is o-fish-ally a little fish! He LOVES being in the water. I have a feeling we will be visiting the neighborhood pool a lot this summer. At least, I hope so. Last summer, he wasn't very keen on the pool. Which was fine with me, since I was hugely pregnant and it was a gargantuan effort of ... Read More about Fishy, happy Franklets
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Faith is almost 5 1/2 months old now. I can't remember if I did this much silly baby talk with Gabriel when he was this age. I feel like I can't talk to Faith in a normal voice. I think that's because when I am around her or am holding her, I am constantly kissing and hugging her, so I can't get ... Read More about More baby love