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		<title>Jon&#8217;s First Father&#8217;s Day!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow is Jon&#8217;s first Father&#8217;s Day. I think back to when we first saw Sam. As Jon held him for the first time, tears rolled down his cheeks. There was an instant bond between the two of them.  I think back to when we brought Sam home on the plane. Jon held sweet baby [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jonandrachel.wordpress.com&blog=4135199&post=167&subd=jonandrachel&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://jonandrachel.wordpress.com/2009/06/20/jons-first-fathers-day/</link>
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		<title>Three Mothers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From my Mother&#8217;s Day talk in church&#8230;..
This mother’s day, I feel like I have special cause to celebrate. Rachel and I were able to go to the temple yesterday to have Sam sealed to us.  The journey into fatherhood has been one where I have been constantly in awe of the love that mothers can [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jonandrachel.wordpress.com&blog=4135199&post=161&subd=jonandrachel&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://jonandrachel.wordpress.com/2009/06/06/three-mothers/</link>
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		<title>Mother&#8217;s Day</title>
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Today is a special day for our family. Today we take the little one to the temple to have him sealed with us forever. It is in these quiet moments that I weep.  I love that little baby more than anything. I have always loved him. The moment I laid eyes on him, I wept. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jonandrachel.wordpress.com&blog=4135199&post=156&subd=jonandrachel&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://jonandrachel.wordpress.com/2009/05/09/mothers-day/</link>
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		<title>For Me.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“There are women that become mothers without effort, without thought, without patience or loss and though they are good mothers and love their children, I know that I will be better in a sense. I will be better not because of genetics, or money or that I have read more books but because I have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jonandrachel.wordpress.com&blog=4135199&post=151&subd=jonandrachel&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Little Valentine!</title>
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Where have we been for the past three months? Sleeping. Feeding. Changing. Rocking. Bathing. (Certainly not in that order!) Adjusting to being parents. Loving our little boy. Enjoying our miracle.  It has been an incredible (and exhausting!) three and a half months! I love our little boy more anything. It is a pleasure being his [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jonandrachel.wordpress.com&blog=4135199&post=145&subd=jonandrachel&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://jonandrachel.wordpress.com/2009/02/14/my-little-valentine/</link>
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		<title>49 days</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Seven weeks ago, our lives were changed forever.  Seven weeks before that, our angel had found us, and the time had come to meet her and our new baby boy.
A blur of a day of travel brought us to a dark night in the Midwest, and as we drove with no traffic around us, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jonandrachel.wordpress.com&blog=4135199&post=144&subd=jonandrachel&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://jonandrachel.wordpress.com/2008/12/15/49-days/</link>
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		<title>National Adoption Day!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I write, I have a sleeping baby on my chest. So tiny. So Perfect. A miracle at minimum. He has changed me. He is healing my broken heart. I&#8217;m forever grateful for our sweet Holly who gave him life. I cherish the bond I have with her. It is unlike any other human bond. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jonandrachel.wordpress.com&blog=4135199&post=140&subd=jonandrachel&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://jonandrachel.wordpress.com/2008/11/15/national-adoption-day/</link>
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		<title>Our Bundle of Joy!!!</title>
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Our baby boy was placed in our arms this morning!!! We have truly felt the love of our family and friends through these last few weeks (when we haven&#8217;t been posting as frequently) and are thrilled beyond belief!
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		<link>http://jonandrachel.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/our-bundle-of-joy/</link>
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		<title>Hope</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;To sit patiently with a yearning that has not yet been fulfilled, and to trust that, that fulfillment will come, is quite possibly one of the most powerful &#8220;magic skills&#8221; that human beings are capable of. It has been noted by almost every ancient wisdom tradition.&#8221;
 ~Elizabeth Gilbert
It has been awhile since we have posted. We [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jonandrachel.wordpress.com&blog=4135199&post=134&subd=jonandrachel&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://jonandrachel.wordpress.com/2008/10/20/hope/</link>
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		<title>The best birthday present</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We went to dinner at Rachel&#8217;s parents today to celebrate our birthdays (mine was 2 weeks ago, hers was today). While we were there, Rachel got a call that we had been waiting for since Thursday, a call from a friend who has been going through some hard times lately, but has still been helping [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jonandrachel.wordpress.com&blog=4135199&post=130&subd=jonandrachel&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://jonandrachel.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/the-best-birthday-present/</link>
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