He was just over five pounds when they brought him home. He was born premature, and after a two week stay in the hospital my parents carried him into our quaint house on Wall Street wrapped in a little blanket with a beanie on his tiny head. My brother, Jim, and I peered over the edge of that blanket into the closed eyes of our new baby brother. Levi.
As the oldest sibling, and the only girl, I prayed for the women that my brothers would end up marrying. I prayed that they would be nurturing. That they would be kind. That they would compliment my brothers personalities. That they would love my brothers in a way unique to their needs. Little did I know that this woman for Levi would be the sweet, brown-eyed girl that came into our family's life as an infant. Her mother has worked with my dad in the OB/GYN department at the same hospital for over 20 years, and her family has attended our church for that same amount of time. And though Levi and Amy grew up together, hunting Easter eggs after the Easter Sunday service, running on the same lawn at church potlucks, and staying up through the night at youth group lock-ins, it wasn't until high school that these two planted a tiny seed of innocent interest that has since blossomed into the deepest, genuine love.
I was lucky enough to meet the man of my dreams in high school and committed my life to him in May of 2009. Like me, my brother Jim found his beautiful spouse as a young teenager and married his high school sweetheart in May of 2011. And now Levi, our baby brother, is marrying his high school girl in May of 2013. Aren't we just cute? ;)
Amy and Levi, I love you both to pieces. I consider myself lucky to have two brothers and now two sisters!
Big brown eyes and young love,
HK
great photos and so glad for you to have another girl in the family!!
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