The Good Life: Meet Harlan Stow

About Us

Based in Pretoria, South Africa... My name is Loren, I am married to the LOVE of my life and on 08/08/08 we welcomed our first child into this world! Malakai is healthy, he is precious and he is the light of our lives... oh and he has a little something extra (commonly known as Down Syndrome).
On 29/01/2010 we had our second boy - Harlan. We are so excited that Malakai & Harlan will grow together as brothers and friends!
This is our journey into acceptance, love, the understanding that today is our greatest gift, and the celebration of our beautiful, perfect, amazing sons!

Blessed

Blessed are you who take the time to listen to difficult speech:
For you help us to know that if we persevere,
We can be understood.

Blessed are you who walk with us in public places,
And ignore the stares of strangers,
For in your companionship,
We find havens of peace.

Blessed are you who never bid us to "hurry up",
And more blessed are you
Who do not snatch tasks from our hands to do them for us,
For often we need time rather than help.

Blessed are you who stand beside us
As we enter new and untried ventures.
For our failures will be outweighed
By the times we surprise ourselves and you.

Blessed are you who ask for our help,
For our greatest need is to be needed.

Blessed are you when you assure us,
That the one thing that makes us individuals
Is not in our peculiar muscles,
Nor in our wounded nervous system,
Nor in our difficulties in learning,
Nor any exterior difference.
But is in our inner, personal, individual self
Which no affirmity can diminish or erase.

- Author Unknown

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Meet Harlan Stow

Dada... meet Harlan...

Kissable Lips!

It was elephant season... many of his soft toy gifts happened to be elephants...

Here at last!

Harlan was born by planned C-Section on Friday 29 January... Although planned, his arrival was no less exciting, a story for another day perhaps...

We are so happy to have Harlan in our lives and he has already crept deeply and snuggly into our hearts...

How nice it is to have a newborn in the house again - to hear the tiny cry, to smell that newborn smell, to comfort and to nourish a new life...

All I can say, after weeks of waiting, is...

aaaahhhh....

23 comments:

bizzum said...: Congratulations! I can't wait to see pictures of Harlan with Malakai!; February 2, 2010 at 11:14 AM
heidi said...: Congrats! He is a beautiful addition to your family, enjoy your boys xox; February 2, 2010 at 11:57 AM
Stephanie said...: Congratulations Loren, Dada and Malakai; February 2, 2010 at 2:08 PM
Lisa Reid said...: Congrats hes just adorable!!; February 2, 2010 at 2:41 PM
Laurie said...: Aww! Congratulations Loren! Harlan is just beautiful!! : ); February 2, 2010 at 3:08 PM
Cathy said...: Congratulations!!! What a handsome little one. Thanks for sharing him with all of us.; February 2, 2010 at 3:59 PM
Brandie said...: Welcome Harlan!! Congratulations! He's gorgeous.; February 2, 2010 at 3:59 PM
Jennifer said...: Congratulations!! He is perfect. Now you have double the fun!; February 2, 2010 at 5:05 PM
Deqlan said...: all i can say is AAAWWWWW! Congrats Daryl and Loren and Kai and the arrival of beautiful Harlan! He is GORGEOUS , he is to precious for words and i cant wait to meet him and see Kai in action as the big brother ! So happy for you all , congrats and lots of love and hugs and happiness Mark Samm Deqlan Logan; February 2, 2010 at 5:10 PM
Kelly said...: Congratulations Loren, he's absolutely adorable. Welcome to the world Harlan! Looking forward to seeing pics of the boys together:) Enjoy them!; February 2, 2010 at 5:11 PM
Kelli said...: Congrats! He is beautiful and looks so tiny in the carseat. I love the tiny newborn stage.; February 2, 2010 at 6:37 PM
Adrienne said...: Congrats! He's beautiful!!; February 2, 2010 at 8:12 PM
Christine said...: Congratulations to all of you! He is beautiful; February 2, 2010 at 9:38 PM
Anonymous said...: Congratulations!!! Harlan is beautiful! Do I say he looks like Mommy already? The photos are gorgeous!♥ I, too, can't wait to see pics of big bro Malakai with Harlan!; February 2, 2010 at 10:59 PM
Alan Anderson said...: Welcome to the world Harlan! He is darling!; February 3, 2010 at 4:42 AM
Anonymous said...: Cannot wait for our kids to grow up together my friend..... He is absolutely gorgeous - but then again you already know that! LOL! Hugs to beautiful Kai! Megs and Keaton; February 3, 2010 at 8:32 AM
Marilyn said...: Congratulations guys. He is absolutely adorable. Cannot wait to meet Harlan and of course to get a big hug from Kai. See you soon.
God Bless
Marilyn (Caden's gran); February 3, 2010 at 9:31 PM
Michael's Loving Family said...: Congrats! He is so cute and those little bubbles are so cute! Best of luck to you all! Kandi & Nathan; February 5, 2010 at 4:43 AM
heather said...: Congratulations!!! He is a doll. And I agree . . . there's nothing better than the sweetness of a newborn in the family. Enjoy him!; February 5, 2010 at 6:15 AM
Mary said...: Congratulations!; February 6, 2010 at 1:14 AM
evrfwd said...: congrats and welcome to the world Harlan! Beautiful photos!; February 6, 2010 at 6:09 AM
ayako j. said...: Congratulations!!! I'm so happy for all of you! He is handsome little man.; February 6, 2010 at 6:27 AM
Yvonne said...: Congratulations! He is so cute!

Enjoy the first time ;-)

Yvonne; February 9, 2010 at 8:03 PM