I didn’t know when I started this post that by the time I finished it we’d be five.
That Spring and life would come three days early for us.
That we only had one more day without her.
I didn’t know how far and deep and wide I could still fall in love. Even though we’d been waiting. Even though we’d known for years that there was still someone missing from our family. Even though we’ve been anticipating her.
I didn’t know.
Until she came.
How much we’d been missing.
Zoe Grace:
March 19, 2011
8lb, 4oz
This is the day that the Lord has made
We will rejoice and be glad in it.
~Psalm 118:24
The baby foot picture was almost my undoing. I might have to have another one.
She is beautiful! Congratulations!
What a sweet story of love…she is beautiful!
Congrats! She is beautiful. Thank you for sharing the pictures of your precious family and of falling in love all over again. Many blessings as you transition to a family of five! Can’t wait to meet you both in October at Relevant.
Congratulations! She is adorable as are her big brothers. :)
She’s gorgeous! Just perfect. Congrats.
So beautiful! Thank you for sharing her with us through pics. And thank you for sharing these words. Congratulations to you guys!
What a beautiful thing it is when the one you felt you were missing finally arrives! I felt the exact same way when my Joshua got here :) and he captured all our hearts from the start! Sweet Zoe Grace is gettin’ some serious lovin’ :) and it’s a beautiful sight! God bless you and your new family of 5!
She is just precious and perfect!!!!! Congratulations sweetie!!!!!!!!! :D
I think this was the most beautiful post I have seen in a long time. Congratulations!
I just started following your blog not too long ago and I really enjoy your insight and creativity. This post is so beautiful and I just wanted to say congratulations on your new addition.
Blessings to your family.
Congratulations, Lisa Jo! She is absolutely beautiful. I love all three of your boys’ expressions in these photos – that girl is so loved already!
She is just so sweet and lovely. :) And the pictures of Zoe with the boys? I’m speechless. ;)
Congratulations!
I have chills reading this :) She’s gorgeous! Congratulations!!
(love love love the picture of you and Zoe!)
I understand what you mean about knowing someone was missing. She is beautiful and I wish you deep, down, overwhelming love.
congratulations! she is beautiful! i am sure that you are all enjoying every precious moment.
aw….so very precious….all of you!
Oh, she’s precious! So beautiful! Congratulations!
Congratulations!! She is gorgeous…and the pictures were perfect. Thank you for sharing your beautiful family with us.
She’s beautiful. Like her mommy.
So fun to see the pictures!!!! Thanks for sharing.
(And I do believe I have those same maternity pants. ;))
A. mess. of. tears.
Ah! Liquid happiness!
No words. Only all this rain of joy falling down.
(((Lisa-Jo))))
All’s grace,
Ann
Congratulations!! So happy for you. She is beautiful.
What a little angel! Congratulations & praying you all get the r&r you all need!
Congratulations! How sweet! Oh, I am so thrilled for you…
CONGRATULATIONS! I cannot wait to meet this little one. Welcome, Zoe Grace. I’ll be in DC on April 8 – 10, and I would love to see you all. I’m so thrilled for you, and I’m praying for your whole family.
Love,
Hilary
What sweetness! So much joy in these pictures. Spring and Zoe Grace. That’s just perfect.
You have a daughter. A daughter! Thrilled beyond words for you!
What a sight your precious family is…the Baker 5.
Much love to you!
rejoicing with you!!!!!! she is beautiful and your family is so so adorable! love it all so so much. gives my heart a little bit of hope =)
Oh my! Precious beyond words!!! She is absolutely beautiful! Love all the pictures, especially the ones of your sweet boys holding their new sister.
She is beautiful!
Isn’t it amazing how we don’t know the day before we have them? I know that sounds like a ‘duh’ kind of statement, but I remember February 7, 2011 the day before I had Isabella. I was tired, crabby, and frankly felt like crap. Who knew that it would be the last day I would be pregnant?!?
Congratulations!
It’s nice she has two older brothers…they look very proud!
The first few days with a newborn are PRICELESS. Congratulations.
Praise God!!!!! She is absolutely, stunningly beautiful!!!! So very, very happy for you all!!!!
Congratulations!!! She is so beautiful! What a blessing :)
Oh my gosh. His smile. It undid me. I love how kids love. Now remembering that in my own kids, makes me weep a little bit more.
Congrats. Beautiful!!!
Congratulations!!! Zoe Grace is BEAUTIFUL!!! Oh those little toes! And I just loooooove your boys holding her…precious!!!
So happy for all of you! What a beautiful family!
Sibling pictures get me every time. So precious. I hope you all are doing well!
Oh Lisa-Jo, she is just beautiful!!! Welcome, little Zoe Grace! We have ourselves a Zoe Grace too – she’s 5 and just so you know, that name packs a big, beautiful punch and your angel will wear it beautifully. So happy for you and your whole family!!
For real? You have a “Zoe Grace” too? No, way! How special is that!
Yes! Life and Grace – she is truly “living grace” – long, beautiful God-story, and she was worth the long (9 year) wait for us too. It’s a great name (if I do say so myself) for an angel. ;o)
Congratulations! She’s beautiful :)
JOY! thank you so much for sharing your wee blessing with us!
Oh, she’s just lovely! And the pictures of your boys with their sister are so very precious!
Blinking back tears of joy for you. And remembering when our #3 little girl was added over four years ago. Oh, the pink! the tights! the girliness! and the secret terror of a feminine child to follow me. Zoe Grace is exquisite, and I cannot wait for all the good the Lord intends through her to unfold in his perfect timing. What a blessing!
Of all of the wonders and blessings God has bestowed on humankind, nothing compares to a newborn baby..so sweet and fresh from His Hands! I’m very happy for you and feel like an auntie of sorts since I’ve been waiting for Zoe too!She is beautiful!
Oh my. My momma heart is melting, melting, and a puddle. What got me the most (all of the pictures are beautiful) was your son leaning to kiss her. Oh gracious. How wonderful, and what an abundance of love! Congratulations!!
I have me full of the happy!!!
ahhhhh
Glory to God from whom such tiny and wondrous and pink blessings flow!
A to the Men! ;)
Oh my, such deliciousness! Thanks so much for posting these lovely pictures of your entire beautiful family. Welcome to the world, Zoe Grace – may you know how loved you are – by the God who gave you to the world, by your family who surround you with joyful hugs and kisses and by the wider world – ‘cuz you’re sure to take it by storm! (After all, look at your mama!)
So many blessings – been waiting for these pix since they announced Z’s arrival over at (In)courage over the weekend. Perfection!
Awww shucks, those sweet girls surprised me and gave me such a huge smile! Thanks so much for sharing this beautiful moment with us Diana!
Oh my goodness, that is one lucky girl! Just look at the joy on her brothers’ faces!! I love the photo of the two of your faces scrunched up together… I can just tell that you are bursting with love for her. A daughter is a very special type of person. Congratulations, Lisa-Jo! Love you, sister!
congrats. I’m so happy for you guys. I have a feeling those little boys will spoil ‘lil Zoe ;). Beautiful name btw.
She is BEAUTIFUL. congratulations a little girl… all in pink and so sweet to love. God has blessed you …
Oh she is so beautiful! Congratulations!
Yeah! Zoe Grace you are too cute! Congratulations! I really hope and pray that you will go from one sweet spot to the next. Such gorgeous, proud big brothers!
Congratulations!!! She is precious of course and I LOVE the boys expressions! Big brothers are awesome!
Soo sooo sweet! Happy for you five :)
Delighted with your news! These are gorgeous pictures. Honestly, you all look utterly content and full of joy. Simply wonderful! Please give that Zoe princess a big cuddle for me. Bless you heaps Lisa Jo! xo
Congratulations! She’s born on our son’s wedding day…or…their wedding day is on her birthday…LOL. So exciting!
Oh, Praise the Lord for a safe arrival. What a sweetie. I hadn’t even had a chance to comment on your last pics yet (we were away) but those maternity pictures? You’re just glowing!!!
Enjoy these first sweet baby days and take care of yourself!!
So beautiful! Yay! Happy she’s here–she looks right at home already. :)
Congratulations, Lisa-Jo! What a beautiful little girl! So happy for your family. Enjoy those newborn snuggles!
Congratulations sweet friend! There is nothing like bringing a baby girl home after having a home full of boys. They bring a new sense of joy, laughter and PINK! I’d never had a pinch of pink in my home until I brought my daughter home to her three brothers. I remember too, the pitch of her cry made me laugh the first time I heard it, because it was so different then her brothers.
We are rejoicing with you!
~Kristin (and Chris Ann)
Congrats! And thank you for the pics and making us feel like we’re one of the fam. :) Ps. she’s a cutie.
Congratulations!!! She’s beautiful!! I love how you said that someone was missing from your family…that was exactly how we felt before our little girl was born (third with two older brothers too:). Enjoy every minute!
Congrats to your whole family!! She is so beautiful and sweet! I know you are in Heaven right now. Be more blessed~!
She is a beauty! Welcome sweet Zoe!
Congratulations! She is beautiful!
Congratulations! Welcome to the world, little Zoe Grace! (A beautiful name for a beautiful baby!)
Congratulations, she’s beautiful!
Congratulations! Zoe Grace is beautiful!!!
Gorgeous, beautiful sweet little girl! SO amazingly happy for you!
a
She is so beautiful and she and I share the same birthday :) congrats! :)
beautiful. just beautiful, lisa-jo. i cannot wait to read here as you transition from “boy mama” to mother of a sweet baby girl. they are a wonder — she is a wonder!
What an absolutely perfect Spring flower added to your garden. Thank you Lord for such a beautiful addition.
She is soooo beautiful! Very high smoochability factor. haha Congratulations to you and your growing family. Thank you for sharing with us.
Oh! The scrunchy face picture!! My heart! :)
Congratulations on little Zoe Grace — she is beautiful!
She’s pefect! Congratulations! May she be blessed with strength and beauty, and I *know* you all will be blessed by her life.
She’s just beautiful! A GIRL! So happy for y’all.
xoxoxo
She is gorgeous, as are her precious brothers! Congratulations!!
Oh my goodness! Look at all that sweetness! I especially love the ones of her with her big brothers – so much love and protection wrapped in still tiny bodies. Congratulations – may her birth (and life) be filled with many unexpected blessings!
Congratulations doesn’t begin to cover it. May God heap the richest blessings on your family and miss Zoe!
Love those photos!!!! :)
Can’t wait until I can hold her again….I’ve been bragging to all my friends that I got to hold a delish little babygirl! Hope you are feeling good. Let me know if you need anything.
Love you.
What a blessing. Little girls are so precious. All the pink, frilly, polka dots, oh my. Congratulations on your new addition. May the Lord be with you as you make a speedy recovery.
I am rejoicing and glad… she is so scrumptious I can hardly stand it!
This makes me cry. Good tears. Good cry. Good grief!
Love you! :)
Yes, yes, yes!!!!
Rejoicing with you!
How precious! Congratulations!
Oh my word she is gorgeous and your sweet words made me cry!
Love you and congrats. ENJOY! I totally know what you mean about “missing someone”. That is the same for us. Can’t wait to meet our joy on August 31st “ish”!
Love,
Traci @ Ordinary Inspirations
She is precious, lady! Love her name, and the meaning behind it. Beautiful!
Adorable! And what a perfect name for a little one who will experience a life of grace!
Congratz!!! I’m so happy for you and your family. She’s beautiful
How wonderful, how beautiful, how great is our God! Welcome to the world, Zoe Grace…we are so glad you are here! Congratulations!
She’s beautiful. Congratulations to the whole family. The photos are gorgeous.
She is beautiful! Congratulations to you all.
Well, hello there, gorgeous Zoe girl!!! Congrats Lisa-Jo and family! Enjoy every moment of this precious gift.
I haven’t visited in a while, but stopped by today discovered your newest addition. She is so beautiful! Enjoy the blessing.
Congratulations, sweet girl. I’m so happy for you. Your whole family…and especially those boys…are going to be so blessed by your sweet new girl.
Your pictures are making me want a baby. Gotta go. :)
Congrats! Beautiful! That was the size of all 3 of my babies. Blessings!!! xo
Oh Lisa Jo – she is so beautiful! She has my niece’s birthday, the day after mine…
Congratulations!
Wonderful news! Congratulations! She is beautiful as are you. I too had that pink maternity shirt with the slight ruffle edges on the sleeves and I loved it. Kelly