Our latest addition

those of you following me on instagram are by this stage well aware of the latest addition to our family! little Christoffel Hendrik Petrus Derksen was born on thursday 26 february 2015. what a special and wonderful day this was. from the moment we set foot in the hospital at 05:00 everything went smoothly and quickly and when they put Hendrik in my arms at 07:35 i felt nothing but love and immense feelings of humble appreciation for an awesome God!

to hold such a small, little perfect being for the first time is an act you cannot really put words to, all i can say is WOW! the immediate love for this little boy is indescribable! the connection between the husband and i as the nurse gave us this little wonder is a bond that seems impossible to break. the realisation that we are to care and look after this person for the rest of his life is a responsibility that feels too great to really comprehend. but the motherly instinct that immediately kicks in is real and wonderful and very, very natural. i am in love with our latest addition to the family.

From here