Rings

When I found out I was pregnant with Joseph and was due to be born in October, I came up with a brilliant idea! The birthstone for October is an opal, my FAVORITE stone. I told Jon (knowing full well he was hoping for a son) if we had a girl we should get her a piece of jewelry with an opal in it and if we had a boy we should get ME a piece of jewelry with an opal in it. Well, I got the best of "all" worlds: Jon got his son, I wanted a son first too, AND I got a piece of opal jewelry.

I had in mind perhaps a ring. I used to wear several rings as a teen, at least one on each hand and gradually stopped. I had a claddah ring through all of my relationships and by the time I met Jon, kept it on my left ring finger and replaced it when Jon gave me my engagement ring.

After a lot of looking I decided on a style that I wanted. I found a petite set of birthstone rings that are made to stack one on top of the other. They have 3 options, a ring with one, two or three gemstones and little diamonds surrounding the gems. My idea was that for my first child, I would get the one with one birthstone. For the second, the one with two gemstones. Since Jon and I hope to have three someday it seemed perfect.  A little over 2 years after Joseph was born, on our 5th anniversary, Jon gave me the first ring.

It's perfect. It's petite and delicate and just right for me.

Looking forward, most likely our little girl will be born in June. Though, even if we are able to get this second ring soon after she's born, it will not get ordered until she is born....just in case. I hope I won't have to wait two years, but even if I do it'll be worth it.

I think they'll go nicely together.