Today I went to see my dear friend Alyson and her precious newborn baby girl Alayna at the hospital. What a treat it was!! I just love little babies...their tiny hands and feet...so sweet! Lately, the boys have really been asking me for a little sister. Almost every day one of them talks about it. I must confess, that even though my life is SO CRAZY with my four little guys and I often seriously feel insane and overwhelmed, I still would love to have another baby. Yes, that would mean I would have 5 children, 5 CHILDREN. That is craziness!! Maybe it's just because Caden is really not a baby anymore. He is almost 21 months old, which is the same as the gap between Caden and Ian. So, this is the first time that I haven't already had another baby when the next older one is 21 months old...did that make sense?? Mike and I talked about it last night. He asked me if I have been praying about it...I said, no, actually I haven't been. Well, duh! That is exactly what I need to be doing!! Oh, and we would have to adopt which is very near and dear to our hearts since Mike's little sister Marissa is adopted. Oh, the craziness! Here are pictures of each of the boys the day they were born.
Kyle
Ian
Caden
Hmmm....what do you think? Am I crazy? Will I ever have a "we are done for sure" feeling?? For those of you who definitely aren't having any more, did you have that feeling??
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They are so precious. And sweet. And I love to look at them and stroke their heads and rub their tiny feet. And my heart twinges with how big my girls are! But I have no desire for another one. At least not right now. :) If God laid it on my heart to adopt, I'd start praying for Mike to feel the same way and go for it! So when can we get together next week?!
Awww you got to see Allyson's & her new lil' gift!!!
I definitely have baby pangs. Anytime J sees me holding a baby he says "Put it down & walk away slowly!"
I would love to have 2 more so we would be an even number. Just don't think it's in the plan for us. So I'm totally w/ya on the baby thing ; )
"Children are a blessing from the Lord. Blessed is the man whose quiver is FULL of them!"
Like you, my life is all craziness all the time with 3 kids (living and ministering in a foreign country!), yet I still have the pangs for another baby. I think that a lot of times those righteous little aches (for things we are clearly supposed to desire from the Word of God!) are the Lord's way of giving us "discernment by desire." It's another thing to wrestle with something that's not so clear Biblically that we're supposed to want. But children are a BLESSING, and we surely should not fight our WANT of HIS blessings! Does any of that make sense??
That's just my perspective though! I love you, girl! I think you guys are amazing parents and any child you bring into the world will be an amazing asset to the Kingdom of God!!
Lisa, you are awesome!
We planned our third, but once we became pregnant, instantly felt regret, fear and shock. In fact I felt that way throughout the entire preganancy. The day he was born, my heart opened up and there was plenty of room for him in it.
He is by far the easiest baby I've had. He is so happy and fun. God must have known I couldn't have handled anything less with my insane life and my anxiety.
I would love to have another but Mack Daddy is 40 and that's no spring chicken. I have always longed to adopt, but it's not in my husband's heart to do that.
So I will love and hug and cherish the three amazing wonderful blessings I have.
I just have to pipe in here!! HA!
Absolutely NO WAY do I want another child! I didn't think I wanted anymore after the first one. But, then nine years later God decided we needed one more!
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