Announcement

A lot of people know already, especially my kids primary teachers. But, it seems like it is time to announce that I am 10 weeks pregnant. Baby number 8 is due January 26th. My kids want me to be patient at the end because if I am a week late, then the baby will be born in February. That is a big deal because we have 2 funny records. First, all of our children have their birthdays in a different month. The kids don't want me to ruin this one. Since I have only ever gone into labor once on my own, I suspect this won't be hard. It will be a matter of being patient and not asking to be induced around the due date. The second funny record is our children have come in a pattern. We have girl, girl, boy, boy, girl, girl, boy. We have no control over this one, and it would be great bedroom wise if this baby was a boy, but I kind of think it is a girl. I have felt pretty sick this time around and the two other babies that I felt the most sick with were Ruth and Rachel. Since we are getting toward the end of having children (at least that is what we expect), we have first names picked out already. I suppose this could change, but a boy will be Noah, and a girl will be Arwen.

We expect to get plenty of criticism. This baby will only be 18 months younger than Joseph, and our eighth child. I know that leaves a lot to criticize. But, we feel like we are following the will of God. When I prayed about another a baby, I had two serious concerns. First, we do not yet have a car that will fit our entire family, and second, I have not lost the weight from the last two babies. I felt very strong that Heavenly Father would take care of both of these things and that we should have another baby now. Heavenly Father has always taken care of us in miraculous ways. I trust him completely. I got pregnant immediately after that. I had a positive pregnancy test May 17th. I don't think it was more than a week after that, that John got notice of a raise that begins today. It will cover a car payment for a 3 year old van. (I am currently waiting for John to say, this van is the one. He is slow with expensive decisions.) I know that God is at the helm and directing our lives. I know that this baby is suppose to come to our family at this time and I am grateful that Heavenly Father sees fit to give us another child to raise.