Baby Yar #3

Dave and I had been struggling to figure out whether we felt our family was complete for probably about the last year or so. We always thought we wanted more kids, but felt maxed out with our current life. We worried about having enough money and resources for 3 kids, enough help (Lord knows we need a lot of it), etc. I was doing my best to pray about it, but was feeling very restless and not getting any peace or answer it seemed. Finally, we came to the conclusion that if our family was complete, we would not be feeling the way both of us were. Also, we had moved from our 2 bedroom house to one with 5, and bought a mini van, so some of our logistical issues had been resolved. So, in August, we thought we might both be ready to try and add a 3rd kiddo in the coming months to our small, but mighty pack of wild boys. Which, was a good thing, because sparing you all the details, we found out I was pregnant on August 25th, and due in May. 

 


Thought it was shocking, it made me smile, God is so funny how he works on our hearts and fully in his own time. Though I struggled through a rough season of prayer, God was all the while working on both of our hearts and preparing us for this gift.

This pregnancy has been much different then the other two, for one thing, our initial ultrasound showed the baby at a different age than expected, which caused some uncertainty for a few weeks until we were able to have another ultrasound and confirm a healthy baby. It was also the only kiddo who was a surprise :) so, wrapping our heads around it has had it’s challenges! Physically, I’m over 30, which I don’t think has helped much. Also, I have been nauseous the entire time, I mean, all day every day. Terrible. I don’t like to complain, but this one has been a real struggle.

At 19 weeks, in December, we were able to do our anatomy ultrasound, which we took the boys to, and found out we are having a hopefully perfectly healthy baby girl! It took us a good several weeks to work through the shock on that one. Eli’s first response was “I’m not going to play with her” and Luke was finally getting intrigued with watching her heart move on the ultrasound so he didn’t have many words. So, it was not a resounding approval from the boys in the beginning.

However, now, they are very excited to have a baby sister, like to talk about how big our family will be when she gets here, point our families with 5 people, and say that’s how we will be, talk about how they will play with her and take care of her and they have finally settled on a name for her. Basketball Goldfish. Charming we think :). We got them a baby doll for Christmas and have practiced wrapping her up, holding her and laying her down nicely. Usually we find her facedown in the playroom somewhere, so we’ll see how it goes.

In the end we are so thrilled and excited to be adding a sweet little girl to our family, and we are looking forward to meeting her in April!!