Surprise!

I'm pregnant again! It's a surprise for us, too. We were not trying to get pregnant because I have had two doctors tell me not to have any more babies since I hemorrhaged so severely after giving birth to Nolan. Both doctors adamantly said it would be worse so we have been kind of scared away from getting pregnant again. We're not worried about any of that since we found out that I am pregnant. I just see it as a situation that the doctors will know what to expect and can get prepared for whatever they have to do to stop the bleeding. They will know exactly what is going on and time won't be lost in trying to locate the problem. Besides, so many people can start praying for me now and over the next 8 months so I'm completely peaceful about it.

When I was at the homeschool conference on May 5, the keynote speaker, Ken Ham, was talking about how it's great to have large families because you are filling the earth with believers and raising them in God's word and therefore more and more people will be touched by God through you and all your many children (at least that's what I heard him say). A couple of days later I prayed for God to tell me if we should have more children despite the complications or if we were supposed to adopt. The next day is when Paul told me to get the paperwork started to adopt so I thought that was the answer to my prayer. I had no idea that 6 days later I would get pregnant (at a time when getting pregnant would be least probable). I guess I got a double-answer to my question. We are so excited!

The due date (as I have calculated it) is February 10, 2008. That is 4 days after I turn 31 which is funny because our deadline for having kids was supposed to be when I turned 30. God's continuing to show me that He is in control and I'm not, which is fine with me. Adam will be almost 12, Emily will be 8 1/2, Lily will be almost 4 and Nolan will be 26 months old. That sounds good to me!