Party of Five

Soon, those will be the words out of our mouth, "party of five please". A shocker still for us, but a joy. Deep, deep, joy.

We have wanted a 3rd child for a while now (in case you were wondering if this one was on purpose... yes!!). I am certain I prayed almost every single day for a whole year for a baby girl. The Lord has delivered us at least 1/2 of that and I am very grateful.

I wanted to tell the blog world before facebook since you are my friends and you are obviously taking the time to read this while you are working and since baby Harper was a big inspiration. So, I am 11 weeks along and the due date is December 28, 2011. Please pray for a full term delivery. That is the #1 concern, since Beau came 8 weeks early.

Also, we will be waiting until the delivery to find out the sex of the baby. Brian really wanted to wait and over time I have come to agree with him. This is planned to be our last child and our last chance to experience that surprise that people talk about. I really wanted a girl, but I also know that life could be easier with 3 boys b/c I already know boys. So, the plan is to make a girly quilt and have a couple outfits for both sexes (and a headband) at the hospital and then we will just give the girl clothes and blanket away if it doesn't happen, although I think it will. If it is a girl I will have 18yrs to decorate a room and so that can wait. I have to say, I am pretty impressed with our decision. It helps that we will only be getting one ultrasound this time, but we never would have had the strength with the boys to wait. I didn't think I would have the strength this time either but I have surprised myself- so HOLD ME TO IT!!!

Anyways, hopefully you are celebrating with us and hopefully we get back to Oklahoma soon so you can know this child!

ps- the blog is no longer private. It proved too hard for one important reader so oh well- let the world spy on my life!