Without Further Adieu.......

After a very long and hot blogging drought, I am no less than four posts behind: our move from Dallas, the girls' birthdays, and two family trips. This particular post, however is LONG overdue and, therefore, takes precedence.








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WE'RE HAVING A BABY AND IT'S A GIRL!!!!

I know, I know. I can hear the various reactions. "Holy cow! She just had one!" "Oh my gosh. She's nuts." "Wow, how old will Megan be when it's born?" "Hello! Ever heard of birth control??"

All I can say is that during my prayers one night back in February I undoubtedly, undeniably felt that there is another spirit that needs to come to our family and that it was time, that very month, to try for one. As I fell asleep that night I felt very peaceful and happy about it. I wrote down my feelings so I wouldn't forget how I felt because, sure enough, the next morning I was on the verge of totally freaking out. Certainly, if anyone else in this world had told me we needed to have another baby when, hello, I already had a baby of just 7 months old, I would have said that person was utterly crazy. Nonetheless, you definitely can't question the Lord's sanity.

So, my ever-supportive, wonderful, understanding husband and I followed that prompting, inspite of the temptation to wonder what in the heck Heavenly Father is thinking. Since becoming pregnant, I've told myself countelss times, "Faith, not fear." Basically it's my new motto.

FYI:

~I'm halfway through the pregnancy and very recently feeling the baby move. It's very exciting.

~I'm due the first part of December.

~When the baby's born Megan will be 17 months old, Dallin will be a little over 3 1/2 years old, and Emily will not quite be 5 1/2 years old.

~For us, girl names have been extremely difficult to choose, so we've got absolutely nothing at this point.