It's a ......

BOY!!!

Titus Jeremiah was born Saturday, January 21, 2012. As soon as he came out and was placed on me I said "Tiny Titus", he's so small weighed 6 lbs 4 ozs & 19 1/4 inches long. My labor and delivery were so different this time around. I will do a blog on it some day, when I am up to it:-)

Tim and I are so excited to have another happy healthy baby, and the kids are excited to have it even....for now:-)

Hours old:-) 3 days old:-)

♥♥There is nothing like being a wife and Mommy♥♥♥

I am so blessed!

Loving Life

I am most certainly loving the life that God has blessed me with. Through it's trials, it becomes even more rewarding. I am so blessed to live in the greatest country in the world, and be married to the BEST MAN FOR me! I get to be the Mommy to 5 little awesome kids (soon to be 6) is just icing on the cake:-)

I had a fund day with my sister yesterday and her 8 littles. We left them here with my 5 with my GREAT HUBBY! He is so sweet to watch 13 kids, 1-12 years old, isn't he?! I think so. My sister and I went to our appointment with our midwife. It is so nice to have an appointment where it is so relaxing, calm and we can even visit. I love my midwife! If you have never had one you really don't know what you are missing. My SIL recently went to an OB/GYN appointment for the first time and was shocked at the experience because it was so different than her appointments with our midwife that she used for her first 3 babies. (she is still using our great midwife, but using her insurance and such for labs, ect...) I love to hear all about babies and births and yesterday the midwife had lots of stories to share. Just what I needed, it really made my day. Spending the time with my sister was also just what I needed too. I am so glad that she lives close now. We did belly pictures, what fun! We are due 3 weeks apart:-)

I am still just ready and waiting for this little bundle of joy to appear! I have everything ready, washed and set up now. I am glad to have it done, and not lay in bed worrying about getting up in the night, in labor, and trying to put it all together! The kids are getting so excited too, and keep asking is tonight the baby coming??? I am thinking that it will be the end of next week, my wishful thinking is this Saturday, but probably the 14th:-)

Here I am at 39 weeks!

"And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered." Luke 2:6

Praying that this will soon be the verse I can claim! LOL

Getting Ready!

Well, time has flown by! At least for me and our family it has:-) God has been so good to us. He has met our needs so often, and tried us and been faithful through it all. I am "due" anytime now for the next 4 weeks;-) I tend to go over a week or more so we shall see. I am really praying this babe will come and share Papa's Birthday on the 4th, but really doubt that it will happen.

I have been doing weekly pictures, to show my belly's growth! I love being pregnant, there is such a joy in carrying a child and feeling them move with in me. How amazing our bodies are!

What fun it is to compare these each week and to my past pregnancies.

34 weeks 35 weeks 36 weeks!37 weeks 38weeks!

We are all having fun guessing what this baby is. At my Kaiser appointments the ♥ rate is usually faster (145-150)like a girl, but when we see the Midwife it's slower (120-125) like a boy. So we shall see! Tim and Timmy are really hoping for a boy, and of course the girls are hoping for a girl. Though I doubt when he/she makes their appearance anyone will care. :-)

I have everything for my home birth ready to go. I finished putting together my birth kit just this past weekend. What fun that was, makes it seem all the more close. I still need to wash bedding and put together the Bassinet, but since our room is smaller I think I will wait 'til baby comes and let Tim or my mom do that. Along with the clothes, I have a box of boy clothes and a box of girl clothes that will need to be washed. :-) I have a few outfits for each so my baby will have something other than a blanket to wear!

School is just about done. We were trying to finish our first semesters books before I took a Christmas break or Baby break. We finished all but Math and English, we had a flu bug that took a week away. It is fine though, because these are the subjects I would rather not take too long of a break from. I think it makes it harder to start back up again trying to review everything. SO we are finishing up this week and then taking a break from text books, and doing some family learning time while we wait for this baby and after he/she comes.

Right now we got a butterfly kit. It started as Larva and now they are Caterpillars. We are enjoying watching them grow, and get big and fat. I can't wait to see them as butterflies!

We had a wonderful day celebrating the birth of Jesus in the Lords house and at home. Had a sweet conversation with Anna (4)

While fixing her hair Christmas morning about what the greatest gift was. She says "Jesus" and I said "yes, and what do we get since He came to earth and died for us." Her reply "We can go to Heaven and see George Washington and take the other one President some Jelly Beans." LOL the older kids have been learning about our former Presidents in History, and she took note of the President Reagan display at the Jelly Belly Factory. One of the Kids had asked if he (Reagan) knew the Lord and I had said I thought so:-)

We went to our towns Christmas Parade and that was fun. It was nice to enjoy the time together as a family, and loved watching my kids race after the candy. :-)

We pray that you all have a great start to the new year!

"Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love." I John 4:7-8