A couple weeks ago I heard Nate talking in bed. When I went and asked him if he was talking to me he said "No, I was talking to God." I said, "Oh yeah? What were you talking to God about?" His response made my mommy heart melt... "I was asking him to put a baby in your tummy." Little did he know God already had! It is hard not telling them, but doing ultrasound I have seen too many sad situations that mom's have had to explain to their little ones and that is just not somewhere that I want to go with the kids yet. I certainly did not regret having not told them when we lost a baby this past April, so even though I am DYING to tell them, I AM going to wait! :)
Another question you may have is why another baby and why now, especially when we are trying to get out of debt to follow the calling that we feel God has put on our hearts to go to work with FamilyLife. Well here are our reasons...
First, we love kids and wanted another one, so there! ;) Also, although we don't think everyone should have lots of babies, we feel that God has called us to raise the next generation of Christians. In Genesis 9:7, God told Adam and Eve "As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it.” Our desire for our kids is written in 2 John 1:4 "It has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father commanded us." Think about how many kids are in Muslim families for example. I just feel that as a Christian I need to have more than the average 2 kids that most Americans have is so that there are more Christian influences in the next generation! Please don't take this as me saying ALL Christians need to have tons of kids. I think that if God wants someone to have more kids He will put that desire in THEIR hearts, if not then He won't. Also don't take this as me saying I am going to end up with a tv show called 19 kids and counting! I am thinking we will max out around 4, but who knows! ;)
As far as paying off debt and getting to FamilyLife goes, God is going to provide in HIS time and we have faith in that. Him blessing us with another baby is not going to put a roadblock in the way of His will. He always has a plan. Maybe it will be some miracle, or maybe a higher paying job for Thomas, or maybe it will truly take 4 or 5 years of hard work. Who knows? But PLEASE continue to pray with us about this matter!
Last but not least Psalms 127:4-5 says "Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their opponents in court." My mother-in-law told me that a quiver is 5 so that means we should have 5 kids, but then odd numbers aren't good so we should just have 6. ;) I'm not so sure we will get THAT high in numbers!
So, since I can't resist I have a series of ultrasound pictures for your viewing pleasure, if you can figure out what they are that is!
This is the gestational sac, no baby yet 4 weeks 5 days
The little white circle inside of the gestational sac is the yolk sac, still can't see baby yet 5wks 4 days
Yes that tiny white dot is the baby! 6wks 2days
This one is the yolk sac to the left growing baby next to it on the right. 6wks 6days
Getting bigger! 7wks 5days
So for those of you who don't know, we are expecting baby number 3 in March. We haven't told the kids yet so DON'T SPILL THE BEANS! :) We are going to tell them when I am 12 weeks along on Sept 9th during our family pizza and a movie night. I am going to video that to post for everyone to see their reactions. I am not sure if Adah will fully get it, but I think that Nate will be excited.
A couple weeks ago I heard Nate talking in bed. When I went and asked him if he was talking to me he said "No, I was talking to God." I said, "Oh yeah? What were you talking to God about?" His response made my mommy heart melt... "I was asking him to put a baby in your tummy." Little did he know God already had! It is hard not telling them, but doing ultrasound I have seen too many sad situations that mom's have had to explain to their little ones and that is just not somewhere that I want to go with the kids yet. I certainly did not regret having not told them when we lost a baby this past April, so even though I am DYING to tell them, I AM going to wait! :)
Another question you may have is why another baby and why now, especially when we are trying to get out of debt to follow the calling that we feel God has put on our hearts to go to work with FamilyLife. Well here are our reasons...
First, we love kids and wanted another one to there! ;) Also, although we don't think everyone should have lots of babies, we feel that God has called us to raise the next generation of Christians. Genesis 9:7 God told Adam and Eve
"As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it.”
Our desire is written in 2 John 1:4 "It has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father commanded us." Think about how many kids are in Muslim families for example. I just feel that as a Christian I need to have more than the average 2 kids that most Americans have is so that there are more Christian influences in the next generation! Please don't take this as me saying ALL Christians need to have tons of kids. I think that if God wants someone to have more kids He will put that desire in their hearts, if not then He won't. Also don't take this as me saying I am going to end up with a tv show called 19 kids and counting! I am thinking we will max out around 4, but who knows! ;)
As far as paying off debt and getting to FamilyLife goes, God is going to provide in HIS time and we have faith in that. Him blessing us with another baby is not going to put a roadblock in the way of His will. He always has a plan. Maybe it will be some miracle, or maybe a higher paying job for Thomas, or maybe it will truly take 4 or 5 years of hard work. Who knows?
Last but not least Psalms 127:4-5 says "Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their opponents in court." My mother-in-law told me that a quiver is 5 so that means we should have 5 kids, but then odd numbers aren't good so we should just have 6. ;) I'm not so sure we will get THAT high in numbers!
So, since I can't resist I have a series of ultrasound pictures for your viewing pleasure, if you can figure out what they are that is!
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