Number 5...

We said we were done. We said it many times. We said it over and over to the point we were considering to make it not even possible. But, then somehow in January after being on the pill for 3 months, never missing a day I got pregnant. I was shocked because I have always made fun of people getting pregnant on the pill.  I mean really, what's the likelihood of such a thing to happen if you take it right?  But, here we were pregnant and totally unexpected.  And...we were happy. It felt right. Jon who told me at least every other day that Grace was the last. Grace as sweet and beautiful as she is has been our handful. She doesn't sleep and she doesn't eat. And when she does eat half the time she throws up because she chokes. For the record she is getting better. But, in January, it was rough. So when we found out we were surprisingly really excited. I was morning sick and night sick, the norm for me. I was pregnant.  Then I went in for my first check-up. I was 11 weeks.  They did the ultrasound and I actually had what they called a blighted ovum.  Meaning cells came together but did not form into anything.  But, the symptoms are the same as pregnancy. I was devastated and so was Jon.  The comforting news is that Jon and I are very fertile. Not lying about this. :)
 
Fast forward a few months and we felt that their was one more baby to join the family.  And now we are in October and I'm 18 weeks pregnant.  I didn't really tell many people for a long time.  I just didn't want the attention. When people don't know the time flies by. It's true. I was really sick the first 12 weeks.  And since I never really lost all of my belly from Grace people didn't think much of it. (The benefits of holding onto the extra love handles:) hehe.)

We waited until 14 weeks to tell the boys.  They were hilarious. We sat them down and told them.  Lucas and Micah both responded at the same time, "Another Baby!" Lucas then goes on and says "You just had a baby! Now you're going to have to take care of him (pointing to Micah), and him (pointing to David), and her (pointing to Grace)."  (Obviously, he thinks I don't do much for him. hilarious.)  Then he says, "Now you're gonna be up all night." I told him that I'm already up all night, so not much will change with that. It's true remember Grace doesn't sleep. At least he's concerned for me.  Then we asked what they wanted to have.  Girl or boy?  Micah and David said a boy so they could have another wrestling partner.  And Lucas said a girl so Grace doesn't get too spoiled.  haha.  Another great quote came the next day when walking home from school.  It was all 4 kids and myself and we walked past this woman and she said "Wow! You have your hands full."  (we get this comment all the time.)  But, Lucas says under his breathe so I could hear "yep, and we're gonna have another one."  Although, it sounds as if Lucas is not looking forward to another sibling he really is fine. Lucas is a very serious yet a sarcastic kid. He has a great sense of humor.

At the beginning of the week we found out that we are going to have another...GIRL!  We are excited and grateful to be parents to another child.  I am due at the end of March.