Surprise #5

Well for those who don't know, we are planning on a new adventure in parenting as we are currently expecting our special surprise baby #5. We will say that the arrival is sometime during the beginning of September, at first they said my birthday (Sept 2) then after the ultra-sound on Monday they said Aug 26th. I say later, because I seem to like to bake them a little longer; who is to say really, as everything has been completely different this time around.

I have been in denial for some time now, perhaps even 4 months, but we are all warming up to the idea. I thought Eli would take it the hardest, but in fact he has been the most delighted and has certainly prayed the hardest to get a little brother (everyone else was hoping for a girl). He is thrilled that he will not be the baby of the family anymore, and that he will have someone to teach all the important things to, like playing Legos and other such great things. Hopefully he will be able to deal with the inevitable noises that said small child will most certainly make- he has been known to make fairly direct comments to our friends who have babies, like: "Where is that thing you can put in their mouth that will make them be quiet?" He is obviously my child- I don't know where I get my hyper sense of hearing from, but my over zealous use of the "please be quiet" type phrases has rubbed off on him for sure!

So it sure is a good thing we got rid of everything a few years ago! Where would the fun be if we were actually prepared for such an event, right? I am still trying to brace myself for the long hot, muggy summer and the prospect of having Joe out of town for July, August and part of September. We are hoping he can at least come home to be present at the blessed event! What can we say, we have just impeccable timing!