Let me answer your
questions for you!
We are so happy to
announce there is a tiny little (almost) 9 week old Smith baby growing AS WE
SPEAK.
I want to save everyone
some major brain energy, so I’m just gonna do this for ya’ll J
When this baby is born
(sometime near March 11, 2015), we will have:
5 under 5 ½.
4 under 4.
3 under 3 AND
2 under 2
2 under 2
(and hopefully 2 more
older ones to make it 7 total--- it is the number of perfection, you know)
Silas and Little Cinq
(that’s 5 in French for you Anglophones out there) will be about 13 ½ months
apart.
I will have been pregnant
for 50 out of the last 72 months. Yep, that’s more than 2/3 of the last 6
years. That is including two first-trimester miscarriages, one between Zoe and
Xander and one between Silas and Little Cinq.
We suspect it’s either
caused by water or sex, and we’re not willing to give up either J
Yes, we own a TV, and have
a Netflix subscription.
We will stop having them
when they stop coming out so stinking cute J
All kidding aside, we are
overjoyed to be welcoming a new life into the world and into our family. We
have been told by our adoption worker that we can still continue with our adoption
process and, just as before, it is in the hands of the social workers who
receive our applications (so the workers for whatever children we apply for) to
decide if we are a good fit for prospective placements, new baby and all. Our hope
is that both the workers and whatever children are potentially placed in our
homes will see this as a big positive--- they are not “Plan B” or something to
be set on the backburner while our “real” children are being raised. They are
our Plan A, just as our biological children are, and we hope they can see it as
a rewarding experience to come and welcome a little brother or sister into the
world. I personally hope we are matched before the baby is born so that ALL the
new siblings (adopted and just born) will have a chance to be a part of each others’
lives from day one!
Jordan and Zoe are very
excited. Zoe actually walked into the bathroom when I wasn’t paying attention,
saw the test on the counter and said “Op, time for another baby!” and then went
about her day. Xander has no idea what’s going on, although he did manage to
get out a “Baby? Baby?” during the ultrasound. Silas is happy, because that’s
just what Silas is.
And just to add to the “Wow,
they’re insane” thoughts (hehehe)--- this baby will, God willing, be born at an
Independent Christian Birth Center with a midwife named Inga who attends New
Life with us. Crazy, I know, but I think it’s going to be a good experience for
us and is a very happy alternative to the strict VBAC policies (like, not
allowed) at the Idaho hospitals (thank you, little Bug, for your stubborn
entrance into the world!)
Well, that is that! I can
only imagine that God has some battles for us because he is definitely filling
our quiver!
God Bless and Love from the Smith Household!!!
