The Urge

This comes and goes, but right now I've really got The Urge to have a really large family (I define really large as over 4 kids). Not sure what started it this time, but I'm inwardly griping that I don't have a husband that shares the same ideas on this subject.

Of course, we initially said we wanted four kids, so HEY! where's my fourth?? *grin* Hm mmm, I'll have to remind him of that...

Alec has been praying every night, "Jesus, please give Mommy a new baby". He and Benji prayed every night for months for Daddy to have a new job so he could stay home more and they were answered in the most perfect way we could imagine.

So during this Urge, Ava is of course in her Sweet and Sour phase (the twos, which has almost become like a curse word around here!)and I'm wondering, do I want to do this phase again? Really? What am I thinking?

I'm thinking about that newborn smell, nursing on the couch after the family is in bed, the first smile, the tiny toes, the tiny diapers, chubby fists, first steps, elfin giggles, need I say more?

Well, I can't say more, I have to hop in the shower so I can go to the grocery store with two of my three delightful children. Maybe I'll lose The Urge while I'm in the store...