Dear Friends,
What a busy month May is! We will say goodbye to a lot of our dear students as they graduate from the Bible School in a couple of weeks, Amy and Haley will be done with school and preschool by the time I write my next family post, and summer is just around the corner. It’s hard to believe that just in a few month we will have a 3rd grade student and a Kindergarten student!
Which leads me to something else that’s hard to believe… 😀 God blessed us with another little boy due September. While we wanted to have more children, this came as a complete surprise and my first doctor’s appointment was in my second trimester since we didn’t know we were expecting. We are between 22 and 23 weeks now and everything looks good.
When the girls learned we will have another child, they wanted another girl, but as time went by, they decided they want to have a little boy, so Joshua can have the playmate they have in each other. Joshua won’t be quite 2 years old when baby is expected to be born, so they will be close in age.
Pregnancies are not my favorite, and unfortunately this one is not an exception, but to be fair, it could have been much worse. At the moment I am suffering from round ligament pain, which seems to be a 24/7 sharp, stabbing, deep pain. I don’t remember having this with any of the other children, but I am also much bigger now than I was with any of the other children, which could explain the pain…
When we learned we are pregnant all I could think about was the painful pregnancies I had before, the fact that I JUST started to be able to sleep through most nights after a year, the fact that my little one is still a baby and in diapers, but Chris was so excited from the beginning, that it gave me strength. As time went by I became more and more grateful to God for His blessing and timing. He knows best!
Right now, I cannot wait for the little man to be born! 🙂 It’s funny how time can change your perspective and attitude! God worked on my heart for sure and I realized how silly I was for not receiving His gift with a thankful, grateful heart.
We would appreciate prayers for little buddy (we couldn’t decide on a name yet), for a smooth delivery, for wisdom and strength as we raise another life, and for good time management for both Chris and I. We want to make sure we spend enough time with our children, and help them in their journey, teaching them about God and what He says about how we should live. I unfortunately often notice how I could improve as a mother and pray that God would help me be a better tool in His hands.
Thank you for being part of our adventure. 🙂
God bless!
Chris, Lili, Amy, Haley, Joshua, and Baby#4