Moms of BIG families

I thought I would participate in Kelly's Korner blog today.  Today her Friday "show us your life" link up is about Mom's of BIG families.  I felt like I had a big family with our 3, but God had bigger plans for us and we are going from BIG to a PARTY.  If this is your first time visiting my blog, we found out in January that we are expecting our #4....and this was a HUGE surprise.  A blessing but a surprise.  Click here for the link to Holton's big announcement if you would like a bit of the back story.  We have Hudson who is 6 1/2 (the 1/2 counts BIG time to my little people), Harper 4 1/2, and Holton 14 months.  All the greatest loves of my life.

We are slowly wrapping our minds around this growing family.  As my belly grows by the day, I can't help but look down and give thanks for this little surprise.  We cannot wait to find out what our little bonus baby will be---from day 1 I have felt very strongly about another girl.  Lately I have been thinking about lugging 2 little boys around too.  We sure cannot wait to find out!!  And it'll be a SURPRISE to when we announce it.  I may have to do a guessing game like we did when we found out with Holton.  :)

Matt and I are constantly talking names.  We don't know if we'll have us another "H" or not.  He feels strongly about our boy name which is not an H.   In fact he's pretty stubborn about it.   It's actually the name Harper would have been had she been a boy.  However we do not have a boy middle name that goes with it anymore since we used Matthew on Holton....and this middle name needs more than one syllable to sound good.  :)  I go back and forth about having another "H".  I don't want this little one to feel left out by any means...but also I feel like no one can get our kids names right as it is.  What do you think???  Yes to the H or let this one have a special name all to his or her own.

Anyways---I have no advice out there for the Moms of BIG families.  I'm seeking any advice out there on how you do it.  I feel like I just got life with 3 down pretty good.  I know one thing that has proven true to me over the years.  Each time adding to our family the thoughts ahead of time always felt overwhelming...but once the baby arrives and you are living in the chaos, you just cannot imagine your life any other way.  It's only when you are looking back you wonder how you did it.  I'm up for the challenge and ready for the adventure.  I'm so thankful to God for our growing BIG family.  What joy and what a blessing these precious children are.

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