Life’s Little Surprises – 2009

Surprises happen — And Baby#4 is no exception. Most of these posts are related to the unexpected, though welcome, surprises of 2009.

Tender Mercy #23,098

October 22, 2009

Driving home from my mom’s house tonight, I wasn’t looking forward arriving at my destination.  Don’t get me wrong – I love our home, I love my family, I love being there.  Here’s more context for you: My three older cherubs had graciously fallen asleep, which was great since it was way past their normal...
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Part Four: Showtime!

October 18, 2009
Part Four: Showtime!

(Sorry for the delay.  Master Freedom is officially one month old yesterday… About time to get this story printed so my blog can move on.  Did any of you journalers ever get stuck like that?  “I can’t write about today until I finish writing about music camp…”  Until 6 months later you finally give...
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Part Three: Due or Due Not

October 9, 2009

I hate the last 2 weeks of pregnancy. I’m pretty sure that “end of pregnancy” is right there in the dictionary defining “misery.” Holy Uncomfortableness, they should make an epidural for THAT. Can’t sleep, can’t walk, can’t sit, can’t do anything to feel better… Ugh. And then when the due date is wrong… oh groan. Why do...
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Part Two: So why a home-birth?

October 8, 2009

Seeing that my trend was toward faster labors with each new baby, I (and everyone concerned) was planning for and expecting another fast delivery.  I joked that I’d rather plan a homebirth than have baby that way accidentally… hahaha… but truly, I wassick of hospitals.   Hospitals are for serious illnesses, injuries, and complications.  And...
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FOUR

October 7, 2009

This whole four-kid thing is a little daunting sometimes.  I spent my whole pregnancy not sure how I felt about that number, and then I spent the first 2 weeks of Freedom’s life avoiding it.  FOUR kids.  AHHHHHHHH!  Find something else to think about. - was generally the thought process. I’m making friends with it now.  There...
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Part One: Background

October 4, 2009
Part One: Background

 I’ve had a few requests (the most motivating coming from myself) for more details about the homebirth/waterbirth experience.  Inwriting it up I was faced with a dilema.  I hate to just jump into Baby #4’s story without giving you the background behind it.  And then there’s the fact that I have hard time writing anything...
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Baby 4 has a name!

September 28, 2009
Baby 4 has a name!

Our little man has a name now, yipee skippy!  But how does one share it in blogland when one is paranoid about protecting identity? Hm. One doesn’t.  (Gotcha!  hahaha…) But I can share the background behind it, right? This baby having been born on Constitution Day (just like I ordered, bless his obedient soul), we went with something patriotic.  His first...
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The Church is not a place where perfect people gather to say perfect things, or have perfect thoughts, or have perfect feelings. The Church is a place where imperfect people gather to provide encouragement, support, and service to each other as we press on in our journey to return to our Heavenly Father. ~Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin, (May 2005 Ensign)

Why I Try

God expects you to have enough faith and determination and enough trust in Him to keep moving, keep living, keep rejoicing. In fact, He expects you not simply to face the future (that sounds pretty grim and stoic); He expects you to embrace and shape the future - to love it and rejoice in it and delight in your opportunities. God is anxiously waiting for the chance to answer your prayers, and fulfill your dreams, just as He always has. But He can't if you don't pray, and He can't if you don't dream. In short, He can't if you don't believe.

~Jeffrey R. Holland, "This, the Greatest of All Dispensations"

"It is not for you to be led by the women of the world; it is for you to lead the...women of the world, in everything that is praise-worthy, everything that is God-like, everything that is uplifting and... purifying to the children of men." Joseph F. Smith, in this talk by Elder Ballard