I can't believe that January is almost over! My Tuesday's are always the same...baby-sit Drew, and mutual tonight. I feel like I just wrote about Mutual...crazy! Tonight we are working on Personal Progress.
Last night I brought in dinner to my friend who just had a baby. It was so fun to get to hold her newborn. You really forget how small they are and oh so cute! Why does it have to be so hard though to have a baby. Of course we love them so much but geesh...all we have to go through to get them here. I would enjoy being pregnant for a couple of months but after that it's not so fun for me. Why does it have to be 9 whole months...... Even though the newborn stage is fun, for me it's the hardest stage. My hormones are out of control, the nursing is hard, the sleep deprivation, and the list goes on....Our Young Woman's lesson two weeks ago was about building the Kingdom of God through personal sacrifice. It hit me that going through all we do to bring these spirits down to earth is truly a "personal sacrifice". But by doing so we are helping to build Heavenly Father's kingdom and we will be blessed for it. Hearing this lesson was good for me and it helped me feel better about my decision to have more children. Well, one more that is-hahaha
Now all I have to do is have Todd read the lesson so that he will feel the same way-hahaha
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
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Kristen...this isn't helping me WANT kids...what are the fun parts, again? :) AND - you HAVE to see 24...well, now it is too late for this season. It is one of those "you can't miss one" shows. Really. 24. I have a testimony...
Don't worry Cara...My next post will be on "The Joy that comes along with having Children"- hahaha
I have a few friends that just had babies in the last few months. I love to hold them. I am the one that is always hold everybody babies. They are just so cute. But I am not going to have anymore. I am just way to OLD!!!!!!!!! I also enjoy my sleep (I love to sleep at night) and my free time when my sweet children are in school.
I hope you have fun tonight at Mutual...
I absolutely LOVE the newborn stage...I wanted it to last forever with my first. When I had my second I realised how hard the newborn stage is once you already have kids! I know that it will be even harder next time, having to get up and ready every day to take the older kids to their activities...but like you said SO WORTH IT!! It is the whole opposition principle...pregnancy, birth, those first few months can be so hard, but at the same time so amazing...it is a little like living in your own miracle!
I am totally feeling myself getting baby hungry...maybe it has to do with all the pregnant woman around me!! Ha
Amen to your post. That is so true. And I wonder those same things. Why 9 months??? They are so precious once they are here and in your care. Ellie is at such a fun age and so cute...6 months. I have been lucky with my last two babies...they have both slept through the night since about 5 weeks old. I don't know how I would have functioned with no sleep and 4 little ones during the day. The time goes by so quickly and then it seems like they are going to Kindergarten. Keep us posted Kristen on any baby news!! haha :)
you know me..i enjoy other people having children at this stage of my life!! and i LAUGHED when you said you needed todd to read the lesson- SO FUNNY!!
You are a brave woman to want more. I always admire those who want more though.
I would have to agree pregnancy really stinks (at least to me) I love love love the newborn stage. Especially cuddling with them. They are so sweet. You are such a nice friend to bring dinner to her.
I swear it takes me a good 2-3 months to feel like a normal human after my kids have been born. But then after that I can handle most of it.
What a great way to look at having kids, a personal sacrifice. I love that the rewards 'weigh' more than the challenges. Maybe I meant that they mean more? Who knows now I'm not making sense! haha
well take it from me having kids is the hardest and best thing in life you can do! but life wasn't always supposed to be easy right? otherwise we would all grow up to be wimps... having children and dealing with thier needs is what gives us character. but my children are my dearest treasures on earth.
we need another little girl in this family!
we need to focus more on eternal things!
mom
I agree. The pregnancy and newborn stage is so physically difficult. It is so hard to be so sick and so tired. It passes quickly though. I do love having the baby be so tiny. Mine have both gotten big so quickly. They don't seem like babies for long. I admire you for wanting more. That's neat.
It is personal sacrifice. And you just don't get it till you have them. I am glad I am done in that dept. Jason was the one running the show when it came to have our 5th. I was done with four. BUt now that Ryan is here I couldn't imagine life without him!
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