Pregnant with Number 4!

For the much awaited explanation.  I know it came to some surprise that I would announce that we were having another baby especially since I was about 100% sure that we were done.  Well let me tell you how the wind shifted.  A few months ago I had a dream.  I am a very into dreams.  I always have been.  I believe that sometimes you can receive messages from people that have past and sometimes find out things about yourself that you didn’t know, and etc.  I know I know I’m digressing.  Well I had a dream that my father, who is passed, came to me telling me that I was to have another baby.  It would be a boy but I needed to have one more child.  I told Tait my dream and he really wasn’t into it.  I have to tell you either was I.  I think that was just the nourishment all this seed needed to grow.  So a short time later I had yet another dream.  This time I dreamed about the baby.  He was just like Maya.  Had the same fair skin tone and was just beautiful.  But I told Tait about the dream again.  So a few months later we started talking about it and he was going to go and  pray to find out just what was going on.  Well we decided that we would try for 3 months.  And in the 3 months if I were to become pregnant then we would know that this was an influence not just me dreaming crazy things.  So here I am 7 weeks pregnant.  I do wish however it was 7 months and not 7 weeks, but that will come in time.  I understand it was shocking to hear but at the same time I know how I felt when I dreamed about it. 

 

So we will welcome a 4^th child into our home.  I have to say that I have gotten rid of some supplies that will be necessary but nothing that we won’t be able to recover in time.  We will have SEVERAL garage sales that will come up that we will be able to get things at, like high chairs, and baby clothes.  The main items like bottles and diapers will be purchased again, but not a huge problem.  I know that once the baby gets here we will have everything we will need. 

 

The girls are over the moon about the 4^th baby.  Maya is constantly telling my belly hello and asking me if the baby likes things that I’m doing.  So it’s kind of sweet.  Lehna just likes telling everyone.  Nikolai just keeps asking to see the baby.  I told him that it’s just not time for the baby to come but it will take time.  We will be moving the kids around a bit, but not for a while.  We will put the boys together in one more and the girls together in another.  But again this will be waiting until this baby is sleeping through night… and well I guess we should wait and see if the baby is an actual boy…  I’m fairly certain it will be a boy… but you know let’s make sure that it isn’t a horrible trick.

 

As far as the pregnancy goes.  It’s much the same as Nikolai’s I really haven’t had much morning sickness.  I will have bouts of feeling yucky but it comes and goes.  I feel like I’m peeing every 10 minutes and I smell everything but other than that… It’s pretty basic.  Hopefully it will remain that way the entire way.  I do have my first two appointments set up.  So that’s a good thing.  I hope it will go fast. 

 

Well one thing that I am understanding now.  Is now I know why I wasn’t blessed with the hiring job… even though I would have been PERFECT at it.  Apparently I’m supposed to be focusing on other things.  I have still been thinking about my career and what it isn’t and what it is.  And I have to say that I do feel like I have fallen short on my goals but at the same time… I do have a wonderful family life.  And so maybe this is just my time to focus on that and eventually the rest will fall into order. 

 

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Blog Update

Okay so it’s been awhile.  What can I say?  I’m busy.  I balance three kids, work, household chores, outside activities, and church it’s a lot to balance but I think I do a fairly good job at it.  So I wanted to update everyone, so where are we.

 

Well as the calendar says we have moved to another year.  Nikolai is now 3, Maya 7, & Lehna 9.  We are on the old year so of course this is BIRTHDAY party years, well except for Nikolai.  His parties won’t start until he is in school J The girls had a great skating birthday party.  They really enjoyed themselves and I have to say the location and event was really good.  WE will have to keep this venue in mind for future references.  I’m kind of hoping the parties are over with however b/c next time it will be birthday party time it will be 11 and 9 and honestly I think that they will want just their “special” friends and some kind of slumber party.  Let’s hope! 

 

Well one the work front.  I’m still working at MWEC and I’m still office support.  I tried to go for the Hiring coordinator position but I didn’t get it L  I was very disappointed to say the least.  So I’m trying to decide what to do next. Do I go elsewhere, do I stay in this position lots of decisions to make.  I do know that I’m still  in the running for some county jobs around here but I don’t know if that will work out, or what will happen with that. 

 

I’m trying not to let this job stuff get my down but I have to say it truly does make me feel down.  I just wish I could be happy doing what I’m doing and not want more for myself.  Isn’t that a sad statement.  It says it all though doesn’t it.  I’m like that biggest under achiever within my immediate family and seriously that makes me feel sad.  I’m trying not to let sibling rivalry bother me… but heck even in the animal kingdom we have that.  I am the only one that has 3 children however so maybe that’s why I’m here, I’m not supposed to inspire via my work life.  I don’t know it’s something anyway.

 

Well on the school front for the kids let me just go over what’s been happening with my middle child.  My Maya.  Boy she is a special little girl.  She has so much personality and creativity.  She is a perfect blend of her parents.  She just makes me smile whenever I think about her.  Educationally we have really struggled with Maya this year.  She has been in several sessions with tutors.  Almost all of her subjects at school are tutored and unfortutnaly we aren’t finding much progress.  We have meet with her teacher on several occasions and they have meet without us and.  It has come to the decision that we need to hold her back another year.  She simply just needs another year to get caught up.  We haven’t had the conversation with her yet.  But she will be able to stay with her current teacher.  We really aren’t sure how she’s going to do with it to be honest with you.  WE have talked to her about this before and she was sort of okay with it.  But we a really concerned with how she’s going to be with her cousin.  Since they will no longer be in the same grade.  They are best friends.  It kind of is like when Sarah and I were growing up and she moved on and I went back to 1^st grade.  It’s going to change a lot for her future both good and bad.  I want her to be able to not have to have a tutor for everything.  Which right now she doesn’t like.  She has no self-esteem right now she calls herself dumb and stupid.  Which she of course is just pulling b/c she gets frustrated and notices that she’s being pulled out.  So that’s where we are school wise with Miss Maya. 

 

Lehna school wise is noticing that things are getting harder for her.  She doesn’t take her time on assignments and hurries through things but she’s VERY responsible.  Again she is a blend of her parents.  The teachers usually just coddle her and remark about how great she is.  Which is a good thing.  It’s just so crazy how different they are.

 

Mr. Nikolai is just doing really well at the baby sitter.  He has days where he just wants to go with Nanna but we convince him to go see his buddy Wyatt.  So it’s all good  there.

 

On the home front.  We are doing fine.  We signed the girls up for softball this year so we will be busy with that for the next coming months.  Which I think will be really good for them to get them active. 

 

Lehna wants to take guitar lessons and Terry got her an electric guitar for her birthday.  So I’m starting to get that arranged.  The girls are almost done with dance just 3 more months left for that… and other than that they will not be repeating that again next year.  I’ll be excited when it’s over since they aren’t enjoying that activity. 

 

So overall that’s our family…  Life just keeps moving; whether we want it to or not.