Well, as I sit back and reflect on this last year I am reminded, once again, how blessed I am. I have a fantastic husband and 8 wonderful children. My boys take such wonderful care of me and were very good to me throughout my pregnancy this year. They all had to buck up and really help out because I just couldn't do it all between homeschooling, working and just being a mom/wife. I also think I was more hormonal this time (extra girly hormones maybe???). Poor guys, but they handled it like troopers. Jeff is so patient with me and handles my mood swings with such grace. If my boys grow up to be half the husband Jeff is, they will make their future wives very happy.
On one of the message boards I belong to, someone asked the question about where you were and how far you had come in the last decade. Jeff and I were living in an apartment with just two of the boys - we just had four boys at the time. Since then I quit work, we have bought a house, been through Jeff's job loss and subsequent major reduction in salary, I went back to work part time (3 years ago), and had four more wonderful children. How blessed we have been!!!!
Which brings me to my thoughts about Lexie. People assume we have continued to have children because we wanted a girl. Not so! When I first married, I said I wanted four boys. Well, I got that instantly when Jeff and I married. I always knew I was a great boy mom. You know, I am not a girly girl type of person and have always been somewhat of a tomboy. I love my boys and just assumed that God intended for me to just have boys. See, assumptions are not good things to make! I was absolutely SHOCKED when the sonographer told us we were having a girl. I really didn't even believe her until Lexie was actually born. We are very happy to be parents of a daughter, but that doesn't take away from the love we have for our boys. Our family has been ordered just the way God intended because He placed that order. It makes me wonder what else is on God's menu for our lives.
Anyway, onto my resolutions.
1) Read through the Bible in full (chronologically)
2) Play more games with the kids (at least 3 days per week)
3) Get every room in my house decluttered (already doing really well on this)
4) Exercise
5) Continue to count my blessings
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