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Last Midwife Appointment
***Disclaimer***The following post may contain personal veiws that you don't agree with, and that's okay we'll still be your friend ;)
This morning we had our last midwife appointment. Guenevere is growing! She weighs 11 lbs 14 oz which means she has gained 3 lbs in 7 1/2 weeks, not bad for a girl! ;) We love our midwife appointments, anyone I know who has had Charlotte as a midwife just love her. So our last appointment is always a little bitter/sweet. We are glad to not have to make the drive, glad the pregnancy is over and we get to enjoy the beautiful gift of a new baby in the family but a little sad to say goodbye to Charlotte and April (her assistant who probably wont be there next time around), until we have another baby on the way.
Speaking of having another baby on the way. No, we don't. But this morning when we were getting ready to leave I explained to Aidan that we wouldn't be seeing Charlotte again until we were expecting another baby. I wasn't sure if he got the concept or not but tonight at our family prayer time he showed me he had gotten the concept. Aidan almost always has prayer requests, and usually his prayer request is for Grandma Esther's leg to feel better, but tonight he asked me to pray that we would have another baby so we can see Charlotte again. So I did. I prayed that God would bless us again with a child in His timing. His timing is perfect. We have all these reason why we should wait, financial or physical, there are many reasons we want to put off having more children. Honestly one of my biggest hinderances of wanting more children is what EVERYONE will have to say about it, especially if it happens in the next year. And let me assure you, everyone has their own opinion and we have definately heard most of them. But for the record, we strongly feel that for now we are to just leave the timing up to Him, we believe if we do that we will not have any regrets when we come to the place in our lives that we are unable to have any more children of our own.
Psalm 127:4-5
"3 Sons are a heritage from the LORD,
children a reward from him.
4 Like arrows in the hands of a warrior
are sons born in one's youth.
5 Blessed is the man
whose quiver is full of them.
They will not be put to shame
when they contend with their enemies in the gate."
Our hearts are full with the blessings these three beautiful children have brought, every day we delight in God's beautiful gifts. But should God want to bless us again then our hearts are open, we don't ever want to close our hands to His generosity. We have moments of wanting to say, "okay God, we'll take over from here", especially right after we've had a new one. But He gently reminds us that He will not give us more than we can handle, if we keep our eyes on Him He will be our strength in time of need. So we do just that, we turn our eyes to the Lord daily asking for wisdom to raise these beautiful souls in the way they should go, and stregnth to be obedient. And He's doing it. Giving me strength to be their mommy, I am learning patience and discipline. Without His grace I would be a wreck. So many people see us walking through the store and feel the need to sympathize with me, "Oh, haven't you got your hands full!" But I honestly feel that having my hands full means that God has filled my cup and I am to drink in His blessings every day. I take it one day at a time because if I look too far ahead it seems to overwhelm me but each morning I simply ask God for His grace to help me be a good mom and the wisdom to teach my children to obey. Just like my little ones, I am a work in progress, and I am so thankful that my children are patient with me too. A couple days ago I had to apologize to Aidan for getting frustrated at him. I asked him if he would forgive me and he looked up at me and so sweetly said, "I will mommy." He knew I had sinned and so did I. It is so freeing to ask your child to forgive you, it wipes your slate clean so you can start fresh again.
All that to say that I long to have the faith of my three year old son who is already ready to have another one of these little blessings! Of course he doesn't have to carry and deliver the child :) Help us Lord to veiw children the way You do, a reward.
Amen! What wonderful blessings they are!
Love, Nan Joan
I defintitely agree with you. We wanted children when we first got married,so we said we will let God take care of it and got off birth control. Well, it took two and a half years. Then with this one, I said I wanted another one and the next month we were pregnant. So I know that God knows what He is doing. It would have been very stressful financially if we had had Allison sooner. But everyone is different.
Amen! If it werent for all these little people in my family, I wouldnt be so acutely aware of how short I fall and that it is Jesus alone who gets any good thing done around here! IF I planned my life and my babies, I would be doing it in my own strength as far as I am able. Ah, but that is impossible and I am so thankful for that. That He keeps me in a place where I need Him and His grace and strength, wisdom and power, His new mercies moment by moment and new every morning.
The last Charlotte visit *is* a sad one. I’ll see her next week :o( for the same thing.
Blessings,
Amy
Beautifully put, Jenni, I completely agree with you, children are such a blessing from the Lord, and we would never want to hinder Him from blessing us with another child either (although I too understand the part about having your hands full!). How neat that you are already praying for the next child God will bless you with!
I was thinking about our next one the other day…in God’s timing.
And I told Adam the other day that I think the reason people so freely comment “Oh, you have your hands full!” is because they are looking at us through their own scope and feelings. Last week a women asked “Are they all yours?” as we were leaving the Wal-mart McD’s…2 in the cart, 2 walking nicely beside me…everyone cheerful, nobody fussing.
“Yes!” I said (thinking I only have 4 and they are so pleasant right now, why is she asking me like that?)
“Mmmm.” she responded.
Then I said cheerfully, “And I wouldn’t give a single one of them away.”
“Good for you!” was her sincere reply.
Go figure.
God bless you both and your dear family.
I think thats great! You have as many a you want or feel like God wants you to have. Children are a blessing!! and I think big families are wonderful.
Amelia, that is great. We all have to hear from God for our own families, it’s great to have friends who trust in Him and are daily looking to be stretched as we allow him to enlarge our tents :) You guys are going to do great with two children!
Amy, we still need to get together! I want to meet all those little blessings of yours, and compare little ones :)
Roberta, I think people start asking the question, “are they all your?” when you have three kids! We were walking in the mall just a few days after Guenna was born and several people asked me that, how funny! You guys are so blessed! I bet Noah is getting huge!
Maybe they ask because you look so young and happy! :)
Noah is a big boy, I posted a more current pic a few posts ago…if you didn’t see it.
I had no idea you were still posting! I commented on your Noah post, oops!
Jenni, if it had been up to me, I don’t think I ever would have had children. None of mine were ‘planned’, but I thank God everyday for blessing me with them despite my own plans. Each one of my four children are incredible and I can’t imagine life withoout them. I knew I was done at four, but if I had stopped before then, I would have always had regrets. (My mom/Your grandmother didn’t get that feeling of being finished until she’d had eleven!!)
I love you, Sweetie.
Aunt Jacki
Hey, look, I’m nanajudi again! How did that happen?! When my “Grandbaby necklace” gets too heavy for me to hold my head up, then I might suggest you think about stopping! Ha! If your dad and I had been as good parents as you and Chris, maybe we would have had more…as it was lots of people thought four was too many! My plan was to have three, two boys and a girl, but I’m so glad God had other plans, or I wouldn’t have you, or Chris, or Aidan, or Eamon, or Guenna, or…..
I love you soooo much
I agree with you, and I am convinced God gives us grace for what’s ahead. 1 at a time, right? I used to think I wanted 12, then 6, now I just want to enjoy the ones I have while I still have 2! :) I think God puts a stirring in a mother’s heart for that next child, the next adventure. When it’s time, He lets us know. ;)
I printed out this post for Grandma Webster to read, and she really enjoyed it! I remember when we were kids, when we would find out Mom was expecting again, we would all be so excited, a new baby was really cause for rejoicing! Never mind that 90% of the town (make that 99%) of Orting thought the Websters were crazy for having so many kids! Of course there were times, when the money didn’t go very far, and we would like to have “new things”, when we would say, “Dad, we have too many kids!” His reply was always, “OK, which one should we get rid of?” Of course we had no answer for that! Now that we are all grown, with children and grandchildren of our own, it is such a blessing to have so many to share with, both the blessings of life, and the cares, such as caring for our mother in her “nearing the end of life” stage, if I were the only one to have responsibility for her care, it would be overwhelming, but I have 10 siblings, and their spouses, and their children to help in her care, and no one has too much to do! I had a patient the other day who was an only child, and her husband was an only child, they had the care of all their parents, though by now all but one mother had passed away. This is just one of the many blessing of the “full quiver”!!