Chris and Jenni

Well, I was just slightly disappointed at my midwife appointment today. She checked in on the baby and decided that she couldn’t be 100% sure that he is head down, she said she was 80% sure but that she would feel better if I went ahead and got an ultrasound to make sure. This has […]

As of today we have 42 days until our “due date,” six more weeks! I have one more appointment with my midwife in two weeks and then I start seeing her every week. Yeah! I’m getting so close!

Every time we have a new baby I like to make some kind of count down to the […]

I am now about 24 1/2 weeks pregnant, which means I have about 16 weeks to go, and I am already having around the clock heartburn!!! With my first two boys I didn’t have much heartburn to speak up until towards the end of the pregnancy, with the girls and now with this little boy […]

For those of you who’ve been wondering if I’m ever going to do a pregnant shot with this baby, here you go! On Friday I will be 6 months or 24 weeks pregnant. It’s flying by! Tonight I have heartburn, and lately my varicose veins really bother me (pretty much all day every day), but […]

Today we had our 20 week ultrasound for the baby. We’ve done this with every baby. Both Chris and I love to see the baby, just one little peak at the baby before he/she is born. We were so good this time, we had decided long ago that we would not find out the gender […]

How’s that for a title? Yes it’s true, our little baby is supposedly nine inches, crown of the head to his little rump! Isn’t that amazing? I put a measuring tape across my belly yesterday so the kids can visually see how big our little sibling is getting and they are all so amazed at […]

This is the first time that I have been pregnant and too tired to care how far along I am. I usually have to force myself not to look at the calendar several times a week only to see that I am only two days closer to my due date than last time. I’ve usually […]

That is how I feel right now. So far behind and totally unmotivated to catch up. No, I’m not depressed, just pregnant, nursing, and raising four small children.
I have tons of dishes to do, I have laundry all over my bed that needs to be folded and put away, my chickens are […]

When I first found out I was pregnant a couple of weeks ago, I was a little apprehensive to feel very excited in light of the recent miscarriage last October. I was already feeling tired (like “pregnancy” tired not just “I stayed up too late” tired), but not sick yet which is normal for me […]

(I wrote this the night I realized that we were miscarrying, but wanted to wait to share until we knew for sure.)
Mommy does not know why God chose to take you so soon. Tonight I am saying goodbye to you my love, my sweet little babe. I so wanted to hold you and nurse you […]

For those of you who were not able to watch the video we posted, and are just dying to know what our news is, we are expecting again! My due date is June 19th (my sister’s birthday), so I’m only about 5 1/2 weeks pregnant, but already feeling the symptoms of course. I usually think […]

Aidan pretty much knows it all. It’s hard when you are 4 1/2 years old and people think you are just a kid and don’t know much. Not so with Aidan. He used to ask me often, “Mommy, am I an adult now?” My thought was, “if you have to ask, the answer is no.”  […]

I finished writing the Birth Story of our daughter Caitriona Jean Burns! What a miracle new life is! If you would like to read about the miracle of our daughter’s birth you are welcome to, please be aware that it is a long and detailed story and may include some details of labor and birth […]

I think I’m about half way there, but now all of my children are awake (they were all sleeping when I started writing it), and for some reason my concentration is not all that great when there are four children four and under running around me :) Today was my first day manning the roost […]

Well, it’s 2:22am and my mom, midwife, mother/father-in-law and friends are on their way to my house. My contractions are about 3-7 minutes apart. They were really strong and close together but I had to get out of bed to use the potty and they slowed down quite a bit. So I’m using the time […]