Gifts

Well, what I have told many people is what has made me eat my words more than anything has been parenthood.  I had my idea of what our family was going to look like as far as spacing and Brynn was the first to put me in my place.  When I would see mothers on the street pushing a double stroller, I would usually say to Andrew that it was my goal to not to have to buy one of those.  Side note: I love mine and the kiddos that go in it!  After Brynn, my thought was, I'd like a nice space and then maybe two more close together....open wide, Bridgette, so those words can be gobbled down!!  We are welcoming baby Long #3 into our family in Jan!  I was having a hard time swallowing this news.  I know of many, many people who struggle with fertility...I feel like I struggle at the other end of the spectrum. :)  One day when I was having a hard time with this timing, I asked Andrew to give me a priesthood blessing (http://www.lds.org/topics/priesthood-blessing?lang=eng) and I was reminded that this is a gift!  Later, I was thinking about why I had a plan of spacing kids three years apart (not 3 in 3 years), and it was because I didn't think I could handle it if I had kids too close together.  Immediately after that thought, another thought followed, of something along the lines of, maybe I am meant to have my kids close together because I can't 'handle' it and therefore need to rely on the Savior more than I may have otherwise.  Not sure if that is my 'answer,' but I plan on applying that thought! Another gift that I know has been heaven-sent, is that I have been WAY LESS SICK than with the other two!  It has been a relief and such a blessing!  I thank Heavenly Father each night in my prayers for that.  I still have lost 7 pounds and have lost my cookies more than a few times, but I didn't even start getting sick until week 8 and I wasn't even sick each day. The most I've thrown up in a day is 3 times and I have had several days that I don't throw up at all.  Blessings, blessings, blessings!  I have had one appt with the same CNM (certified nurse midwife) whom I went to with Brynn and we were able to see a healthy baby! Gift! The baby was measuring about 13 weeks in the pic below and that was just a week ago.  I've been slower at telling people...which will make it all go faster. :)