I've been praying for the Lord to bless us with more babies. I've even thought about how awesome it would be to have twins! Yes, I know what some people would think and say if I told them this. But the Lord has shown me what true blessings and treasures children are and how no where in the Bible does God say we should be the ones to control the number of children we ought to have. Oh, I know how radical that sounds in our culture, even amongst the most conservative of Christians. Yet, as I've been seeking the Scriptures for answers regarding this subject all I see are verse on how children are an inheritance from the Lord and that HE is the one who opens and closes the womb. Any verses that have to do with not having children say that it is a curse to be barren and it condemns people who try to stop life from happening when a man and a woman "lay" together. God's command to wives and husbands to be fruitful and multiply is made quite clear throughout the entire Bible, including the New Testament.

That is the conviction that the Lord has been putting in my heart lately. It even goes against what I've believed all along, so I know it cannot be coming from me. As recently as a year ago I was trying to convince Nick to get a vasectomy. I felt we were so done having kids. Yet, just in this past year the Lord has led me to a new (but not so new) way of seeing who He is and His will for our family!

Yesterday was Isabella's birthday and the day was a good one for her, thanks be to God. The kids had fun at Chuck-e-Cheese and afterwards we took Bella to get her presents at the store. Nick got her a cute little white cake with blue frosting and we celebrated at home.
The only negative part was that Rosie got ill in the truck on the way to lunch and she threw up. So I had to go to Target to get her a new pair of shorts. She still had a good time but after a while she wanted to come home and rest.

7am:
It seems Rosie feels better but in the past 12 hours Nick, Nicky and Isabella also got sick so I spent all night and all early morning cleaning up messes of the not so yummy type. My poor loves! I pray they all feel better soon and that Eva and I are speared.

Right now Nicky and Eva are playing with his play-dough set, Rosie is sleeping in and Bella is resting on the couch. I suspect today will just be a day of recovery for everyone.

It's 10am now and the crew still feels yucky. Rosie is better but still has a headache. She played on the computer for a while and now she went back to bed. My stomach began churning but I'm praying that I don't get worse. I can't afford to get sick! I'm taking care of everyone, who'll take care of me? That's a mother's conundrum. Eva is the only one who is doing just fine. In fact, she's having fun dancing and having free reign of the toys while her siblings lay in misery on the couch watching TV.

It's about 11:30am. All but Rosie and I are sleeping. I can hear her upstairs playing her electric piano. She loves to experiment with the different notes and tries to figure out how to play songs. She also likes to listen to the prerecorded songs that came with the organ and trying to recreate those herself.

It's odd for me when my loves are down for the count. I'm so used to being with them all day and doing things with them. I do have more time right now to read and to be on the computer (hence why I am on here now), but I miss them! I cannot imagine how empty my life would be if we did send them to school. No thank you!

It's 6:30pm and Nick and little Nick just left to take Rosie to AWANA. My poor Bella is still feling very sick so she had to miss it. I know she must be bummed because she loves AWANA. Right now I'm sitting next to her in bed keeping her company. I feel ill too but I've tried to not eat a lot today so that my stomach does't get too upset. Nick took Eva and Nicky to the store earlier so that I could take a nap and that helped me so much! I'm so graeatful for my awesome hubby!