Expecting Baby #4

Ben and I happily found out we are expecting our fourth child. According to the online due date calculator I'm 9 weeks pregnant and the baby is due March 30, 2011. I'm excited to have a Spring baby.

Little Benjamin tells everyone it's a "baby sister" but Ben thinks its another boy, so I guess we'll see who's more spiritually in-tune. I really have no idea and would be grateful for either one. If its another boy, we have already decided to name him Cody. If its a girl, well, we haven't even really allowed ourselves to think about that.

I'm feeling pretty sick most of the time, but its not too different from any of my other pregnancies and I think I've learned to handle handle it better.

Although it came as somewhat of a surprise, this pregnancy has really been a blessing in my life right now. I've been very consumed in my desires and frustrations of trying to get published and this has helped give me something much greater to focus my attention on. It's like the Lord knows that there is something much more important that I'm here to do in this life and wanted me to know it too.

We are in the process of trying to buy our own home out east of Colorado Springs with about 40 acres of our own land. It may be too difficult right now to qualify for a loan because Ben just started with a new company, and so if the time isn't right now, we will look for a home to rent until then. I'm really hoping to get out our own asap and out of my parents basement!

All in all, I feel very blessed and humbled because I know that it is truly the Lord who is directing my life right now. Here comes baby #4!