Well well well. It's ten o'clock right now, and MY baby (not Ja's baby... his baby is the one who screams uncontrollably for no apparent reason...) has been asleep in the crib for an hour.
Yup.
You heard it here first, folks, she's sleeping away AND SHE IS NOT TOUCHING ME!
Well, not too much has been happening in these parts of late. Just the usual stuff. Changing diapers, keeping peace, boobing, changing diapers, keeping peace, boobing. That's pretty much it really.
Knowing that Talya is going to be our last baby has made me really want to cherish every moment. I don't even mind that she wants me to hold her all the time. It's sweet the way she nurses and plays with my nursing necklace. Her coos and giggles are enough to melt any heart.
And the older hooligans. Oh my goodness do they adore the peanut. Ephraim will look at her in awe and say, "You're so beautiful, Talya." Keyzia sings her lullabies so that she can go to sleep.
I was always told by good friends of mine that you just KNOW when you're finished having kids. You feel full. The urge to have more, the need to expand is gone. I have definitely hit that stage.
Even after having Ephraim, I knew that we would have another baby. I was wanting to put it off for a good long time, but our family didn't feel complete.
After I had Ephraim, I had some pretty wicked post partum depression. This time it started before I even had the baby. Knowing that it would probably just get worse with another one is the key factor in our decision not to have any more.
We have had such amazing support from this crazy group of friends who we can also call brothers and sisters. The body of Christ has banned together and helped us through this difficult time. My eyes have been opened, and I have never felt so loved and accepted in all my life. We have been given so much by so many people that it just makes me want to give and give and give in return.
But that deserves it's own blog post.
Here I am wasting my not being touched time on the computer.
What am I, a first time mom or something??