No more of our own

Well before we were married Tanner and I went through premarital counseling. We each had to answer a series of questions then compare answers. One of them was "How many kids would you like?". In the beginning, I didn't care for kids then when I decided I wanted kids...I wanted them!! Though 5 sounded fun at the time we decided we would have 2 of our own and then adopt the 3rd if we felt called to do that.

I am not a fun pregnant girl! The 1st trimester on both pregnancies was yuck but my 1st trimester with Liam was extra yuck. I can't believe it's been a year since I was in my 1st trimester!! The 2nd trimester is a matter of getting comfortable with everything and the 3rd trimester is back to yuck...see, I'm fun right?? :( I was blessed with 2 wonderful pregnancies so you think I would gripe less but it's just in my genes ;) I remember talking with Dr Locke about getting my tubes tied but my pregnancy ears could have swore he said he couldn't do the procedure during my c-section, that I would have to get sewn up and then cme back in the next day and reopen that inscision?? what the heck?? No thanks!! But it was definitely pregnancy ears because after I had Liam we were talking about birth control and I mentioned the tubes and he said he could have definitely tied them during the c-section but he recommened I sit on it for awhile...anyways my tubes are well open and that scares me like crazy!! I have full faith in God's plan but can I really hope that it's for no more kids of our own?? We have 3 months left considering Tanner went 2 weeks ago for the big "V" :)

I had been asking him for sometime to do this. I hated to get onto birth control since I was nervous it was going to make my hormones go crazy!! And all the other stuff just didn't sound fun. He agreed so we made the appointment. Of course, he only got negative comments about the procedure how it was horrible and it hurt like crazy, yada yada. We showed up, waited for about 5 minutes then he was off to the room and I was off to get his surprises ready. Luckily, his dad came to pick him up since I had to go pick up the kids. This gave me time to get all his gifts ready. The whole thing lasted 45 minutes and he was home...piece of cake right? Easy for me to say ;)  I wanted him to know how appreciative I was of him for doing this!! Even though it's a simple procedure I didn't want him to feel like he had any "manhood" taken from him. But he did it, healed very quickly and now is back to his normal self.

I love our idea of adoption. I would love to give a sweet baby a loving home. But I know it's not about OUR idea and it's all about HIS idea so we will see how that goes later down the road...

Here is a picture of Tanner's treats for being an awesome husband and taking one for the team!

Now we enjoy this sweet time with these 2 precious babies!!