Two and through?

I get asked the question often, "are you going to try for a girl?" Or I hear  "you have two little boys, why would you want more? "

Would I like to have a girl, sure, would I like another boy, sure why not? I look at my little boy Joshie and think about how I cant imagine my life without him here. We were surprised to find out that we were pregnant with Jacob (NFP works, we knew what we were getting into). It was scary to know that we were going to have another kid when we were still adjusting to life with one child!  So we welcomed Baby Jacob with open arms and again, we cannot imagine our lives without him. I see Joshie and Jacob playing with each other and think of what JPII said "the greatest gift you can give your child is a sibling".  That is so true. Joshie has a partner, a friend, someone to tell his secrets to, someone to confide in when he feels like he needs a brother to listen to him. It is a beautiful thing to have children. 

I imagine however many children God blesses us with we will feel the same no matter what. When Marc and I create a child God creates a soul. We help God in creating when we have children! God creates a soul in each of us upon conception. How beautiful is that to think about!

So why would we want more? Because that is what we are called to do! We have been called to the married life and in that, bring forth life. Either by conception or adoption. My heart is filled with joy thinking about our children (here now) and the ones in the future (if God wills it).

How can we afford the kids? Who cares. My favorite bible verse is in Proverbs chapter 31. It says "she is clothed in dignity and laughs at the days to come". God has taken care of our family and will continue to do so. I trust in God that He will take care of our future. I can feel it inside of me.

So with the two boys we have now, if that is all we are called to have so be it. If we have more, than God's will always be done and we will welcome them.

Mother Teresa said "how can you say that it is too many children, that is like saying there are too many flowers".  We will cling to that.

Until the next time....

ps...no Mom, I am not pregnant. I think.

Christmas week at the Casa

Christmas day has come and gone! It was such a great Advent season and a great Christmas day! We went to the Solemn Mass at St. Thomas, which is always beautiful. The church was decorated so nicely  ! When we arrived home we opened gifts. Of courses, Jacob had no idea what was going on! He started eating the paper. He has been teething pretty badly lately, poor hito. He has found comfort in chewing on everything and anything.

Joshua received a digital camera, for kids of course. He is such a fan of taking photos of everything, then looking at them. He was also very excited about the cool toys he got from his grandparents! It has been really cool seeing Joshie & Jacob playing with all their new things!  My Mom has been crocheting like a mad woman! She crocheted this cute little reindeer hat, along with a turkey & owl hat too. They are super cute & the Joshie is such a good sport! Jacob on the other hands wants to eat it. 

We had our families over for dinner on Christmas day. It was nice to spend it with everyone, we are so blessed to have our family here in town. I have been pretty cruddy at taking pictures, I need to work on it!

It has been nice to have this week off, I don't go back to work until January 2nd, so I will get to spend a week at home with the boys. It is nice to have some time off to relax and recoup from a crazy busy semester at the church. Even though I have a list of things I need to get done in my time off the first thing on the list is to play with the boys and snuggle with the hubb (and finish my current crochet project).

Until the next time...