Baby #6 is on the way!!!!

Well, as most of you know, we were sure that we were done having children. We were and are very content with five children. However, the Lord had other plans and so we are expecting baby number six. I found out on January 2nd and was immediately very overwhelmed. I cried for a lot of that night and the next day. Luckily, I have an amazing husband a great cousin, Jamie, and a fabulous friend, Karen that helped me remember all the positive things that come from having a baby and why it was such a great thing. Then I decided to turn to the Lord for help and added comfort. I was reading in Alma and read about Moroni's people and how they were promised that if they would do as the Lord asked them and followed the commandments they would prosper. I have read this story many times but this time it brought great meaning to me. I was always excited, how could you not be excited about a new baby, but I had to change my mind set a little and I was having a hard time doing that. I was so ready to be out of diapers once and for all and Blake is so close. I was so ready to be able to go somewhere without a little one that I had to watch over all the time, but I guess that will wait for a little longer because we get to do all those things and more. I know that he or she will be a huge blessing to our family and I can't wait til the day that we get to welcome him/her to our family.

I believe, according to the ovulation calendar, that I am due sometime at the beginning of September. Which means that I will have him/her at the end of August. A long hot, humid summer being as big as a whale, I can't wait. However, on the positive side I will have the entire summer with the kids and then the baby will come just as the kids go back to school. That will really help with being able to rest with the three youngest. The Chinese calendar says that it is supposed to be a girl and for Josie's sake I really hope so. She prayed so hard for this baby to join our family. I too would love to have another girl in our family. I would be happy with a boy or a girl, I love both for lots of different reasons.

We asked the kids what names they liked for the baby. If it is a girl we will most likely name her Brielle. Jackson came up with Dallas and Brett for a baby boy. Josie wanted Troy, after Troy Bolton on High School Musical, she said that we could call him Troy Bolton sometimes just for fun. She is a funny little girl. Grandma Boulter said that she liked the name Jett and Grandad Young said that he liked the names Reggie and Tex. All good suggestions but not any that we will probably use. Thanks for the suggestions though. We are always open for suggestions. So let us have them.

We are very excited to have this new baby in our home and are so grateful to have so many friends and family members that will love this baby as much as we do.