4 Down and 2 To Go

We went to enroll Emma in Kindergarten this morning. I can't believe she is old enough to go! I see my house emptying before my eyes and don't know what to think. For the first time there will not be any new person filling up that spot. I mean really~ I never envisioned myself as the mother of 6 children. I just found my English Journal from Senior Year this weekend and had written back then I wanted a boy and a girl. Rick said we did, just 3 pairs of them! We never even talked about it at all really. They just kept coming! Not that we didn't try at all to stop it, however, we don't believe in chemical birth control. So we started having kids and then I kept thinking about how wonderful it is to carry children for the man I love. And they were all so darn pretty! we just kept having them. And to be honest, we only stopped when we did because it was becoming too hard on my body. I was (and still am) breastfeeding and pregnant for several years and the last few babies ran out of fluid. Pair that with hard long labors and bleeding issues and you get a vasectomy! Otherwise we might have had 7 or 10. I am not crazy by the way, but I am so looking forward to a quiet time when Rick and I can be together and make up for the time we have devoted to our family, and give it all to each other. Speaking of quiet~ back to Emma! She did well today, besides not wanting to raise her hand when she heard the beeps for her hearing screening....I think she will do well. Gotta go make din din!