Lyndon and I are thrilled and happy to announce that baby number six will be joining our family this summer! Before anyone else can ask first let me say that "yes we do know how babies are made" and "no we are not single handedly trying to populate the earth." We do however feel honored to be making a significant contribution! Some of my dear friends need to forgive me for not calling and telling them the happy news...this is all I feel good enough to do. We had this whole big plan to wait a long time to share, but while my family was here for Christmas Eve I had every one worried that I was angry with them so we told Jamen and let him shout out "we are getting a new family member!" to add to the festivities. It's much easier to have it out so that my kids know why mom is in her pajamas for a year and me passing it off as a cold wasn't working out so well.
With that said let me tell you how it is. I have five sons, 2 dogs, and 9 chickens. I adopted a child from Haiti, trained for and ran a marathon for fun, chose to have my kids home with me to educate them, had my tonsils out in my 30's and spent 2 weeks in a hospital with a tube in my throat....all of that is a cake walk in the park for me compared to being pregnant. I get so sick that my body naturally conforms to the fetal position and I have picked out hundreds of different pictures in my slate on my bathroom floor since I spend the majority of my life laying on it.
My husband does everything and I just watch. It is the only weight loss plan that works for me and my kids spend like 15 hours a day in front of technology of some kind (which I hate). With all of that said, we have been here before and we will live through it again. It would be highly ungrateful of me not to see the blessing in this. As I really get a chance to see my children when I am pregnant, since I can't do anything else, I know that they are worth it. I also know that I would go through anything to have them here...debilitating morning sickness, heartache waiting for them to come home from a fourth world country orphanage, anything....So "Yeah" for the Friant family. In the meantime I will be daily praying for the strength to endure my blessings!
As an after thought...the boys took bets on what they think the baby will be. 2 boys said boy, 2 boys said girl and one boy said chicken....I hope it's not a chicken!
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Definitely exciting! I am so happy for you and I hope that all works out well. I wish I lived much closer so that I could help out, but my life is so perfect right now I can't leave it behind. I love you and all of your family. Scott says, "Hi!". Anyway, I can't wait for summertime to get here, so I can meet the brand new Friant and my pseudo-sibling
Congratulations! I'm super excited for you.
You are so so brave!! and selfless.
How exciting.
Number 6??!!! What?
Congratulations! I am praying for a girl. I agree that this baby is a great blessing and will come with great sacrifice.
Hope you still have the big secret hiding spot with treats. I think you might need a little when you feel up for it from time to time. :)
You are a wonderful person! congratulations! Keep us posted! With love, ~mare
p.s. a new sister in our ward has 7 children... so I told her today that I will need some great advice to make it through the next few years. She said, "Three of my seven children are teenagers and not young like yours." I said, "Well our oldest just turned nine a few days ago." She laughed and said, "You are in for a world of hurt!" First time I have wanted to cry at church in years. It will all be fine... I have felt this coming for some time now.
I've been waiting for this news for a year now! So glad for you all.
And i say it's a girl. If it's not a girl, it must not be in God's plan ;-)
Call if you need anything... like sending a child or two my way. I know we said the kids should get together when you move... now i think is a great time to actually do it.
Congratulations on the baby!!! and condolences on the intimacy with slate.
Congratulations! Sorry you get so sick but it will be worth it!
Congrats Heather!!! Wow, when we were those two crazy teenagers I never would have thought you'd have six kids someday...I'm so happy and excited for you!
Congrats! I will have to bring you the tea. Good luck and let me know if you need anything!
Congrats this is great news and i hope you have a girl
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