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   I think I've mentioned this before... when I was a little girl, I always pictured myself having two children: a boy first, then a girl.

  But when I was pregnant for the first time I knew I was having a girl.

  When I first held her, I knew I wanted three. Three babies! 

   We joyfully welcomed daughter #2 three years later. Then, with the reality of two busy children and two busy careers, having number three just wasn't something we thought much about. Truth be told, when #3 was on his way, I was completely freaked out for the first several months. How could I possibly do it all???

Of course, as my favorite Bible verse says but try as I might, I still stubbornly refuse to let go and just believe, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths." -Proverbs 3, 5-6

That boy, like his sisters, has brought us joy beyond compare. So much so that, at one point or another, neither Matt nor I could rule out just one more.

But seriously -- four? Four children? Never in my life, until like I said, Bennett was born, did I ever imagine having FOUR children!

Well guess what.

Fore! FOUR!!

We are grateful, more than a little amused, and, okay, when I think about figuring out homework, science projects, practices, the teen years, paying for college, and on and on and on, with FOUR children... just a little freaked out. :-)