I thought I should make an official announcement that I am pregnant. Since I’ve been so sick we have needed help from many people, so I feel like a lot of people already know. But now it is official. I’m only 12 weeks, so the baby won’t come until early March.
I was really quite sick (more than with Amelia or Daniel), but I won’t dwell on that part. It has given me the chance to receive a lot of help from others and feel their love and support. Several people have taken all of my kids for a morning or afternoon, including feeding them meals. Mostly of my dear Darryl, who stayed home from work for over a week (doing some work from home) to become Mr. Mom. He was most excited to get back to his other job.
Darryl gave me a blessing in which he told me to not focus on being sick, but to think of the joy I have experienced from my children. It really helped! I mostly thought about Kathryn, because I was the most sick with her. And I got such joy thinking of the past almost 5 years of joy I have gotten from Kathryn.