Don’t drink the water boys and girls…it seems to have been contaminated by IVF drugs.  Most of the time, if I have a friend who is pregnant, they are usually the only maternal one at the time.  Right now I have 5 friends that are pregnant.  What are the odds??  This isn’t even counting my cyberspace May Mommies group that are now in the process of round two. 

One lovely lady in Texas just had her #2 a few weeks ago and is very nervous about taking care of two kids.  I guess for me it was a snap, because I had my difficult colicky, non-sleeping child first.  Anya was a good nurser, she slept for long stretches (for a newborn that is!) and as long as she had her thumb, all was right with the world.   A perfect child…and just so cute, to boot!

For us, I think we are done adding to the overpopulation of the world.  Although, I look at big families with lots of kids and a part of me wishes that we could do that.  Then the other part of me that is realistic slaps some reality into that part of me in la-la land.  Daycare is so expensive, plus savings for college, plus wardrobes for the kids, and horror, of horrors…a MINIVAN.  It’s all so expensive and I have NO IDEA how big families do it!  If we were to have another ‘lil one now, we would have three kids in daycare at the same time.  *doing some quick math* That would be around $40K a year in daycare costs.

Yes, I am sure I did the math right.  Our daycare is middle of the road in terms of cost.  Mama would probably have to be making all the clothes if we had to pay that much in daycare costs!  We’d be broke!

So, I will give a shout out to my girlfriends who are about to embark on the life-changing journey of motherhood…Georgeanna and Erin.  You have no idea how amazing it is to have a child.  I found a quote a year or so back about motherhood, and this describes it so well…

“Making a decision to have a child is momentous.  It is to forever have your heart go walking around outside your body.”   Elizabeth Stone

It took so many years of marriage for us to want to have kids.  We still had fun stuff we wanted to do, like go to Europe or an Alaskan cruise.  We have yet to do those things.  What we have right now are two little beings that can make us smother them with kisses one minute and want to lock them in the closet the next.  They are toddlers after all!  Even in those moments of utter parenthood frustration, we couldn’t love them anymore if we tried.  It is those moments when they nuzzle their head into your shoulder or give you a spontaneous hug that make up for the toddler tantrums.

For all else we have achieved in this life, they are our greatest accomplishment.