update.

hi, friends.  so, i'm not much of a let's-talk-about-while-i've-been-gone

and i-feel-so-terrible-that-i-haven't-been-blogging person because it's just

not who i am, but let's talk about it for a minute this time.

thank you for your love with our happy news.  we are thrilled to be

expecting our eighth child!  somehow that number still seems so foreign and 

so perfect to me at the same time.  i honestly don't think we have this

gigantic family most of the time, but i'm beginning to wonder if i'll be able

to keep believing that with eight little ones in the house.

i'm sick, ya'll.  i think i'll talk about it more sometime this pregnancy

because it's a big part of my [pregnancy] life, but not now.  for now,

i'm just really sick.  not normal sick.  terribly, often dangerously &

mad at how much joy it tries to steal from pregnancy sick.

sick like matt has taken over basically everything & 

anything extra at all has had to be let go of.

i want to get back here when i can though.  i have more to share

about our family trip to uganda, the created for care conference,

our growing family & and even some little sweeties that are

searching for their families.  

for now, let's catch up on the fun of this baby.  i'm due at the end of august and, no, 

we won't find out if it's a boy or girl before then.  i'm really excited about that.  

this baby does not have a name either way right now, which is so different

for us.  we need to work on that!  all the kids are so excited.  some do ask

for the baby to come out right now so mommy isn't sick anymore, but,

as always, it's great to watch them learn and to teach them about patience &

 perseverance.  i've got to find some better light to document this pregnancy in 

pictures, but i have some grainy iphone pics for now. forgot to write on

the last one, but it's 13 weeks--such a good memory my uterus has--popping

right back out there like we're midway or something!

no matter what, i'm so thankful for this time & this baby is so very loved!