Oh my goodness...

So, I found out a few days ago that I'm pregnant. Can you believe it?!?!!? SIX!!!! Goodness, that's a scary thought. Five seemed like a lot. Six seems like a lot more. Kinda like how some ages seem a lot older than the previous year. You know, 15 doesn't sound that much older than 14, but 16 sounds a lot older than 15. Six just seems like a lot more than five. lol

You'd think after so many pregnancies, I would have known I was pregnant. I had all the classic signs...I just never put them all together. Just a week prior to finding out, I was thinking, "Wow, it's really odd that I've been SO tired lately," and just attributed it to my diet and thought I may be lacking nutrients or something. I was taking three hour naps EVERY DAY, then falling asleep around nine pm EVERY NIGHT, which is SO unlike me. Usually, I function on around four hours of sleep a night, and that's it. So, it was really odd to be sleeping so much. Then, there was the fact that after almost a month of being vegetarian, I just HAD to have fried chicken...just HAD to. Of course, that made me SO sick to my stomach. I just attributed that to the fact that my body wasn't used to processing meat. You'd think it would have clued me in when I was still sick DAYS later. lol

It wasn't until I told Drake that I was still feeling sick from the chicken and he jokingly asked, "You're not pregnant, are you?" that I had that "AHA!" moment and everything clicked in my mind. I went home, took a pregnancy test...or four...and sure enough, two very dark pink lines...no mistaking it!

So, here I am...pregnant with baby number six. Drake is taking it a lot better than I figured he would. Sometimes I really underestimate what a geat guy he is. I know he's scared. I know he's frustrated. I know he's upset. However, he's being incredible. I didn't change a single diaper yesterday!!! He had a talk with the kids about how they all need to try to do as much for themselves as they can and not just ask me to do it for them if they can do it themselves and that if he's home, they need to ask him to do things instead of automatically asking me. He asked me how to make his favorite snacks so he can do it for himself instead of asking me to do it for him all of the time. (And boy was he surprised at how easy it was...he apologized for not doing it for himself earlier. lol) The next time I go shopping I've been instructed to buy corn dogs, tv dinners, canned foods, etc., so he can make food for the kids on the days that the smell of food sends me running to the bathroom. He's being really amazing. He usually doesn't even want to talk about baby stuff, but he's already asked me to make up a list of the things we'll need for the new baby so we can slowly start buying it all. There are times that I really forget how lucky I am to have him in my life.

As to how I'm feeling, well, I'm still sick from that chicken. :P I'm paying homage to the porcelein god multiple times a day and my sense of smell is INCREDIBLY heightened. Any strong smell makes me SO sick. Ketchup is REALLY bad. lol I've been craving meat like you wouldn't believe. Perhaps I need more iron in my diet. Of course, it doesn't help that any meat I eat tends to come back up. Yeah, pretty picture, I know! I'm always tired. I feel like I'm just dragging all of the time. I could sleep all day if I didn't have other responsibilities! I've let the girls start walking home from school together because I've just been so sick and exhausted that I can barely move, let alone pack all the kids up and go pick the girls up from school. They're loving it though.

The thought of a sixth child is a bit overwhelming, to say the least, but every child is a blessing. I'm excited to have another child join our family. The kids are BEYOND thrilled! They've all been telling me lately that they want a baby brother In a few months we'll be able to tell them if they're getting what they want. lol