I was able to get Aubrey in tonight to get her hair fixed after her self attempt to cut her own hair and here are a couple pictures of her getting it all fixed up.

The before side view of her hair - the sides had been about the same length as the back.

Sitting back and cooperating:
The finished cut - much shorter than what she had before, but she looks so cute with her new hairdo.She actually didn't do too bad of a job - and luckily she left her bangs alone - that would have been a much more interesting hair cut.

While Aubrey was getting her new do - I was visiting with Aunt Barbara and learned that David's cousin Kellie is expecting a new baby. I just think this is the most awesome news. We had an interesting discussion about when people learn that you are expecting and how they react and so as I thought about it more tonight - I just wanted to vent about this. She mentioned to me that it was quite different in the reactions received from people who have large families and those that do not. The larger family responded much more positive than the smaller family.

While I truly believe that our family is complete, I have to admit that my biggest irritation while being pregnant was all the questions that people feel like they can ask - even total strangers.

Questions and how I'd like to respond:

1. Was it planned? Obviously it was in God's plan - so yes.

2. Are you just having more to try and have a girl? I love my boys and if I had five boys - it wouldn't matter to me - I don't love them any less. To squash this one - I had another after my girl - so no, didn't keep having babies just to get a girl.

3. My all time favorite - Don't you know what causes that? I think I might have it figured out.

4. Are you done? Is it any of your business?

5. Are you getting fixed? Ok seriously, this is NONE of anyone's business and I really would like to respond with - I'm not a dog or cat who goes to the vet to get "fixed".

Wow, didn't mean to get on a tangent there, but seriously, why do people feel the need to make such comments. I LOVE my large family and while yes, it has it's challenges I figure that God hasn't given me more than I can handle (although some days, I feel like debating this one with the big guy) - but I wouldn't trade my children or my large family for anything. I even recently heard a comment that David and I didn't have common sense because we had so many kids - well, all I can say to that is - we are truly blessed! God has blessed us in so many ways and I wouldn't trade all the hardships, heartaches, rough times for anything - as, the benefits of a large family far outweigh the cons. I am the oldest of five children, and honestly, I can't imagine life without my siblings. We are all so close and I only hope and pray that my children will be as close as we are. Our family get togethers are such a great time and I attribute that to the closeness felt in a large family unit.

Okay, seriously, now I'm done with that subject! I mainly wanted to say how happy I am for Kellie and her family for their new addition.

Until next time...

Dawn