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For those of you who may not yet know, Aaron and I are expecting one more Spragueling! Baby #5 will be here mid-October. We've been savoring the news for a month now, and we're very excited. Jared and Emma are pleasantly surprised, Thomas is clueless, and we are as happy as though this were our first. Life with FOUR is sometimes busy, always going, rarely at a lull. But it doesn't feel like chaos. I don't do well with chaos. As huge as 5 may sound, it seems to me that adding one sweet, needy, snugly newborn baby couldn't possibly add any more stress or work than I am willing to deal with. I can't vouch for what later life will hold with a steady stream of teenagers and college students. But I do know so far that I haven't hit a kid-phase I don't like, so I have faith that for the next couple of decades we'll be enjoying parenting this not so little crew.
Love to you all! (and bite your tongue next time you want to make an "are those ALL yours?" comment to some poor mama in the grocery store. trust me, she's been hearing it ALL day, and it's just not cute after the 12th time! *wink*)