one week photo shoot

My good friend, Terri, offered to take pictures of Iris and I gladly took her up on it.

Here is our sweet Iris Elaina at 1 week. Enjoy!

 

 

iris elaina. july 25

This post has been a long time coming. Iris is now 2 months, but better late than never, right?!

 

Our fourth baby, Iris Elaina, made her way into the world on July 25th at 11:40 am. She weighed 7lbs 5oz and was 19" long.

  

We decided on her name about 5 hours after she was born. Iris was the 5th name on my list of 5. I liked it, but wasn't sold on it. But when she was born, she came out a little feisty. All the other names seemed too docile and passive, so we decided on Iris. She's calm and content, but she's definitely not going to be a pushover.

Mimi picked out these shirts for the kids. It's uncanny that she chose purple given her name wasn't decided yet.

    

The big 3 ready to meet their baby sister.

 

Proud BIG sister Saige with a knitted cap from the nursery. Once again, uncanny that it's purple. God cares about the details!

Meadow, her bling, and her baby sister somewhere in that blanket and hat

Big brother Reed

The Wimberlys Six

Two days old

I hope to blog more about how being a family of 6 is going, so check back if you're curious!



Happy Friday!

i've missed you

Well, hello there. Yes, I am still alive. But.just.barely. This first trimester took me by surprise. Like knock-the-wind-out-of-me surprised. I honestly believe God grants mothers amnesia when it comes to pregnancy, giving birth, and the first three months with a newborn. Because if not, I doubt many would willingly choose to keep going through it. Oh, and just to set the record straight, this fourth was planned - he/she was not a surprise. Which for this first trimester, I have found myself asking, "what was I thinking?" Because folks, it's all coming back to me now. And although, I know it's worth it because I have 3 precious little ones to prove it, it has still been hard. These have all made their debut these past 13 weeks:

• ridiculous exhaustion that just makes me angry,
• a complete lack of motivation, almost to the point to tears
• hormonal moodiness that's just plain ugly, 
• and I'm-going-to-eat-your-arm-off-if-I-don't-get-something-to-eat-right-now hunger (my personal favorite)

Those are the familiar things from the previous 3 pregnancies. But for this fourth one we have added a new one: I-want-to-just-put-my-head-in-a-toilet-because-that-would-feel-better-than-CONSTANT-nausea-without-any-relief. I was never this sick with my previous pregnancies and I am such a baby when I'm sick. I find it very difficult to maintain a good attitude. And as a mother, my attitude dictates the entire mood of the house, which unfortunately has been pretty pathetic lately. My husband has given me a lot of grace, and I could probably allow myself some more. But with that said, I have had absolutely NO motivation and blogging got put on the bottom of the list of things I wanted to do. But today I realized I need this outlet. It's not about blogging for stats or for comments. I was reminded that I need this for my sanity. I need to process my thoughts so I can get them out of my head. I also enjoy the platform to share my heart through various articles that I come across. So here's to me diving back in. I hope you've missed me. Because I've missed you.

Quatro at 9 weeks

Let the Craziness Continue

Oh blog, how I have neglected thee. I am without motivation or inspiration but there is a reason and I do believe you'll agree it's a pretty decent one.

Never say never. Never agree to be done with kids just so you can get a dog. Don't put God in a box and assume you know His plan for your life. And never say that you don't get morning sickness. Those are just a few lessons I have learned recently. I have been humbled and blessed all within in a matter of months. Because we found out that we are expecting Baby #4 in July.

Saige started spilling the beans right when we found out so I have been having to tell people a bit sooner than I had anticipated. She's a little chatty cathy and told my parents before I even had a chance to! :) But it's wonderful news and we couldn't more thrilled.

So welcome to Crazyville. Stay awhile. Because apparently we are. And here's to letting the craziness continue . . .