So, the other day I watched a vlog of Stephanie’s baby girl, Ivy giggling and I thought, “I need to post a video comment of Asa doing the same thing.” Well, I never did, because Asa is too manly to giggle much. He prefers guffaws. (KIDDING.) Anyway, I never got around to posting a video comment, but it gave me a good idea.
What if we could have some conversations via our vlogs? What if we chose a conversation piece, a question or even a (*gasp*) hot topic, then all posted a vlog with our response. It would be like a big conversation between (b)vloggers! So, I emailed Stephanie and Renee and asked them if they’d like to help. And they did!
So, this week we’re beginning our first weekly feature at NewBaby.com. We’ll ask a question, answer it ourselves and then we want you to vlog your response! So, if you’ve ever wanted to really talk to some of your bloggy friends, this is the time!
Today is an easy one—how many kids do you have? how far apart are they? why? what’s your family plan? So, watch our vlogs and then join in the conversation!
(and you know i’m cuter in real life, right?!)
I just realized that bloglines isn’t updating with your posts again – so I need to go and catch up! If I can, I’ll try to figure out the whole vlog thing, too…
First, you are ridiculous, you look ADORABLE. I love your earrings.
Second, I am inept and don’t think I can do the vlogging thing, so I will answer here.
My DH and I were married for a little more than 4 years when we had Libbie. It did take us 6 months to conceive her and honestly I’ve been ready to have kids since we were first married. I’ve always wanted to be a mom. But it was wonderful to have those years to be alone, make memories, and get to know each other even better.
We’ve always talked about having 4 kids and I think I am still game. Our only rule though is that we would NOT have an only child. If we could only have one child, we would adopt another one. I would still be open to adopting even if we can have more children, it is something that has always been on my heart.
Also, I was 22 when we got married. If we had been older I might not have wanted to wait so long. But at 26 I am still a pretty young mom.
You are so adorable in your videos! I’m working on getting my response up- I promise!
Steph
This sounded totally fun, and I really and truly tried to do a video for you, but… ugh, my hugely preggo, broken out face is not my own right now, so you’ll have to settle for a written answer I’m afraid 🙂 (You, by the way, totally adorable, as everyone said.)
Our girls are 17 months and 17 months apart again, and this little one will be about 20 months younger than Bea. We never planned to have our kids close together, but we’ve loved it this way. The jealousy thing seems to be much less of an issue when they’re still too young to really understand about having you to themselves. And I thought having two in diapers was fine, personally – it’s trying to potty train one while nursing a newborn that seems daunting to me!
We waited almost three years to try for Pippa after we got married, then another year before we actually got pregnant with her. I think it rattled us a little that we didn’t get pregnant right away, so we more or less decided to let God decide when to send the rest of our children until we were done. I guess I always took for granted that I’d be able to get pregnant (and stay pregnant) easily, and when things were a little bumpier than expected, we both realized what a precious gift a healthy pregnancy is, and we didn’t want to look any gift horses in the mouth, so to speak.
Romilly and Beatrix both kind of caught us off guard (breastfeeding *really* doesn’t work as birth control for me, apparently) but by the time each of them arrived, the timing seemed absolutely perfect. And of course we’re totally excited to welcome this new little one, even though he/she is running a little behind our usual “schedule” 🙂
As for how many? Well, that is the question, isn’t it? We’re still praying on that one. “At least four” is my favorite way to answer it at the moment, and, boy, do a lot of people seem to want to know!
P.S. You should totally have a third – you’re a fabulous mom, and you guys make awfully cute (and well-named) babies 🙂