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Since this is the first real post about Spohr clone #4, let me tell you about him and what he is putting his momma through.
First he is the most active Spohr as far as I can tell. (Now the fact that I have no memory of anything past 24 hours ago makes no difference) He has been causing me to have the hair stand up on the back of my neck for weeks now, just from his punches and kicks! As far as the ultrasounds go he is just fine, now we do not do any kind of screening or testing for issues, so we will leave that to God to reveal at delivery, if anything is there. He has me laughing and "ouching" all the time, just from watching and feeling him move so much. The kids love it too. It makes them laugh. Elias and Joy will talk to him sometimes but Reign feels silly I think, so she has not. They have all felt him kick and move so they are getting excited as well.
Now we have a miniature house with soon to be 6 people in it. That has made me stressed and nesting has taken a whole new meaning. Really, where am I going to put another body in here? God has that under control, I know, but in our human nature we try to figure all this out right? We think adding on to our house is the right thing but God is gonna have to provide that in a major way! He has already moved a huge mountain but I will tell you about that in a minute. So back to nesting, I have rearranged and moved crazy things around here. I brought in the huge farm table that for the past 5 years we have lived here, I thought would be way to huge for my kitchen. Well it is huge in there, but it works and we love it. Also, dear friends of ours gave us an oak entertainment center, again huge, but it also works in our living room... who knew? Then I started in on the boy's room and making a way to change diapers in there... Started being the key word there. His room is so tiny, I am not sure anything more than a twin bed will fit in there, much less 2 young boys (Father provide). I moved Elias' clothes from the changing table (that is currently a tv stand and dresser) to a dresser in the closet, hey I told you it was a tiny room. Baby boy's clothes are in the girls' room in the armoire as his closet. Baby boys' everyday stuff like onesies and gowns and "I will get this dirty in a minute" stuff is all in the changing table. We are figuring the baby will be in our room for several months so the room arangement is not being worked out right now (praying for that addition).
But, oh, I must tell you how Father has come through big time for us... As soon as we found out we were about to have clone #4, we started praying about a new vehicle. We have a Blazer that fits 5 compactly. I have worried over this for years now but God has protected our family in our sardine can and he will continue. Anyway, we knew we would have to have something bigger or have to take 2 cars to church and other places. John starts telling his friends at work that he is looking for a van or something to transport our growing family. John finds out he ha a coworker that had a van sitting in her driveway that wasn't working, they have since replaced this vehicle isn their family, so it is just sitting there, housing wasps. John goes to look at it and they make a barter arrangement, he does some electrical for her and she lets him have the broken down van. Sweet, if it were running, but really it was a God thing. The price on a van of that year in running condition would be $3 -4 thousand and we just got one for free?!? Ok, so it wasn't running but it was free so to speak. So John hauls it home, gives it some tlc and as of today it is running!!!! Seriously we have not put much money into it and we will have a van for our family by the time clone #4 arrives!!!! We still have to get tires, probably the most expensive one time cost so far, but hey I can't complain. Is God good or what? He has so provided! When I found out about number 4, I gave it all to God and decided that He had a lot of work to do because to there was so many obstacles in the way. He is moving them. I can't wait to see what else he is going to do. He has an addition to build :)
While you may have enjoyed my little bit of info about my big God and the things He is doing, you really want to know the baby's name don't you? Hehe, that will have to wait because this is to be continued... I still have to tell you about the havoc this boy is making on his ole momma... and maybe have a middle name by then, maybe! Come back soon!
