There was an old woman.

"There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, she had so many children she didn't know what to do."

I now have 3 children, well 4 in total if you count hubby and 2 crazy dogs. Two gorgeous boys, a beautiful baby girl, a loving husband, a dopey boxerXridgeback and a hypo border collie. My family is complete, I feel blessed and will be forever grateful for the family that I have. Despite this, it poses a tough question "How many children should we have?" of course the answer to this differs for everyone, including partners.  There are so many things to consider when answering the question,  I think the biggest thing for us is being financially stable, often going past 3 kids means a bigger car, possibly a bigger house and I'm sure you would need to grow an extra arm aswell.

I would love to have more children but we just can't afford it and the money tree hasn't bloomed again this season. This saddens me somewhat - the fact that there is no money tree in our backyard and that I will never be pregnant again or have any new little family members. I know I should be looking at the positives, I have 3 beautiful healthy children that I can now raise and enjoy as I watch them grow and the fact that I am able to conceive and carry a baby at all. Needless to say I am very lucky and blessed, unfortunatley too many couples face infertility issues or medical problems during pregnancy.

I'm wondering if I am the only one who feels this way ??  We could easily conceive another baby but would it be responsible ??  If we were to have more, when would enough be enough??

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe,
she had so many children she didn't know what to do;
She gave them some broth without any bread;
Then whipped them all soundly and put them to bed.

I wonder how many she had?

As I have previously said "I am going to spend more time enjoying my kids and let other things slide"  Well this week I think I have succeeded, and I am loving it. We haven't been going out to parks or playgroup or big activities as much as we usually do, this tends to happen when you have a newborn but the time we have been spending together has been quiet and relaxing (well as relaxing as it can be with a 4 year old, 12 month old and 3 week old) I am enjoying it alot and this week I have realised how many good things I have in my life.

Jordan - Master Shifu (Kungfu Panda)

Jensen

Dakota

Perfection

Therefore I figure I should stop contemplating silly insignifigant things like whether or not three children is right for us or not and get on with the wonderful life we have made. In reality, we can not predict the future nor do we know what will be thrown our way, for better or worse we will take it as it comes.

Life will slow down one day, but for now ...

I started "spring cleaning" today and have so far only managed to pull stuff out and make the house looked trashed. I better keep going.