Ready?

Stream of conscious to follow...
I am not sure there ever will come a time when I don't want to be pregnant. Don't get me wrong, I was super ready for a break after having only five months between my pregnancies with the girls. And who isn't ready for a pregnancy to be over by the 40th week? Pleeeaaase.
But with all that being said, there is something so exciting about the news that you are having a baby. I love it. The mystery of something growing is your body is unbelievable. Is it a boy or a girl? Will this new little person be more like Tom or me? Who will this person be?
My daydreams have been more and more about a little baby... a baby for Fara to be a big sister to. I have three children and I often question whether I actually understand the magnitude of bringing a person into this world. Our culture sends some major mixed messages about what it means to have a baby. Young people are suppose to abstain from sexual relationships in order to avoid having a baby. Yet if a women waits "too long" to have a child, she is faced with years of questions and when and if she wants to have a baby.
I completely respect women who don't feel like they were put this Earth to make babies. And while I want to accomplish more than just having babies, pregnancy and babies is one of the highlights of my life. Having babies isn't the smoothest of my accomplishments. Wyeth's labor was ridiculously long, I had some crazy bleeding with Ella, and Fara's pregnancy involved a complete placenta pivia with an exciting three week hospital stay. However, God has blessed me with perfect babies, and I want the streak to continue.
We are still looking at the beginning of the year as our conception date goal, so there is still some time. But, for the record, I am feeling ready.