A Third?

Some of you may be sitting there thinking should we have a third child?  Well for us - We didn't give it much thought.  We were in baby bliss, heck I was breastfeeding! and we were all over joyed because it was Christmas time.  So...along came Reid.  I just knew he would be a boy, our 3rd boy and I loved every second of it.  I knew he would be my last pregnancy so I soaked it up.

But I'm going to be honest.  Sometimes having a third is hard.  The jump from 2 to 3 can feel like a lot!  I find myself saying 3 kids is like 30.  But then again our last 2 were back to back.  We are definitely outnumbered and we know it :)

I'm a nurse and spend a lot of my time educating my patients - about post-op instructions, their disease, how to take care of their drain, etc.  And then are times your patient teaches you - and those are the moments I love.  I was pregnant with my second child and this male patient told me he wished he had more children, they had 3 wanted 4 and stopped.  Stopped because it was too hectic and expensive and he really regretted it.  He said "people never wish they could give a child back, but they sure do spend time wishing they had another."  So I guess there is your answer: Go for it !

Truth is the cost of the third child you don't even feel initially.  We had all the "stuff" and I breastfed anyway.  And since we had another boy - you get the point.  But there will come a time you "feel it". doing things as a family of 5 gets pricey quick.  The last time we went bowling it cost $55 and we only bowled 2 games and it lasted an hour and a half.  5 movie tickets and food - $85.  And then there's traveling.  Most rooms at hotels aren't big enough for 5 or they won't let you put 5 in a room so most often we get a suite or a nicer hotel all together.  Which I will just go ahead and admit - I LOVE!  Being a hotel snob this really works out for me.  Bigger, nicer room and my husband can't complain we had to upgrade?  Yes Please!  Oh I will just go ahead and say it - that 5th plane ticket - hurts.

But I wouldn't trade my third for anything in this world!!  He made our family complete.  And knowing he's the youngest and our last, when he climbs into our bed in the middle of the night all you can do is smile. I start off my prayers every night with "Thank you times 3"

And would you just Look at that little face <3