For me, apparently pregnancy is one of them.
When we found out we were pregnant with Keara, we also found out Braden's sister and sister-in-law, as well as my sister, were also pregnant. On Braden's side, the babies were due within a few days of us. My sister was due 5 weeks later. The Moore babies were born 3 weeks before Keara and the Hicken baby was born 4 weeks after. Keara was the only girl out of the bunch.
When we found out we were pregnant with Taryn, we already knew that two of my sisters and two of Braden's sisters were expecting. Shortly after, we found out 2 more of my sisters and one of my sisters-in-law were also due. Jordan (boy) was born in September, Asia (girl) was born the beginning of November, Claire (girl) was born the middle of November, Brieyn (girl) was born the beginning of December, Taryn (ours-girl) was born the middle of December, Addison (boy) was born the end of January, Elysse (girl) was born the beginning of February, and Lily (girl) was born the beginning of June. So, Taryn has 7 cousins within 6 months of her age and 5 of them are girls.
When we found out we were pregnant with this baby, we soon found out that two of my sisters were also expecting. And then a couple weeks ago, we found out one of Braden's sisters is also expecting. Wow! My sisters are due within 3 weeks of me and Braden's sister is due 3 months after. We just found out one of my sisters (Tauna) is having a boy and the other (Kerri) is having a girl! We are SO excited about that! Our little girl will have (at least) 3 more cousins her age.
The best part of it all, is that my sister Kerri has been pregnant with her 3 kids at the same time as my 3. AND her babies all within a few weeks of mine. Carter is 4 weeks younger than Keara, Addison is 6 weeks younger than Taryn, and her baby girl is due 2 weeks before ours. I love sharing this time with her and truly it has brought us closer than we ever thought possible. She has become my bestest friend thru these experiences and I'm so excited to both have girls this time!!!
Maybe our last babies will be alone with no cousins born with them, but for now, we feel very blessed to have our babies have SO many cousins their age.
2 comments:
I love your post because you say "apparently" pregnancy isn't something you could do alone, but if you remember my precise words this time were, "The only way I can do this is if Cheri is pregnant too." So perhaps you could do it alone, but you are really here for the rest of us.
Also, I think we'll have luck with our NEXT babies, but babies 5-10 you are on your own. :)
Guess what? I'm pregnant, too! Don't say anything on my blog yet since we haven't told everyone we need to yet, but there you have it! I'm due mid-October. Seriously--there's something in the water. My sister is due in August and practically everyone I know is due in August or October of this year. It's crazy. Either that or we're all Mormon and having babies all the time. :)
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