By the numbers

I don't know about anyone else but my brain often thinks in numbers and adding a new baby has really got me thinking numbers!

4: the number of kids I will have
6: the number of people in my family
5: the number of people my car holds
8: the number of months til my car is paid off
7: the number of months til the baby is due
4: the number of bedrooms in my house
4: the number of people that can sit at my kitchen table
2: the number of chairs I could add to my dining room table
9: the number of months old Will was when I got pregnant with the new baby
12 yrs, 7 yrs, 18 mos: the ages of my children when the new baby comes
3: the number of guys in my house (ahhh the testosterone)
65: the average number of hours a week that hubby works
5: the average number of hours of sleep I get at night
100: the approximate number of pictures I already have on display in my house
5: the number of years behind I am in my scrapbooking


Some of those are rather overwhelming until the second half of the thought enters my mind.
4: the number of kids I will have, and that makes me so happy!
6: the number of people in my family.  Who would have thought an only child would get to have such a large family!
5: the number of people my car holds, but it's only an issue a few days a month and I have wanted a larger vehicle for a while anyway
8: the number of months til my car is paid off, and really, how fortuitous is that?  It is so great that we are so close!
7: the number of months til the baby is due and most everything we would need to do is still one from Will!
4: the number of bedrooms in my house, but the idea of kids having their own rooms is a 21st century thought.  Growing up with a roommate will really help the kids learn to deal with other people.
4: the number of people that can sit at my kitchen table but since hubby never gets to eat breakfast or lunch with us and kiddo is rarely here most of the time we'll be fine.  And that will just encourage us to use the dining room!
2: the number of chairs I could add to my dining table, and that would be perfect!  And maybe getting those chairs will mean I get to finish the dining room!
9: the number of months old Will was when I got pregnant with the new baby and it's nice to think how close they will be.
12 yrs, 7 yrs, 18 mos: how old my kids will be when the new baby is born.  How amazing is that?
3: the number of guys in my house.  And I have survived so surely I will survive if this baby is also a boy!
65: the average number of hours hubby works per week.  It's hard to be upbeat with this one, but I guess at least he is employed?
5: the average number of hours of sleep I get per night.  Usually I really don't mind that because Will is so cute when I go in to put hum back to sleep.  Additionally, Justin and my body have both been trying to increase that number.
100: the approximate number of pictures I already have on display in my house.  That's right- I have had that many cute pictures or great memories made. 
5: the number of years behind I am in my scrapbooking, but that just means that for 5 years I have made more great memories than I have had down time to put on paper.

When I look at everything that way I have to add one more number.
0: the number of times I have wanted to change the timing of this baby.