Arizona Chickens

[mahalo4]

Pastrymama that is awesome!! & You should always build more coops!!!! & I am still waiting for pics!!

 

[mclevinson]

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Ahhhhh. That was heartfelt and lovely. See, somebody like you should have all the bunches of kids you can afford, and to heck with anyone who ignorantly makes comments having to do with decisions that are none of their business.

But don't be sad when someone says they don't want kids, or is glad they only have one. These people know their own minds and capabilities and I applaud their mindful decision to take on exactly what they decide they want to, and not more. Nothing sadder than someone producing child after helpless child without the resources to nurture them.

My 3 girls are adopted.

MEG!!!!!!!!!! Welcome to my world! Adoption has been the highlight of my life and also a very scary road. But given the chance(and more money, a bigger house, more patince, etc) I would do it ALL OVER AGAIN!!!!!!!!!! I am sooooo thankful to my kids' birthmoms everyday for the decision they made and that let us become parents. There are a lot of women out there who do the right thing and chose the baby over themselves. I've seen it happen countless times, but I have seen it go the other way too. Adoption is not for the faint of heart. But i'd still do it gain.

 

[nurseshelly]

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Congrats!!! How fun!!

 

[mclevinson]

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Ah heck. Maybe we should organize a rolling work day once a month. Everybody show up and help do what needs doing, and then rotate! OOooooo we'd all be in so much trouble! Congrats on all the chickies!

 

[tball chicky]

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I'll take your know-it-all, and raise you a 5-year-old who can do multiplication in one breath and throw a "his Otterpop is bigger than my Otterpop"-induced tempertantrum in another.

I know I'm a bit late getting in on this, but I still wanna play..... I'll raise you..

A 17 year old who's first love just broke up with him (after 13 months together) and continues to grind his heart into the ground.

AND

A 14 year old PREMENSTRUAL GIRL who just KNOWS that I am most definitely, without a doubt the DUMBEST person who EVER had the nerve to show her face in public.

AND

A 46 year old DH who has decided to join the gym AND stop chewing tobacco in the same week.

All at the same time...................................

I fold...I'll keep my own brand of crazy

 

[5pinkarrows]

Pastrymama--Congrats on the hatch! That is some great statistics!

The adoption stories are wonderful. I can't imagine what it cost those biological mothers, and I am so thankful that they realized the value of those lives, and put them before their own. That's love. Ahhhh...smiling again.

I have actually thought about adoption quite a bit. Most places wouldn't let me because they think our family is "too big". I'm not sure what that means, but kids get an awful lot of hugs in this house. And we NEED a boy!

mclevinson-- That rolling work day is actually a great idea! Too bad nobody would come down here, and it isn't likely I'd come up there. I love Phoenix, but I'm pretty sure it would be over $100 for gas there and back. Maybe the Tucson folks could do one, too. Southside represen-en!

 

[tball chicky]

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That makes me sad. Kids aren't burdens, they are blessings. It isn't always easy, but I can't imagine my life without even one of the 5 that I have. In fact, I love the last as much as the first. I am soooo sad that we may not have more. I feel like I might be missing out on this amazing person God had planned for me to have in my life. The first 5 were AMAZING. I have no reason to think that the next would be a disappointment.

Yeah, I know I am alone in this. Everyone thinks I'm a weirdo. I can embrace being weird, but I still can't get it. The worst part to me is the stupid comments I get about not knowing what causes it, or not having cable, or "your done NOW right??????", like I am a horrible person and should not procreate. But the kids? They are the only things on this earth that I can take to Heaven with me, and they are the only thing other than my husband that really, really matters, that I can't live without. Okay, I'm done now.

I don't think my children or my husband are burdens at all. Are they a bit crazy & overwhelming at times?

- you betcha! I wouldn't trade my kids & my DH for anything though. I can't imagine not having them around & I cherish every day that I have with them. I'm still trying to talk DH into just one more. I also do not have cable, I don't even get the local channels - I get the news from the radio or (SHHH...the newspaper). I like my kids so much that I homeschool them too - trying to give them the best start I can come up with - without all the gibberish they get at public school.

So...you aren't alone

 

[mclevinson]

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Not impossible, you got room for tents? I envision a lot of work, cold lemonade, and hotdogs around the campfire. Then again I have no idea if you even have much of a backyard. A big imagination is a dangerous thing.

 

[Mandymooligan]

Here is my adopted son when he was a baby. The most awesome experience I have ever had in my life was the priviledge of raising him, Now he is grown and 22 years old but he will always be my baby. He also wants to adopt a child when he is married and ready for parenthood. He says he wants to have a natural child and an adopted child. I am so proud of him and look forward to being a grandmother some day.

 

[mclevinson]

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Good job mama!