Just the 14 of Us

14...that's the total number of people that will be living in my house and the house next door.

I'll never forget watching their house being built...wondering who are they? Do they have kids etc...does she stay home...will she think I'm totally spastic and not want to be my friend?...

Well lookie lookie at my surprise when it was a SAHM w/3 kids (all boys) came to look at the house being built! Being the nosey neighbor that I am I rushed over to chat it up! I had 3 kids at the time too and was super excited to get a friend. Whether she wanted to be my friend or not she was going to be. HA HA

When they finally moved in she said "Hey guess what? I'm 10 weeks pregnant"

I motioned for her to come over....and whispered "I'm 8 weeks pregnant but haven't told the kids yet"

How exciting to find that not only did she have 3 kids she was pregnant w/a 4th just weeks ahead of me!

Thankfully she has days just like me...it's nice when you have a friendship w/your neighbor where you can give a look over the fence and she knows exactly what you mean...'it's one of those days ...where you want to pull your hair out b/c the noise level is high and summer has no end in sight!' She gets it!

Well she ended up having a 4th boy and we had girl....just 3 weeks apart! Here is a picture from my baby shower back then...

Little Ollie and Lily have become friends from the womb!

(Tara w/Ollie Me w/Lillian)

During the week while the big kids were in school my dear friend would bring over a huge container of salsa and chips (from a fantastic Mexican food place in town) ...we'd let the little babes scoot over the floor while we chatted over salsa...Dubbing those days "Salsa Days"
Now we'll txt saying..."When's the next SD?" It's great having someone so close that can come over and hang out for a hour or so (that's about how long the babies last b4 demanding our attention) chatting about mommyhood!

Then a few shorts months ago we got pregnant w/#5 and so did Tara....sadly we miscarried and shocking enough a few weeks later so did Tara. We were shocked ...esp b/c there were 3 of us in the neighborhood who miscarried within days and weeks of each other. I started to panic thinking there was something in the water...but it's all in God's plan!

Now get a load of this....Tara and I are expecting baby #5 again...this time instead of weeks...we are days apart! Stay tuned to see if Tara has a house full of boys or a little girl is in the works. Follow her blog here.

So in total that is 14 of us...not including 1 dog a piece to our households....things get a little crazy here...but we wouldn't have it any other way!!!