Never say never again...

(originally posted 05/10/05)

And then there were 5…

My family grew last week. We went from a very comfortable and evenly-matched, 4, to a very lop-sided and unfair 5.

We used to be a mom and a dad and a sister and a brother. It was perfect. The way God intended. Tit for tat. Click for clack. A him for a her. And a she for a he.

Now, there are three girls and two boys. Three children and two adults. Lots and lots of estrogen and hormones... and two guys who just want to eat chips and watch a baseball game without "someone" screaming or crying or fussing about stuff.

Females are always fussing about… stuff.

But now we are a "real" family. We're complete. And I don't just mean that we are content and fulfilled. That, too, but I'm saying... we're done. Finis. En totem. The end. Buh-bye.

We’re perfect... and all done. The way God intended.

Merrie Cannon Ivey was born on May 4, 2005 at 12:48 PM. She came in weighing 6 pounds, 12 ounces and stretches out to 21 and something-something inches long.