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Reflections on the Births of my Children

Journal Entry: Thu Dec 20, 2007, 11:38 AM
  • Mood: Peaceful
  • Listening to: the sounds of the outdoors
  • Reading: the words I'm typing
  • Watching: My husband and my son playing football
  • Playing: nothing
  • Eating: nothing
  • Drinking: Mormons don't drink!!!
Just a questionnaire forwarded to me by my good friend Gail Tashlyn, a fellow mother of ten.

1.) How old were you when you had your oldest child?
Twenty-six.

2.) How old were you when you had your youngest child?
Thirty-eight.

3.) Which pregnancy was the least unpleasant?
Ummm... probably Sarah Grace (my eighth), although all of my pregnancies have been pretty awful.

4.) Which pregnancy was the most unpleasant?
All of them were pretty terrible. All included Richter-scale-worthy morning sickness through all three trimesters, migraines, constant hunger and tiredness, off-the-charts crankiness, and full body aches. But I guess the worst pregnancy was when I had the twins (Christine and Allie, my third and fourth), because according to my husband I was the most irritable during that one.

5.) Which birth was the easiest?
With the exception of Emma-Kathryn (my tenth), I had very easy births lasting no more than five hours and performed at home with no painkillers.

6.) Which birth was the hardest?
Emma-Kathryn got her chin stuck on my pelvic bone and had to be C-sectioned.

7.) How many of your children have red hair?
Three. Jamie Claire (my first), Jakob (my fifth), and Emma-Kathryn (my tenth)

8.) How many of your children have black hair?
None.

9.) How many of your children have blond hair?
Two. Sarah Grace (my eighth) and Joshua (my ninth)

10.) How many of your children have brown hair?
Five. Cumorah (my second), Christine (my third), Allie (my fourth), Daniel, (my sixth), and Elizabeth (my seventh).

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~sheanar:iconsheanar: Feb 11, 2008, 8:04:26 PM
Thanks for the friend :+devwatch: :)

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*TheBrooksFamily:iconTheBrooksFamily: Feb 1, 2008, 5:10:50 PM
Hear, hear!

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Happy New Year from the Brooks family!
*TheBrooksFamily:iconTheBrooksFamily: Feb 1, 2008, 5:08:00 PM
Yes, we are Mormons.

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Happy New Year from the Brooks family!
~Ralis:iconRalis: Jan 18, 2008, 11:53:56 PM
onward Christian Soldiers!

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~Alyssa-the-overlord:iconAlyssa-the-overlord: Jan 18, 2008, 11:05:18 PM Mood: Love
pay no head to her... I think it is a wonderfully good story :D (I also am Mormon :D)

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~Rose-Noire007:iconRose-Noire007: Jan 18, 2008, 7:42:42 PM Mood: Love
I think it means "drinking" as in...a beverage. ...like milk!!! (sorry I saw a picture of the temple, and I wondered if you were LDS, haha, and you are. good to meet a fellow Mormon.)

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~PhyreDancer:iconPhyreDancer: Jan 18, 2008, 7:19:04 AM
wow ten kids! i amost know how the feeling is, im 3 of 9 kids! course the two youngest were adopted.... but still, thats a lot of kids!! congrats! (and yes im LDS too! married to an airman we've got 2 kids, and we're currently stationed in germany!!)

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~hollyjools:iconhollyjools: Jan 18, 2008, 6:09:25 AM
:heart:

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~matsuri-himawari:iconmatsuri-himawari: Jan 17, 2008, 10:30:51 PM
I saw your add and decided to come and have a look so you are Mormons? this is interesting to me as not many Mormans live in my country or at least I have never met one as the oldest of five i'd like to congratulate you on such a big family as I want to cangratulate you on your nice writing

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saevam iram, iram et dolorem
ferum, terrible, fatum
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saevam iram et dolorum
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que mortem invitavis
poena fenesta natus
noli nomen vocare
~OptimusPrimesGirl:iconOptimusPrimesGirl: Jan 17, 2008, 4:55:27 PM Mood: Joy
A fellow Latter-Day Saint!
Coolies!
*jadisofeternity:iconjadisofeternity: Jan 16, 2008, 1:04:05 PM
thanks for the favs

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=Kaze-himeNaruwasa:iconKaze-himeNaruwasa: Jan 16, 2008, 5:04:09 AM
You all seem so sweet! It's heartwarming really when I think about it! :fav:

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YESTERDAY'S DRAWERS, TODAY!

I'm on a mission, a mission to get some Ramen~!
A mission you say?
A mission, yes!
What kind of mission!?
TO GET SOME RA-MEEEEN~!
~Freakshow3:iconFreakshow3: Jan 16, 2008, 4:56:20 AM
Yeah, I thought so.. sweet!

I'm LDS too. :D

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Try to please everybody.
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~talbain21:icontalbain21: Jan 15, 2008, 8:24:06 PM
you sound nice. i would be delighted if i can add u. i think ill do that. :)

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Were naked and were stung exceedingly
By gadflies and ny hornets that were there.
These did their faces irrigate with blood."

This is first of the second death.
There is more to come.

-The Inferno
~CybertronianJedi:iconCybertronianJedi: Jan 15, 2008, 6:03:47 PM Mood: Compassion
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Compassion W00t More MoRMONS!!!!like me!!
~killmehard:iconkillmehard: Jan 15, 2008, 11:22:42 AM Mood: Wow!
Wow your mormons thats awsome! So am i, if you don't mind me asking were are ya'll from?
~reddrago180:iconreddrago180: Jan 14, 2008, 9:45:06 PM
oh, uh sorry about that.

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In the middle of the summer"

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Hey, wanna know how to get more pageviews? [link]
*giorjoe:icongiorjoe: Jan 14, 2008, 9:39:07 PM
See [link]
Pageviews are false measure of popularity.

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~reddrago180:iconreddrago180: Jan 14, 2008, 6:20:53 PM
wow, you guys all sound like very nice people!

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In the middle of the summer"

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*TheBrooksFamily:iconTheBrooksFamily: Jan 14, 2008, 1:31:05 PM
Yes, it's the Idaho Rexburg temple.

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Happy New Year from the Brooks family!
~lil-banana4:iconlil-banana4: Jan 14, 2008, 6:51:10 AM Mood: Fear
this is totally weird im going out witha boy called micheal and im called anna HOW WEIRD IS THAT!!