Just a few days ago my sister Laura announced that she was around 14/15 weeks pregnant. This will be her second child and sibling to Lauren, already 2.5 years old. What makes the pregnancy all the more amazing is that I am also currently 16 weeks pregnant and my other sister Sarah is also around 32 weeks pregnant!
Pregnant at the same time
At the moment we have Sarah and her husband Jamie expecting their second child in January and Laura and her husband Dan expecting their second child in May, around the 18th May which also happens to be just 3 days after the due date of mine and Mike’s baby!
Busy 2011!
On hearing the news my Dad said that he was going to avoid calling our brother in case he wanted to further add to the number of grandchildren being born next year. Luckily he doesn’t have to worry about his youngest daughter as she’s quite a few years off being anywhere near having a child of her own! Our other brother also has 2 sons already so I doubt he’s in any rush for more which means between my sisters and I will be bringing the total number of grandchildren for our parents up to 9. Our Mum is one of 6 and our Dad is one of 4 so we’re used to being surrounded by a large family and luckily our Nan has a big enough house to cope with the periodic mass gatherings of utter madness.
Christmas 2011 is going to be a seriously busy one and it’s already been a few years since the present giving policy was strictly “children or childless older children” and it’s not about to change for next year!
5/6 of us. From left: Laura, Alana, Brooke, Alan & Sarah.
Alana x
