The Hendricks Family Experience

Well, some of you may be surprised.  But we weren’t surprised.  Baby # 6 is something we’ve been planning on and now it’s on the way.  The baby is currently due on May 4, but is likely to be born earlier than that.

We got the first picture of the baby on Monday.  It is about 14 weeks along at this point, so this shot is really zoomed in, it’s only about four inches long at this point.  We told the kids on Monday as well, and they are really excited.  They are constantly asking Stephanie if she can feel it, and making plans for its birth and living arrangements.  Kate constantly is coming up to Steph, pointing at her belly, and saying “baby in belly!”  Mason hopes this one is a boy because he knows it is his last chance to have a baby brother.  If it is, he is planning to kick Chris out and have the baby live in his room.  Mason figures that Chris won’t be in the house for too many more years, and also that Chris is an obnoxious teenager, so he needs his own room.  The girls want to come to the baby’s birth.  Chris was 7 when he saw Allie born, and Mason was 10 when he saw Kate’s birth. (No, they don’t get to see the full scene – they stay up by the head of the bed)  This has led to some interesting observations, like Chris thinking Allie was covered with bar-b-que sauce, and Mason cutting Kate’s cord.  But it seems to have been a good experience for them.

We’ll post more as we get pictures, and we’re excited to find out what it is!  We always like to know so we can plan ahead, and we’ll still be surprised at 16 weeks.  Who needs to wait until 38 weeks?