Roots and Rings

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• 1. Southern Gal  |  January 27, 2012 at 7:14 am

  I’ll be praying for the unspoken prayer request.

  Rebekah is expecting #2 the last of June. Nora will be two on June 22. It will be an adventure, for sure! Rebekah and Jacob are two years seven months apart. I thought that was perfect. Rebekah has always been mature, even as a toddler. She helped so much with Jacob! We look back at videos and can’t believe how grown she acted even when she couldn’t talk well. Now Ethan is 13 1/2 and 10 1/2 years younger than his siblings and that’s way too much! But that was God’s timing, not ours. I actually think it’s easier when they are closer together because you haven’t really retired all the baby things yet. Know what I mean?

  Rebekah and her husband are waiting on 4 W-2 forms, too. I contracted sewing out and paid estimated taxes during the year. I’m anxious to see how that turns out.

  I can’t wait to see your menu planning. I’m trying it now to see if I can stick to it. I think it would be agreat time saver in the long run.

• 2. Kristen  |  January 27, 2012 at 7:25 am

  My oldest two are fourteen months apart. It took us three years to get #1 and the doc told us to start anytime after six weeks post-partum…my daughter was six months old when I got pregnant with her brother, who was then eleven months when I got pregnant with number 3. It’s tough. Praying was the ONLY thing that got me through, especially when my husband and I both lost our jobs during the third pregnancy. But, in some ways it was easier. They all had similar interests at the same times (my oldest has autism, and developmentally in some ways she is still behind my two-year-old, so it’s still sometimes relevant). There is some fighting and jealousy and sharing issues, but they all seem to really love having that playmate who is always there. I know that won’t always be the case and there is no guarantee it will happen, but it worked for us. We knew we wanted at least three kids (we’re currently trying for #4 and it will be a three year break between 3 and 4, that will be new) and my husband was 40 when we got married, so we knew we wanted them somewhat close together. But there is a lot of winging and praying it going on. I don’t know if this is encouraging or the opposite but someone sent me a quote the other day that said, “God doesn’t always choose the qualified, but He always qualifies the chosen.” Our family proves that for sure!

• 3. Lea  |  January 27, 2012 at 8:05 am

  I’m with you, our children were 3 years apart because I knew my limits and any closer might would have “done me in.” We had a boy first and then a girl and called it “good.” The 2nd child is definitely cause for more thought than the first. Of course, ours are 35 and 33 now, so…………we did live to tell about it. :o)

  Blessings for a wonderful weekend! And, yes, I recommend a tax service! :o)

• 4. DebbieQ  |  January 27, 2012 at 8:41 am

  #1- Prayers being sent

  #2- Cartoon Girl and TMO are 15 months apart. That was NOT part of our plan let me tell you. I thought I had the flu. But it was just fine in the end. We were still in “baby mode” and so we just kept on being in baby mode.

• 5. april  |  January 27, 2012 at 8:49 am

  My sons are exactly 2 years 6 months apart. We decided to start trying when I had a pregnancy scare and was unexpectedly saddened by not being pregnant (which was strange because I really wasn’t a fan of being pregnant). So then we started trying.

  The first six months of two was hard, but not really because there were two kids but because my older son was 2 1/2 which is a hard age. Now they are 18 months old and nearly 4 (in two weeks) and they are amazing together! So much fun, and they love each other so very much – their eyes light up when they see each other.

  http://pinterest.com/pin/126382333262800424/ THESE are awesome.

• 6. Katy  |  January 27, 2012 at 9:22 am

  My 2nd (due in May) will be 17 months younger than Myla. We just accidentally got pregnant, so we didn’t have all the serious conversations about spacing and such! I guess I am just telling myself that having kids will be hard no matter how you do it. The challenges are just different!

• 7. Lauren @ Enchanting  |  January 27, 2012 at 9:58 am

  Sending prayers along :)

  I am not a momma, but my brother and I are just over 2 years apart, and most of my friends have babies about 2 years apart. I keep hearing something about being in baby mode – once you’re in it you might as well stay in it! (Or something like that.)

  Happy Friday, Chelsea!

• 8. Allison Blass  |  January 27, 2012 at 10:45 am

  Don’t have kids so I’m skipping that one. But I’ve had 1099s for the past… a long time. So if you have tax questions, let me know! But most of it can be found on the web and it’s not that hard. But yes, if you haven’t been pre-paying your taxes, you’ll owe a lot of money.

• 9. Mary  |  January 27, 2012 at 12:04 pm

  You got it! Sending prayers to your friends and you as well.

  I have a 3 year old son (as of October). I never thought I’d have kids close together (my siblings and I are all 4-5 years apart), but what I didn’t expect was my feet dragging on #2 as the “time” approached. Now that my son is potty trained, puts himself to sleep in his own bed, can feed himself, dress himself, etc and so forth, I find myself thinking, “Do I REALLY want to do this all over again!?”. The answer is yes, yes I do want another, but gosh it’s so hard thinking about going back to sleepless nights and all that jazz. We plan to try for #2 starting in September of this year so our son will just about be going to school once he/she arrives if all goes as planned.

  I do my own taxes, but they’re super simple. My husband on the other hand, gets a 1099 so we go to a tax firm and let them take care of it. I’m just not that patient… or smart. :)

  Have a fantastic weekend!

• 10. Tricia  |  January 27, 2012 at 1:52 pm

  Taxes are what I do!!!!!! You could always email me and I’ll help you out :)

  I don’t know how people do the kids so close together either, but it always seems to work out, no matter what people decide to do. I have friends of mine that were adamant about waiting a few years because they heard five years would be the best age difference for the KIDS, but I always wonder, what about the PARENTS? It sounds optimal in the early years (i.e. not taking care of two toddlers/babies at the same time), but in the later years (paying for college for EIGHT years?!). I think it’s just a matter of perspective.

  I have yet to have children, but feel that about two years would be best for me. And I only want two!

  Good luck!

• 11. Britni Ray  |  January 27, 2012 at 3:20 pm

  My sister and I are 5 years apart and I think that’s a pretty good spacing. I was old enough to not get jealous of the new baby taking up so much of my mom’s time, I was old enough to be really helpful with watching the baby & playing with her so my mom could take a shower or go to the bathroom or take care of house work. I was thrilled, it was like having my very own live baby doll to play with. It also seems a little easier financially. Car insurance went down when I turned 21, just in time for my sister to get her licence at 16. I was out of college before my sister started, so there was only one college tuition payment to make instead of two. Ryan and I are planning on waiting at least four years before revisiting having a second child. I don’t want to deal with two babies in diapers at the same time. Plus, we have a lot of multiples on both sides of our familiy, so we want to make sure we are prepared if the next pregnancy turns out to be twins or tripletts (both run in our family).

  Just remember regardless of how much you plan, it will happen when God wants it to happen. So if its nine months or five years from now, God will make sure you are equipped to handle any of the challenges that may come up with having kids close together or far apart in age.

  Sorry about the book I just wrote!!! Hope it helps!

• 12. Holly  |  January 27, 2012 at 4:05 pm

  I’m finally starting to feel like “me” again – and Topher will be two in May. Nathan and I have been talking about Baby #3 but I feel like we’re both dragging our feet. We like things the way they are now – but we want our children to be close in age, so … yeah. We’re still discussing.

  I’m interested to read how your meal plan went for January! I just did one up for February and I have no idea how it’s all going to work!

• 13. Cori  |  January 27, 2012 at 4:43 pm

  Prayers going up!

  When I received 1099′s a few years ago, I took mine to an accountant just to make sure it was done correctly. It was just a bit too confusing for me to handle on my own!

  I’m not sure if I could handle having 2 kids close together. My perfect age difference would be 3-4 years apart. I don’t think I’d want 2 or under. That’s just me though. I haven’t even had my first child yet! :)

• 14. Kara  |  January 27, 2012 at 7:34 pm

  I usually go to a tax filing company like H&R for my taxes. Numbers just make my head hurt! For 2010 I had four different jobs and got dinged BIG time because not enough tax was taken off my pay cheques. Needless to say, I had to pay the government a lot of money back. I definitely recommend seeing a tax pro of some sort!

• 15. Tabaitha  |  January 27, 2012 at 10:37 pm

  After 3 kids, we have decided we are DONE! Adam & I always wanted our kids close together in age for a couple of reasons:
  1) I personally didn’t want to stretch out the pregnancies, especially knowing that I wanted three kids. I liked knowing that I would be getting through the baby toddler stage pretty close together and it would be fresh on my mind.
  2) I liked knowing the kids would be close in age and have common interests.
  3) Once we are done with baby stage, that means I get to start getting rid of some the clutter that comes with having kids.

• 16. Lesley  |  January 27, 2012 at 10:59 pm

  I am a CPA and I would recommend using a tax service BUT not H&R Block. Although some of their preparers are good most of their staff have only 2 weeks of training. I have done many returns and have found tons of mistakes by those people (despite what their commercials state) If you want to do them yourself taxactonline.com isn;t bad. It is an interview style and is pretty good. 4 jobs doesn’t make your return harder it just is adding them together but yes you probably will owe taxes if you didn’t pay estimates. But on the good side you had that money all year and the government didn’t.

• 17. Angela Noelle  |  January 28, 2012 at 11:55 am

  Our taxes are pretty complicated (multiple jobs, homes, investments, etc) and we’ve had good luck with Turbotax. Not the free edition, but whatever the next level up is. It makes the process simple by asking step by step questions, and it’s not as expensive as having someone do them for you. Good luck!!

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