While the husband is away

Oh, the things I find to spend my time while my husband is away on business. I decided since I didn't have him to talk to... Ill talk to you! No place to loose my journal, and this way is a lot more fun.
We just recently moved out here into God's country and it is certainly a piece of heaven! We decided to fence off some of the space and buy some alpacas for the kids. We went looking to buy no more than three...but we ended up with 12. They were just sooo soft and beautiful! They make this odd yet sweet hummm sound when they are happy together. I just couldn't resist. So I nicknamed our property "the salt farm" until further notice. Too bad the kids won't be able to help too much for now, but at least they will have fun. I have four children. My eldest, Hope, is 12 and has two homes (I am her step-mother). She is here every other weekend. My second daughter is 3, Emily, my first son, Joseph, is two next month, and my baby boy, Ethan, is going to be one in july.
Yes, I certainly have my hands full but I would gladly have more. However, I get very ill when Im pregnant. Not my MS, that actually goes into a silent state while Im pregnant (of course the doctors don't know why or how women do this when they are pregnant). I get hyperemises gravidarium, which is the fancy word for throw up everything your made of for nine months. My last child was the worst. He landed me in the hospital for weeks at a time. Its lots of meds, ivs at home, and it is so stressful on the family. The church was what saved us my last pregnancy. So many wonderful women stepped forward to come help, clean, cook and care for my children. My step mother (God bless her) even came to live with us part of my ugly first trimester. My second pregnancy wasnt too bad. I didnt have to be hospitalized. The ER care and the meds were able to keep things controlled well enough. This extreme is only found in roughly 3% of pregnancies and less than half of those extend beyond the 21 week mark. So I figure that my children owe me with an easy childhood. lol.