Before we got custody of the girls DH and I rented a nice 3 bedroom house. We only had them EOWe and so sharing a room wasn't an issue. Then I got pregnant with baby boy and so we made the third bedroom into a nursery for baby. I put all my effort into this nursery. I sewed the curtains, painted the room, made a mobile, put up intricate wall decals etc. The baby is only 3 months so he is currently sleeping in his bassinet since the nursery is on a different floor.

Given that after this weekend the baby can pretty much come at any time, DH and I are taking the steps two weekends in a row. If you remember last weekend is when SD10 committed charity fraud and collected money for Kony 2012 and then subsequently spent it on herself. I have told DH that I am not comfortable with this and he should take it up with her but I'm sure he won't. Heaven forbid he get after her. I had to blow a gasket in order for him to ban her from using permanent marker when drawing on our now ruined white dining table.

SD10 decided this weekend that her and the girl next door should go around raising money for Kony 2012. I have my own opinions on Kony 2012 but was surprised she was wanting to do something to benefit someone other than herself. DH said no way she was going door-to-door and said she could have a lemonade stand instead.

I wouldn't have married a man with children. That is for certain. And I most definitely would not have planned to bring another child into this dysfunctional family. I would have insisted that he bring them around more often before we decided to get married so I could really see what I was getting myself into. But there's no turning back now.