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My wife and I are expecting our fourth child in early July.  We, along with our other three little urchins, are very excited.  What a blessing!

What has surprised us most over the past few months since my wife began showing, is how much grief she has gotten, sometimes from people she doesn't know well, about having more than two children.  Is there some code, ordinance, or law we missed? 

I am not trying to make the proverbial "mountain out of a mole hill," but people have really been against it. 

Any thoughts from you?  It certainly doesn't change our excitement or gratitude for child number four, but we've definitely been taken aback. 

I hope all of you who read this are having a great day.  Don't forget to tune-in for the Fox9 Morning News Weekend Edition with Karen Scullin and me, Saturday and Sunday mornings starting at 7!

Thanks for reading this,

Tom Halden, Weekend Morning Anchor/Reporter

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KMSP read my blog
May 9, 2008 | 7:07 AM

Tom,
I think it's probably more people marveling at where you get your seemingly endless pool of energy. I know how much it takes to keep up with two children, so when I see people with 3, expecting a 4th, I look upon them with awe! Speaking of strange reactions, I remember how many we got on our second child. When my wife would be congratulated occasionally she would tell people we were having a girl. You should have seen how many people lit into us for "finding out" the sex of the baby. Not being a shrinking violet I was happy to let them know that it was our CHOICE to find out and they were free to handle it how they saw fit when it was THEIR child! Congrats to you and yours Tom
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Abbodupi
May 15, 2008 | 9:20 PM

Maybe in this day and age, they're wondering how anyone can afford it. But, it's no one's business. A child is a blessing whether it is the first or the thirteenth. Congratulations on number four.

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