A Large Family and Shockingly, We're Not Mormon

I am the wife of an amazing and loving husband, mother to three wonderful rambunctious boys and pregnant with twins.

Once our last little bundles of joy arrive in August of 2012, we will have an almost 4-year-old, a 2-and-a-half-year-old, and a 16-month-old to help us welcome them home.

My husband and I were wondering when it would happen — when someone would ask us if we're Mormon. It was a friend's husband at a kids' birthday party. To his credit though, he grew up around a lot of Mormon families so it was a seemingly innocent question in his mind.

I guess surprisingly, we're not; we're Episcopal actually. Our decision to have a large family isn't based at all off our spiritual beliefs. We just happen to both be super-fertile. Something that we feel very fortunate about. With all the assumptions people make when you have a large family, I guess this is just another question I should expect.

Just so we're all clear about my family's motives about having lots of kids — since it's not at all a personal question....

To read more about my life, check my blog Perpetually Pregnant.