The story of our Hyrum

Our last and final Divis baby will be a little boy!!! Actually a very big boy they are thinking. He's a fairly good size already!! My due date is April 22nd, 2014. And as far as they could tell he is one very healthy little one. James was soo happy that his finale was a boy, and I was too. Three girls and three boys sounds just too perfect! We will be calling him Hyrum Mack Divis. 

We came up with his name in a very special way. I wanted to make sure I was having a boy before I told this story to too many people but now that it's been confirmed I will tell. I feel it's important to share this for posterities sake and it's a little long so skip to the cute picture if you want;)

Hyrums name: I always loved the story of Joseph and Hyrum growing up and their bond as brothers. Hyrum always held a special place in my heart but I never considered it as a name choice, because well, it's a little bit widely used in the church and unwidley used in the world. Well, last May I had a dream about a little boy, who looked very much like James Micheal but had Evans nose. He came up to me grabbed my elbow and told me he was ready to come.  I asked what he meant, and he kept repeating he was ready to come now and he wanted to come to our family now. When I woke up I just took it as another crazy dream and didn't think much of it.  Well for the next five weeks every time I dreamed, no matter what the dream was about he would come to me and tug on my elbow and tell me he was ready. Finally I told James about the dreams as they were becoming very vivid and quite frankly kind of scaring me. We had decided when Emmy was born that we wouldn't be having another till he was done with school and I had been fine with that, so I was surprised by my dreams and James response. We prayed and felt like even though it wasn't in our plans it was time. The moment we decided it was time I had another dream that night. I was in a sacrament room of a chapel all alone with an apostle who had passed, (I believe it was elder hate) came and sat next to me. I was visibly pregnant and he asked me what my name choice was for this little boy I was going to have. I gave him some of my choices, and then told him we liked the name Hyrum but thought it might put pressures or expectations on him that he wouldn't like in the church. The apostle got very quiet then looked at me and told me that naming him after a great man would make him a great man, and that we should name him Hyrum. I was suprised but knew it was true in my heart. I woke up and told James that his name was to be Hyrum and that we would have to figure out his middle name. James looked shocked but agreed immediately, especially since I wasn't even pregnant yet. And James had never liked the name before but I could tell he knew I had some sort of revelation like I did with Kay and knew it was more than just a whim. I found out later that Hyrum means exalted brother;)

We got pregnant the next month, and when I found out I was pregnant the dreams stopped. I was worried for awhile that it was a girl and that's why my dreams ended. And I would have been fine with that and dismissed the dreams, but since we found out he's a boy, it all seems amazing to me now. I know The Lord blessed me to have Hyrum when we will and that His timing is never our own. It is sad that he is the last , but I cannot deny the confirmation of the spirit that he was meant to be our last for a reason, and all the other children have taught us lessons to be ready for him. Mack was chosen as a play on my maiden name McIntire and has been my dad's nickname for years! Which I think is awesome and luckily James and I got to choose that one;)

Now please don't think that we think he is some sort of spiritual giant already! We know he will probably just be one normal little boy, but I know I needed these kind of confirmations to know he was the last and was meant to be with us no matter what! And to see the way this little boy has and will be brought into our lives wether he may have special needs or not has been a real testimony builder to me about eternal families and the gift children are to us no matter how many we are given or how different they may seem to others. They are truley amazing! 

Anyways, enough of my story, here is a good side view of our Hyrum! And yes, in the ultrasound he had Evans exact nose...and I cried when I saw that!

19 weeks 6 days!