by Melissa Willets posted in Parenting

When I first saw the striking maternity photo of Andrea and Kendall Brunson and their soon-to-be family of 8, taken by Sarah Ledford of ShutterHappy Photography, I was, well, deeply impressed. Because I am currently pregnant with my fourth child. So, I couldn't help but wonder, ?How does she do it"?

I mean, I'm struggling right now! Caring for three kiddos and a growing baby is no joke, and um, I'm a little scared for the future. Thus, I was immediately inspired to reach out to Sarah and see if Andrea would be open to talking with me about raising her big, beautiful brood.
It turns out Andrea was (understandably) skeptical at first, given the unpredictable ?trolliness? of the Internet. But then, she decided to go for it. ?My reason for saying yes is because big families are not the norm anymore,? the brand new mom of eight told BabyCenter in an email. ?If you have a big family there must be something wrong with you!? But Andrea says, ?We love having a big family. My kids (who range in age from 11 years to 1 week) love having someone always there willing to play. We just asked them at dinner last night if we should be done or have another baby. They all said have another!?

The Brunsons didn?t always know they wanted a large family. ?We both come from a biological families of eight kids,? Andrea told us. ?We knew we wanted at least three kids. Little did we know I get pregnant very easy! Babies kept coming. Before we knew it we...