DH and I have 6 children. He brought three from a previous relationship (they have no contact with their biological mother - DH has sole parental custody), I brought two from previous marriage (who see their biological father every second weekend), and we had a baby together who is now 12 months.
DH works full time and I'm doing a PhD. It's busy. It's fun (mostly). We have done a good job of blending the families and all the kids have benefited in their own ways. It's so rewarding to build new parent-child relationships and watch them flourish. Its not always easy though. I would love to chat more about issues to large and blended families - seems pretty quiet in here though!! I'm guessing there's not too many of us?!