Some news

So I have some big news.

Like some really big news.

Mike and I are expecting another baby.

And the baby is a GIRL.

Yes, you read that correctly. This boy-mom is suddenly a girl-mom now too.

I am 12 weeks this week, and we shared the news with friends and family once we found out the gender. (We found out early thanks to early prenatal testing.) I am kind of impressed that we kept it under-wraps for as long as we did.

Most people were excited for us, some were not so excited and others could have cared less. Perhaps par for the course with the third baby? No matter because we are excited, though the shock of being pregnant and then finding out we are having a girl took a little while to wear off!

Baby Girl will have a cousin close in age just as her brothers do - this time on Mike's side of the family and his brother and wife are having a little girl in the spring.

Things that are different this pregnancy:

- I have a very terrible temper. Like it's bad.

- I have zero patience with everyone but more patience with my boys. How does that work??

- I have been pretty sick this pregnancy.

- My facial features have legitimately changed. I don't even look like myself anymore.

- I am showing at 12 weeks what I was showing at 20 weeks with Easton. However I haven't gained any weight to speak of.

- I already feel quite a bit of baby movement.

- I am so tired that I have trouble functioning.

- Holy anxiety, batman.

I took the pregnancy test as a precaution and didn't think for a minute it would be positive, so when it turned into a plus sign right before my eyes, my world completely changed. I called for Mike who came running into the room. As I showed him the test, he was just as shocked as I was. I was the verge of crying, throwing up and a full blown panic attack, when Easton, who was hovering outside the door like he does, asked his standard question, "Are we okay?"

Normally I reassure him, but this time I said, "No we are NOT okay!"

But as the weeks go on, I think we are going to be okay. More than okay :)


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