going public!

Many friends and family already know and some have cleverly deduced and now we're officially announcing it, we're pregnant again!!

I'm nearing the end of my first trimester. One that has been full of nausea as well as fantastic mood swings that have left poor Logan confused and dazed. One time staring straight ahead as I sobbed uncontrollably in the passenger seat. Oh yeah, it got that bad, but there's hope. This is my 12th week of pregnancy which means next week will be the start of the second trimester and that means less nausea, more appetite, hopefully a few less tears, and I'll begin to show!!

So that's the real reason that I haven't been blogging much. I really haven't had much on my mind except the baby but I wanted to wait until the second trimester to announce the news. I know we're not quite there yet but I'm impatient and recently found out that a certain brother already knew about it which is the other reason I was waiting to go "public".

I was initially unsure of my due date so I had an early ultrasound done last month. It's pretty hard to distinguish body parts so I included a reference to help :)

At the time the ultrasound photo was taken the baby's arms and legs were quite short. The doctor actually referred to them as "buds" which made me think of a gummy bear. The baby and gummy bear are in the same position and if you're good at reading these things you can probably see the head on the right there. It's just the roundish bit that's a tad lighter than the rest. Everyone else will just have to take my word for it ;) The baby is due on or around it's uncle Ty's birthday (March 5th). I hope the end of this first crazy trimester will mean that I'll feel more up to blogging our activities and documenting this wonderful adventure!

Oh and in case you're wondering about Rowan I think he'll handle it alright... okay, I'm praying he handles it alright! He's recently discovered babies, that is he's learned to say "baby" and that they're those little squiggly things that are smaller than him and cry. I told him there was one in my tummy which confused him because I'm not really showing but he still gave my tummy a kiss. Then asked me for the next hour about a baby in his tummy and in the tummy of almost every toy animal he has. I suppose I probably should have waited to tell him about the baby in me.... I'm pretty optimistic about him accepting a new little sibling and I know he'll be a great big brother in the long run :)

Logan is in the background drawing a bath for this sticky mess who obviously enjoyed his dish of chocolate ice cream.