For the past few months I have had quite a poor showing and record of our blog. I
should promise to do better, but frankly that may or may not happen so I won't even go there.
However, I do have some exciting news that I haven't really made official on this family record of ours.
I am pregnant with our third child! Not only that, but we found out yesterday that we are having a
BOY!
We are very happy and excited about this news. Bridger has been convinced that we are going to have baby brother for the past few weeks. We offers the logic "Well... we already have a baby sister, so now we need a baby brother". B has also offered up the following names as potential candidates: Bobo, Didi, Meener, CoCo, Ha-Ta, and Kin-der. We will see if any of those make it through to the next round.
For now, I am referring to him as Optimus Prime, since his due date is all prime numbers: 7-13-11.
Kacy isn't really old enough to realize what it means when we say we will have another brother in the family, but she is so into babies in general and loves to play mommy to her stuffed animals and dolls - I am sure I will have a little helper on my hands this summer.
So, our winter in Oregon has been fairly boring - I have been taking the meaning and practice hibernation literally and am just now starting to feel better (read: not puking all the time) so I am grateful for that relief. Even though we have not had as many adventures that we might normally have during a winter that I was feeling more myself, I think would describe our family at this moment as being very
content. Jim and I love watching and being entertained by our kids. We laugh a lot. We have been becoming very familiar with some of the animated Disney classics during this rainy winter. We have made it almost a nightly ritual to play hide & seek in the dark -along with flashlights and light up toys - before bedtime. I am in more in love with my husband every day. I have a great fondness for my boy and my girl, and I love watching their minds grow and interests flourish. I am so glad to be their mom and so thankful the opportunity I have to be with them each day.
Throughout my pregnancies, I do find I have a difficult time talking about being pregnant because I do feel so lousy and not myself during this period in time. This is perhaps the biggest reason for the lack of posts the last few months - I subconsciously follow the old golden rule "If you can't say anything nice... Don't say anything at all." However, I think I have gained one small once of understanding of what a terminally ill person might feel like on a daily basis - the sense that whatever is making my body is do this or make me feel this way, it certainly is not normal and not pleasant.
Despite the discomfort, I have been reminded of what a blessing it is to be pregnant - to have the ability to support another life and to grow our family. I have friends and family members, whom I love dearly, whom have struggled to get pregnant, to stay pregnant, or to deliver a healthy baby - I am shown over and over again what a true miracle for each and every child that arrives on this earth alive and well.
We are indeed blessed. Thanks for letting me share our good news. We are looking forward to having a summer baby!!
We got out early enough to enjoy the freshly fallen snow before it was gone.
This seemed like a great job for big brother. Kacy loved it.
Honestly, I don't know if the kids were more excited - or their dad! Either way it was a fun morning in our neighborhood.
