The BIG announcement!

Seth and Sammy are going to be big brothers! Just one baby this time, due September 8. We are all so thrilled!

After two years of trying for another child, we found out we were pregnant on New Year’s Day. How’s that for an exciting way to start your year and have your prayers answered? It was so fun to tell family and close friends that we were finally pregnant, as so many of them had joined us in prayer for this little one for so long. But our favorite people to tell were Seth and Sam. I really wanted another child for many reasons, but one of the most prominent was that I wanted them to get to be big brothers. They are SO excited and talk about “our baby” a lot. Sam wears his big brother shirt almost every day. They talk about what they will do with baby, or what they will teach them. Initially Sam wanted a boy (“because then he can wrestle with daddy), and Seth a girl. Now they’ve switched. Ben and I are pulling for a girl.

I’m currently 13 weeks along and starting to enjoy life a bit more. It is amazing how quickly we mom’s forget the misery of the first trimester! This time around mine was exacerbated by food allergies…meaning that most restaurants and convenience foods are unavailable to us. But, thanks to a wonderful husband and flexible kids, no one starved and we’ve made it through! Cravings have included PF Changs and Subway (both have great gluten free options), Honey Chex Cereal, bananas, rice cakes, and carrots. I haven’t been able to cook meat, but somehow have been able to boil leftover rotisserie chicken bones and make spicy cilantro chicken soup from it—another craving (weird, I know!) Every day I put the boys down for a “rest” where they play quietly together in their room for an hour or two, and I take a nap; every day, I sleep for exactly half an hour. It’s very bizarre. My stomach, thanks to being nice and stretched out, popped out quite quickly. I started feeling baby moving sometime last week…it was quite magical.

So now this blog isn’t just a twin blog, but a twin and baby blog. We’re blessed, thrilled, and so thankful.