Big Sister!!!

If any of you out there have been wondering if I'm ill or if I've given up on life because I haven't properly gotten ready in 3 months, I've put on weight and have acne...wonder no more!  It's actually something much more exciting than that...

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BABY!!!!

We found out on April Fools Day and the first thing I did was send Ronnie a text message with a picture of the pregnancy test that said "Happy April Fools Day on us!"  It was a funny day to find out and would've been a funny day to announce, but I like to wait until I'm out of the first trimester.  As of tomorrow I will be fourteen weeks along and the baby is due 12 days after Chloe's 2nd birthday on December 2nd.

As far as the pregnancy, I feel excellent now, but had an agitated stomach and nasty taste in my mouth ALL the time during my first trimester.  I was very blessed not to throw up (I didn't throw up with Chloe either) and had very few moments of actual nausea.  With Chloe I had quite a few times where I felt so nauseous that I couldn't get out of bed and Ronnie had to bring me breakfast-this time I haven't experienced that.  I was extremely fatigued all the time and just a super grump...poor Ronnie.  When I got to 13 weeks, it was like a flip was switched and I got all of my energy and motivation back, and was happy to realize I'm not such an awful, mean person :) 

We couldn't be more excited, but it's taken a while for it to seem real...maybe because it happened so quickly or because I just don't feel old enough to have two kids!  Ronnie and I were talking about it and it just seems so crazy that he'll be able to say in reference to his family "my wife and kids"!

As far as names, if it's a boy we LOVE the name Max and are %100 sure that will be his name.  If it's a girl...we haven't really agreed on anything.  We like the name Reese, but can't think of a middle name that flows with it.  

We announced to our families by putting Chloe in a Big Sister t-shirt that I made with iron on letters and just waited until someone noticed.  With my family we did it when we went out to dinner for Steph's graduation.  She noticed right away, but it was another twenty minutes and some pretty strong hints before anyone else caught on.  We had to stand her up and say


Ronnie: "Papa, look at Chloe's shirt"
Dad:  "Oh cute Chloe", still clueless.
Ronnie:  "No, she wants you to read her shirt"
Dad:  "Big Sister, cute", no idea
Dad:  Pause...wheels are turning....BUG EYES!  "BIG SISTER?!"


It was SO perfect!  For Ronnie's family we went to a bbq and his brother Tim picked up on it right away.  He asked "Is this an announcement?"  Which caught everyone's attention, and when we said it was they all cheered!  It was a great way to announce :)