We Plan, God Laughs

Remember a couple of posts back when I said I had been under the weather? Well, there is a reason for that (and, things are finally looking up). Kyle and I are expecting our third baby this July (7/11). Some answers to your questions:

1. No, this wasn't planned. When I finally decided to take a test, I was actually well past the time I found out I was pregnant with Kason & Emily because this just wasn't something we were ready for. Oh well...ready or not. We were planning for a 2-3 yr separation between Emily and a third baby, but as the title reads, "We plan, God laughs".

2. Yes, we are very excited (a little apprehensive, too). It's a baby....how could we not be excited?

3. Yes, we are finding out the sex (although Kyle didn't want to originally). The perinatologist from the NT scan made a guess already....girl. We'll see if she was right in 4-5 more weeks.

4. Baby is seemingly healthy. We have had 3 ultrasounds and baby looks great, even measuring a few days ahead. Today, at 13w2d, heartbeat was 164.

My belly is growing quite rapidly and I have already gained more weight than I would like to admit. I'm really not sure how, though, seeing as I have had awful morning sickness. Much, much worse than with Kason or Emily. That, originally, made this whole thing hard to accept. We weren't planning this, so I wasn't prepared and/or ready to embrace the morning sickness like I would have been if we had been trying. But, I have moved past that phase and am finally feeling better (minus the random day of puking).

Emily, of course, has no idea what is going on. Kason, however, will tell you there is a baby in mommy's belly and kiss my belly. When asked if he wants a brother/sister, his response is "just a baby". I'm not sure he gets it quite yet, but I think he will understand a bit more as I grow more and time progresses.

We are very excited to have our children so close together and hopeful that they will be best friends and confidants as they grow older. We are so thankful for our unexpected blessing and are excited to welcome him/her in July.

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Stay tuned for a Christmas post tomorrow.