And so it begins.

Baby boy-

Here we are the eve of your 9 month birthday. we anticipated that there would be news, and oh my goodness did we get it. Without giving to many details, the Lord basically confirmed to us that we are indeed going to be shifting as a family very soon. We recently discovered I am carrying your baby brother or sister. (i think its a sister but we shall see)

With the news of a new arrival, came all sorts of other “things” that may need to shift as well in our lives to make room for baby. We know we have a closet with 3 wardrobes at the moment and a tiny car among other things that need to expand. However, we are not even discussing those details yet. I don’t want to.

There are a few reasons why i don’t want to discuss changes now. first off, it hasn’t really hit me yet. Even though, my body changes and a positive test has proved to me that i am most definately with child, it takes a few weeks to set in. The second thing is that I’d like to know if we are having a girl or a boy before we start considering anything. For example, if its a boy there will be much less preperation. i already have enough clothes, organized and ready to go for a newborn baby boy.  On the otherhand, if its a girl… we will need to take baby steps in seeing that the princess has everything she might need including her own room or half room and bedding to fit her princessness.

So as of now we are keeping the news calm and collected and taking each detail as it comes and adjust accordingly as we learn new information. We don’t have to do much spreading of the word, people seem to do all that for us. I can’t tell you how many “congrats” i’ve gotten already and it sort of catches me off guard. At first i look confused and then is say “OH! thank you” as if i’d forgotten. I haven’t forgotten. I just haven’t spent any time really engaging in the idea of being pregnant again. I think about the new baby alot but its seperate from thinking about being pregnant (at least in these early weeks- i know i wont forget when im big as a barn)

So for now dear baby, you are a big brother and we are once again going to have a little squirmy dude or dudet on our hands and could not ask for more. Everyone in our family will have their opinions some might even just pretending to be happy for us. We just want to focus on you and your new sibling and loving you to the fullest extent that a parent could love their children. We want to teach you about Jesus and his love for us, we don’t want to worry about what the world thinks and we don’t want you to every worry about the world either. This is a mean dark place but you and all our future babies are the light of God at work daily in our lives and we are continually blessed to watch you grow. We love you and can’t wait to watch you teach you new sibling how to be a good baby just like you . You’re so smart, and getting smarter by that day. we love you <3