oh, baby!

Big Sister Olivia!
Made my Auntie Mandy!

We are having another baby! 

Are we crazy? Perhaps.  Were we surprised?  Umm, maybe.  Are we SO excited for the miracle God is growing inside my belly?  You betcha!! 

I discovered I was pregnant a few days after Andy left on deployment.  Of course, he was in transit for several days and was unable to call home.  Talk about having to keep something to yourself!  There are some things you just need to talk with your husband about immediately, and I would count "I'm pregnant" as one of those!  However, he eventually called and I was able to share the shocking news.

The first trimester was a little rough.  I had about a month or more of nausea, which I never had with Olivia's pregnancy.  However, something that rang true with both pregnancies thus far was the first semester tiredness!  The kind of tired where you just can't take another step.  You think you may fall over if you can't sleep immediately!  Needless to say, I slept most every day while Olivia was napping.  Single parenting of a busy toddler is hard enough, but my first trimester fatigue made it nearly impossible some days.  My visit to Indiana was wonderful because family was around to help out and let me rest! 

However, we have moved on to the second trimester and I am feeling more like old self!  Also, I am making sure that the old truth about 'growing a belly sooner in the second pregnancy' stands true!   Gee whiz....


















You can see my 15 week belly with Olivia here if you care to compare. Ironically, it is when I announced my pregnancy on the blog then, too!  Interesting....

Happy Wednesday!  Olivia slept till 8:45 for the third morning in a row, so needless to say we are still in jammies even though it is just about 10am!  Nearly a perfect morning in my eyes!  Thank you to the time change =)