guess what....

Hi friends! I don't quite know why it's taken me this long to make this exciting announcement to you, but I guess I just needed to do it in my own time. But here it goes...we are expecting a little baby! Yes, I am pregnant! 17 weeks to be exact.

Maybe it was because I wanted to make sure our pregnancy was safe and viable or maybe I was just enjoying "our little secret" but one look at my belly and there is no hiding it now, so finally, I am ready to share our exciting news with all of you.

This is such an exciting time for us and I just know that so many things are about to change for our family. We are about to go from 3 to 4 and Noah is about to become a big brother. I can't tell you how hard it was for me to wrap my mind around that idea, but despite some of these concerns, I know deep in my heart that this is the most amazing thing that is going to happen to us. Our family is growing and what a blessing is that?

As for me, I'm feeling really really good these days. For the first few months I was very very tired and had some nausea. I was taking naps so often and finding myself just exhausted at the end of a full day with Noah, but now I seem to have my energy back and my appetite too, which is nice. I also finally have an interest in cooking once again, something both Winslow and Noah I'm sure are happy about.

A few fun facts about this pregnancy this far...

• we got to see our little baby during our first ultrasound at 9 weeks. It was so tiny then but we could still make out a sweet little face.
• I have started to feel some movement. I started to feel this last week at 16 weeks. It feels like a small wave going through my lower tummy area. It's a pretty amazing feeling.
• my cravings this far have been, breakfast sandwiches from Baked Cafe (a Whitehorse fav), guacamole, lemonade and sweets.
• I have been living in my hand-me-down lulu lemon yoga pants.
• I am due November 27th, exactly a year after my sister's due date.
• If all goes well and our baby cooperates, we should find out the sex of our baby on June 30th ( in 9 days!)

And so that is it my dear friends. I hope you don't mind if my blog turns into a bit of a pregnancy log from time to time. I do want to document this pregnancy a bit for my future self and our little babe-to-be.

Thanks for letting me share my excitement....it feels good to finally be able to talk about it.

xox