We found out the first week of October that we were expecting Baby #2 and tried to keep the secret until Thanksgiving.
Of course we had to tell our parents....
... and our closest handful of friends (I needed girls to be excited with!)....
... work so they weren't shocked if I was sick and showing early...
... Brode told all of day care....
... and the dentist....
But besides that we kept it a secret (HA!).
We had taken pictures in Disney the week before with a hunch and praying it would happen soon!
Brode then wore a special Thanksgiving shirt to tell our families as Thanksgiving fell at 12 weeks exactly. After 7 weeks of holding in the secret we were all ready to tell the world!
From then on the secret was out, we posted on Facebook, members at my work began figuring it out, and we happily shared the information.
Currently everything is going great! I'm going to try and start some pictures around 18 weeks now that the showing is MUCH more obvious. Here is our breakdown;
Length: 17.5 weeks
Baby Size: Turnip/Apple
Heartbeat: We have had 3 appointments and it falls around 155 every time
Morning Sickness: NONE! I have not had 1 day of sickness, just a few mild headaches that hang around annoyingly. First trimester was a LOT of sleeping, but passed with the correct supplementation and movement into the second trimester.
Big Brother: EXTREMELY excited and VERY interested in babies.
Gender: We find out at 20 weeks. I felt Girl for a LONG time and have recently switched to Boy or just not having any idea. The majority of everyone that encounters us says girl.
Cravings: They've changed. I had 3 days early if I didn't eat a salad I wasn't going to be happy. For a month or so there really wasn't anything, and then I had crab rangoons and I could have eaten them every day (however, I didn't.... only twice!). Lately it's been gummi worms. We'll see where each week takes me.
Our nursery is still Brode's playroom and FULL of Christmas toys. We're not making any progress until after we find out the gender. We saved 3/4 of Brode's stuff and will begin sorting through when we know at the end of January. I set Dane and my dad with projects to finish organizing the basement and moving the baby stuff over by the end of the month so we can get a jump on it in February. The spring willy fly by and I want to be ready if anything happens early.
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