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Grace has a secret!

We took some cute pictures of Grace that we thought we would share.


Brenda had her doctor's appointment today, and we are excited to share the news! Brenda is pregnant! The nurse said she is 8 weeks and 3 along making her due date April 24th. We have known for awhile but wanted to wait until her first visit before we shared our news. Please celebrate with us and pray for a happy and healthy pregnancy.

The irony of the shirt is that we haven't told Grace yet, although she has been talking about a baby brother or baby sister for months now.

It's kind of funny, we would ask her,
"would you like a baby brother or a baby sister?"
To which she always relied "Yes!".
So we would ask her, "Which one?"
"I hold baby brother, you hold baby sister!"

Brenda is feeling fine. She has had more nausea this time around, but no actual morning sickness, so we are counting our blessings. Its been hard to keep it a secret, Brenda has been very tired, so our busy weekends and Grace's birthday party were especially tough for her.

What are we hoping for? Its a toss up. Both of us would love to have a boy, so we can have one of each. But then again, we are already "equipped" for a girl. We really don't have any preferences and I think its too early for us to decide which we think it will be. Now if we can only convince Grace to be happy with one or the other I think we will be okay!

Comments

Anonymous said…
WOOHOO!!! Number 12 for Grandad and I!!! We are happy, excited, and ready!!!

Love all of you!!!
Gram
Nathan G Hall said…
Hey. I am wearing a pair of fantastic fuzzy pink socks (from Brenda) that match Grace's shirt! (With the obvious exception that they don't say anything on them about little secrets!)

With congratulations and hugs,
D&N :)
Missy Steadman said…
That's Richard's Birthday!
Anonymous said…
That's wonderful news!!! Congrats to all three of you.
Anonymous said…
Congratulations on your news! Grace will be a great big sister--what fun for your family!
Unknown said…
Hey, what happy news!

Wishing you all the best. :)

Hint: Don't tell Grace where the baby's soft spot is. Apparently I was told to be very careful of that spot on the new baby's head (given that Dawn was such a preemie baby, her head was very fragile) and in a moment of rage I bashed her head right on the soft spot! Okay, clearly she suffered no long term harm ... but I know I scared my mom pretty bad.

I'm SURE it'll go much better at your house, no kid could possibly be as rotten as I was to their new sibling! :)

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