Coming Soon...

Most of you already know by way of facebook... but I thought I would officially share our most exciting news of late. Ava is going to be a BIG SISTER!!!!! I'm due the beginning of July (which seems light years away today) which makes me right around 6 weeks right now. Eric & I are thrilled, as you can imagine!! We didn't follow through with any of the creative ways we imagined telling our friends and family about expecting a second baby... cookie announcements... Ava's "Big Sister" shirt... coming up with cute riddles... but, oh well... here's the news!

So how am I feeling so far? Well... I am feelin' fantastic! These beginning weeks always play mind games with me... I feel so good, so is it really true? Am I really pregnant? The 3, well 4, pregnancy tests all agree with the signals my body is giving me in more ways than one that I must be pregnant, but overall I feel so great! I took yet another test a couple days ago... you know, just to be sure... :) It's a wonderful thing knowing that we'll have another sweet little baby to love on next summer. I remember with Ava (I have a feeling I will be referring to my last pregnancy A LOT from here on out) that I always felt pretty good in the beginning as well. Mild queasiness that was mostly cured by sipping some ginger ale and heartburn that began really early were just about my only complaints.  I think so anyway... it's amazing how much you forget in a short 2 years. I'll try not to complain too much about something I asked for though... until my 3rd trimester that is, and at that point I can make no promises. ;)  I will say that afternoon naps have become the norm in the past couple weeks. I have had an interesting attraction to vinegar, of all things. I'm slightly obsessed with it actually. I clean everything with it, put it on my food, could drink it, and I might even go so far as bathing in it by the end of this pregnancy! So crazy!!! Just talking about it has my mouth watering! Overall, I'm feeling joyfully pregnant. Ask me again next week. ;o)

Your next question is probably regarding the baby's gender and whether or not we will find out what we're having. ;) The answer there is yes, we will most likely find out what we're having...I am not completely sold on finding out the baby's gender yet, but Eric totally is. I kind of think a surprise would be wonderful, since there are so few true surprises in life as it is, but my anal side tells me that I'll want to have the nursery decorated with a specific boy or girl theme. It's probably no surprise that Eric is rooting for a boy... but I will be satisfied either way. I can see Ava growing up with a little sister... but a little brother would be special as well. I'm just praying for a pregnancy and baby that's happy & healthy!