Big News

So, I have held off until now posting about our big news, but it's time, officially, to let the cat out of the bag. We are expecting another baby and could not be more thrilled about it! I am a little over 20 weeks along and due April 17th. A spring baby - YAY! Bowen & baby will be 20 months apart and our view is - 'let the chaos continue'! I have no doubt that Bowen will be a wonderful, loving big sister and it will be such a proud moment to see the two of them together for the first time.

Tomorrow morning I have my 20 week scan appointment where they'll check that the baby is developing normally AND be able to tell us the sex! We are very excited to know whether baby Todd #2 will be a boy or a girl. On one hand, I would love for Bowen to know the joy of the sisterly relationship and I have loved being the mother to a little girl, but on the other hand, Stewart and I would really love to experience raising a boy. As one of three girls, I have to admit, a boy would be totally foreign territory for me, but I've always wanted to have a boy and I think it would be wonderful to be the parent of both a boy and a girl. We shall see! Either way, we just pray for a healthy baby and an uneventful pregnancy. So far, that has been the case. I am feeling wonderful at the moment - literally, on top of the world. Just tonight, I felt like my energy was limitless. I'm definitely in the middle of the 2nd trimester boost and boy, is it welcome! The first few months were a little tough. Thankfully, I was never sick, but the fatigue was, at times, overwhelming. I felt like I accomplished little besides taking care of Bowen and sleeping (a lot). You can see now why I put off dropping her morning nap! Because I still needed it!!! ha But now it's hard to even remember being so tired. I hope it lasts for a good long bit, because right now I feel GREAT.

I'll post more tomorrow when we know whether we will be giving Bowen a little sister or brother! I can't believe we are already half way through this pregnancy. It's such a good feeling to know we'll have a new little baby in the house by springtime. We can't wait to watch him or her grow and develop into their own unique little person and to see what they will contribute to our family and the world.

No doubt, once he or she arrives, we won't be able to imagine our lives without them.

Until tomorrow! xo