The Cat is out of the bag.......

In case any of you don't know yet....I've been keeping a secret for the past few months. We finally let the cat out of the bag and posted on facebook and my personal blog last week, but it occurred to me today that I should probably post it here too.

I am 27 weeks pregnant with a little girl. (that's almost 7 months along.)

Back when Emma was born, Bub and I commented to each other that if we ever had another one, we thought it would funny not to tell people unless they flat out asked us "are you pregnant?" You've got to be really brave or really rude to ask a woman that. We just giggled thinking of all the awkward moments of people staring at my stomach. There comes a point when things become rather obvious you know. Slowly, people caught on. Mostly here in our neighborhood. It didn't hurt that Aiden announced it in primary. That got the rumors flying in the ward. So most of our neighbors and ward members have known for quite some time. Some of our friends, and some of the family have picked up on it too. But Bub's parents just weren't getting it. I look pregnant. At least Bub and I think so. but they never said anything. We dropped hints. But nothing. Emma even told them several times "There's a baby in Mommy's Tummy!" But they didn't seem to pick up on it. We wondered if they really were suspicious, or just oblivious. Several weeks ago, Bub slipped up and let his brother Chris know. He was really surprised. And being the 'man on the inside' told us that no-they really didn't have a clue. They weren't even suspicious! On the one hand, we were amazed and really curious about just how long we could go on with all of this. On the other hand, it's been nearly 7 months! I think we were ready to just get on with things. So, last week we told them. The were surprised and excited.

We didn't think it was right to make any big official announcements until they had figured things out. So please don't feel bad if this is new information for you too. :) We had a fun time with it- which has been good for me. My pregnancies are usually too full of worry to be any fun.

Like I said, it's a little girl. Emma is ecstatic. She kisses my tummy and says "I love you baby sister." and puts her finger in my belly button and says "Tickle tickle" Aiden....well, I think he's excited. But he doesn't say much about it, and I really think he was hoping for a brother.

The official due date is December 30. But because of the emergency c-section I had with Aiden, I have to have c-sections everytime, and they won't let me go past 36 weeks for fear of things rupturing. They will schedule a c-section for us somewhere between 34-36 weeks. which puts us somewhere between November 18-Dec 2. We'll just wait and see how things go, and what the doctor says. So far, so good.

In case any of you have the magical ability of deciphering ultrasounds, this one happens to be a picture of her face. Who do you think she looks like? And what should we name her?