Baby on the Way!

We're so excited to be adding another precious child to our family! Due July 1, 2014. We talked and prayed long and hard about this decision--our doctor(s) were supportive and our hearts kept leading us in this direction, so here we are!

Blogging (along with most everything else I normally do) completely ceased in November when my pregnancy sickness kicked in. I'm 20 weeks now (on February 11) and still dealing with some nausea/vomiting, but it's not that troublesome any more. I'll be happy if/when it goes away for good. Other things to report about this pregnancy have been how tired I was during 1st trimester. Maybe it's because I'm home with 2 kids instead of just 1 this time, but I've never been that exhausted before! Also, my desire has been to not find out the gender of this baby, so we haven't! Alex isn't as enthusiastic, but he's going along just fine. I've had so many ultrasounds since I'm high risk, but we've been able to avoid accidentally finding out. The not so good news is that my cervix started acting up earlier than expected this time. At 18 weeks, it was already funneling some, so I've been home on "take it easy" orders for a couple weeks now. Strict bed rest will start once my cervix is completely funneled to my stitch. I had cerclage(s) placed at 12 weeks and the surgery went well. Our saving grace this go round is Bethany, our full-time nanny. We knew getting pregnant would mean bed rest, so I starting looking for a nanny early on and we found Bethany! She's absolutely wonderful--I truly can't imagine anyone better for our family. So thankful God provided her! I'll try to do a better job with pregnancy updates. I've taken one picture of my belly. Here I am at 19 weeks: