Exciting News!!

Below is an email sent to family and friends on April 23, 2010:

Hello,

How are you all doing? I'm borrowing Mom's email to write you a note ... again! We are all very excited!!

Mom and Dad told us a few weeks ago that I am going to be a big brother again and Emerson is going to be a big sister!!! Can you believe it!? Mom and Dad were quite surprised too:) Apparently, even more surprised then when I passed on Em's news to you all!! Our new baby is due on November 11 and Mom turns 30 on November 14! There's 21 months between all of us, and that wasn't even planned!!!

Mom's not feeling good at all. We all hope she's feeling better soon.

Mom and Dad think I will be a big help! I love to help with Emerson and I am very excited about a new baby. I told Mom I'm hoping for another baby sister, because I like baby sisters!!

I just wanted to share this exciting news with you all! Hopefully we will see you soon!

Lots of love,

Blake and Emerson

Family of 5 :)

That's right!! Blake is going to be a big brother for the second time and Emerson is going to be a big sister!!! And Cal and I will be parents of 3! Initially we were quite surprised, but we are very excited!!! I am 11 weeks, 5 days pregnant and my official due date is November 11, 2010. I always said I wanted to be done having kids at 30, so I guess it shall be! (My 30th is November 14th) We found out we were expecting at the end of March. We weren't "trying" but apparently we weren't being too cautious either ... our orginal plan was to get pregnant this summer, so we're just a little ahead of schedule! LOL! Of course, Emerson is too young right now to understand that she is going to be a big sister, but I'm hoping as my belly grows she might understand there's a baby in there! Blake on the other hand totally knows what's going on and is so cute to talk to about the baby. I asked him if he wanted a new brother or sister and after a few moments consideration, he frowned and looked at me and said, "No, I want to keep Emerson." How cute is that?! I said, "Of course we'll keep Emerson buddy, we'll just have another baby!! Would you like another baby sister or a baby brother?" To which he replied, "I'd like a baby sister, I like baby sisters!!" We try to tell him he might have a baby brother, hoping he won't be dissapointed if it's a boy! He's not so great with girl names (some of you know the story ... !) but he's came up with some classic boy names, i.e. Thomas, Gordon, Henry, Percy!!! So funny ;) We measured his bed and Emerson's bed and decided that they will probably share the room Em is in right now. It's hard to decide what to do with only 3 rooms upstairs! Some other thoughts we've had are Blake sharing a room with the baby, because he's older and sleeps through more noise. Or if it's a boy the 2 boys sharing a room, if it's a girl the 2 girls sharing a room?! For sure in a few years, the boys or the girls will share, but for now we're thinking Blake and Em will share for a few years. Blake's actually excited about sharing a room with Em, so that's good!! We'll do a little decorating and make their "space" special. We've been casually looking for a new house, nothing serious yet, but we hope to move before Blake starts Kindergarten. Somewhere closer to my parents and hopefully within a few blocks of an elementary school. I had an ultrasound about 5 weeks ago and saw the little one (really, really, really little one - 7 weeks, 1 day at that time) and heard it's heart beat! It was exciting, but I will be truthful and say I was glad to hear and see only ONE heart beat!!! lol!! We aren't going to find out the sex of the baby. We enjoyed the surprise of Blake and Emerson and since we have 1 of each sex there's no urge to find out!! Although I could be convinced ... Cal not so much :S So, needless to say we will be very busy come November!! 3 children, 3 and under! Yikes!! I have "morning" sickness again, and I say "morning" sickness, because it is more like "all day" sickness!! I'm on Diclectin again, so that's keeping me out of the hospital basically!!! With Blake I was sick pretty much all the way through, but it did ease up during my 5th month. With Emerson I wasn't as sick and felt better around the 12th or 13th week. I am really hoping that it eases up this time after the 12th week (which is this Wednesday). Of course there's all the tiredness as well, which is even harder this time around with 2 toddlers! I am already showing a little bit, and in fact that was my first hint that I might be pregnant! I've always heard with each pregnancy you show sooner and that has held true with both Emerson and now this one! We will keep everyone up to date on our blog!

Lots of love,

Cal, Tracy, Blake, Emerson and Baby
XOXOX