BIG BROTHER BLAKE! COMING SOON - FEBRUARY 2009!!!

That's right!! Blake is going to be a big brother and Cal and I will be parents of 2! We are very excited! I am 11 weeks, 4 days pregnant and my official due date is February 8, 2009. We found out we were expecting on June 8th. Well, actually I took a test on June 7 but didn't believe it, so I waited and took another test the morning of June 8! Cal and Blake were laying in our bed and I walked into the room with the test in my hand and asked Cal, "Do you think Blake is ready to be a big brother?" The surprise on Cal's face was priceless!! We weren't "trying" but we weren't not trying!! LOL! Of course, Blake is too young right now to understand that he is going to be a big brother, but I'm hoping as my belly grows he might understand there's a baby in there! We had an ultrasound on June 19 and all 3 us of saw the little one (really, really, really little one - 6 weeks, 4 days at that time) and heard it's heart beat! Blake was pointing at the screen and saying, "Oh! Oh! Oh!" I had tears in my eyes and said, "Yeah, that's your baby brother or sister!" It was an amazing moment. We aren't going to find out the sex of the baby. We enjoyed the surprise of Blake and don't care either way whether it's a boy or a girl, so we're going the surprise route again!! And we already have our UC Baby appointment booked. It is on November 15. I will be 28 weeks at that time and that is when we went with Blake, which turned out awesome, so hopefully this session will be just as good! So, needless to say we will be very busy come February!! 2 children under the age of 2!? 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!!! Although, I am not sick to my stomach as much this time. Volume wise I mean! Sounds yucky I know, but I am not losing as much each time I bow to the throne!!! With Blake I was sick pretty much all the way through, but it eased up during my 5th month. I am really hoping that it eases up this time after the 12th week (which is this Sunday). Of course there's all the tiredness as well, which is even harder this time around with a 1 yr. old! None the less, as with Blake I feel so blessed and lucky and am very happy to be growing a baby, whether I'm sick or not! It is such a miracle and I can't wait to feel it's first movements!! I'm quite the planner and right now we're trying to decide what to do with the crib situation, etc. We think we'll leave Blake in his crib and buy a new crib for the baby. I don't want to rush Blake out of his crib and it makes into a bed anyways, so he can keep it. We'll probably buy the same kind of crib for the new baby and then they can keep it as well! That's the plan for now anyways!! We've been looking at double strollers as well and trying to decide if it's worth it or not. A friend of mine bought a really cool one from the States so we might do that! Blake will move to the third bedroom upstairs and the baby will take over the nursery! We're excited to plan Blake's big boy room!! I'm also really excited about these new diapers I found, called G Diapers. They fall between a disposable diaper and a cloth diaper. I was hoping to buy my own cloth diapers and covers, but now we're thinking about using these G Diapers. We'll see!! I am already showing and looking back at pictures from when I was pregnant with Blake, I think I look now how I did when I was 17 weeks pregnant with Blake! I've always heard you show sooner with your 2nd! We will keep everyone up to date on our blog, which is now shared between Blake and his new sibling!!! Blake is great at sharing, so he doesn't mind :)

Lots of love,

Cal, Tracy, Blake and Baby
XOXOX