deux.

when i found out i was pregnant for emme, i called my mom within probably 20 minutes of the second pink line appearing.  i was so shocked by the news myself, i couldn't really keep it to myself.  she has jokingly given me a hard time about it since then - wondering why, since i'm theoretically at least somewhat clever, i didn't come up with a better/more story-worthy way of telling that exciting news.  

so.  back in early may on a tuesday morning, i found out that i am pregnant again.  i had originally wanted to do something fun/clever to tell justin this time around as well (the first time involved me staring at him until he woke up), but i had taken a test before the weekend and it was negative (which i had told him).  so, when i randomly decided to take another test super early tuesday morning (even though we had had many talks about how unlikely it was that i had gotten pregnant this month), imagine my surprise when it was positive.  cue another classic-me moment of me being so excited i can hardly think clearly.  so, i did what anyone who is terrible with delayed gratification would do, and i put the positive test in front of the coffee pot.  when justin woke up and stumbled in to the kitchen, i was making emme's lunch for school, and i asked him if he wouldn't mind making the coffee.  of course, he saw the test right away, turned around, and his first response was "shut up".  hilarious.  

anyway.  i did manage to avoid telling my parents (or anyone else, really) right away.  this was made possible by their impending arrival for their may visit - i only had to make it through 2 weeks with the secret.  with marilyn coming to visit close on their heels, we figured we'd be able to announce to each family in person, which is super fun.  

we decided to let emme be the one to deliver the news.  we hit up the craft store, and i made her a little t-shirt that says "big sister to be", but the be is a picture of a bee that i crafted out of felt.  literal, but fun, we thought.  mom and dad were driving in around 6:30 or so on a friday evening, so we had ek bathed and in her special jammies to greet them.  when they pulled up, she was in her swing, so the shirt was obscured.  we exchanged hugs, etc., got her out of her swing, and then mom noticed something was written on her shirt.  she bends down and asks emme "what does your shirt say?".  then she reads "big sister to a bee....big sister to a bee?  what does that even mean?".  i wonder what the look on my face said in that moment - how was she interpreting this information as my daughter was acquiring an insect sibling?  hilarious.  it only took another second or two before it all clicked together and there was much celebrating, but the initial incredulity was SO funny.  

what made it almost funnier was that the following weekend, with marilyn, her reaction was almost EXACTLY the same.  she and i had had a conversation earlier that afternoon discussing some of our other friends' second children, and i guess i did a pretty decent job of throwing her off the track (i didn't want to spill the beans without justin being there).  

so, here we are.  expecting baby #2.  this little niblet is due in mid-january, so they will be 26 months apart or so.  crazy!  we are very excited, though much more distracted with a wee toddler running around than we were with round 1.  now that i'm about 14 weeks, i feel like i need to get it in gear and start prepping, at least a little bit.  we had an ultrasound at around week 8, and everything is looking good and normal so far.  i've been a little sicker this go-round than i was with emme, but seem to be on the other side of that now (yay!).  my belly is already starting to pop out, but i've only gained about 1 pound so far (as compared to the 8 i'd gained with emme by this point), so that is good news since i can NOT gain 50 pounds again (especially since i never lost the last 20 from the first go-round...woops).  

anyway...no strong feelings yet on whether part deux is a girl or a boy.  i think boy, but i always think boy.  justin, of course, thinks it's another girl.  i guess we will find out in january!