Exciting Times!!

As Garrett would say... "TA DA"

That's right...we are expecting baby number 2 in late March of 2014.  This go round has been much different then when I was pregnant with Garrett.  While I was pregnant with Garrett I was never sick except for maybe 3 days.  I have also been exhausted, shew it is no joke!
We were able to tell family around eight weeks and friends around 11 weeks.  We choose not to have genetic testing done so we have only been able to hear the heartbeat, which was incredible to hear!  We have our first ultrasound scheduled for October 29th and at that time we will find out the sex of the baby.  We can not wait!
I think the most exciting part of this journey was being able to tell Garrett.  We went and picked Garrett up from school early and told him we had a surprise for him.  He was pumped.  He got in the car and started the questions about his surprise.  "Is it something I wanted for Christmas?  Is it a car?  Is it a banana?  Is it (just fill in anything you can think)?"  Well he has been asking for a baby brother or sister for a while now so I told him it was something he wanted.
I got him home and told him to sit on the sofa.  I warned him that it was not a toy.  I didn't want him to open his gift and be let down.  His gift was the shirt he is wearing in the picture above.  So he closed his eyes and I put his shirt in his lap.  Before he opened his gift he asked if it was underwear...lol!  I was so tickled!  So he opened his eyes and smiled and said "A SHIRT!!!"  So I told him what the shirt said and asked if he knew what that meant and he said no.  So I told him that it meant that I had a baby in my belly!   He was over the moon excited.  His eyes were so big with excitement and it just warmed my heart beyond words.  He gave me a huge hug and then gave the baby a hug.
He is already protective and it tickles me.  We were headed out to let him tell our parents and he said "Daddy you need to make sure to drive slow because there is a baby in mommy's belly."  I was sitting with him in the back seat and he smiled and said there are 3 of us back here.  He continued this for a while and it made me so happy.  He loves the thought of being a big brother.
I let him wear his shirt the next day to school and he was able to tell all the teachers and friends.  He was pumped.  So pumped that he had a terrible day at school.  Ha! I think he lost his listening ears for the day.
Anyway we are very excited.  I am going to be doing at least every 2 week pregnancy updates.  I know that every week is a bit ambitious for me.  I am so tired it is hard for me to post at night.  I will also post a picture of "the bump" that has formed starting Sunday or Monday.