Announcing. . .

The arrival of our new baby!

Isn't he cute? This two-year-old has recently had quite a fascination with babies. He notices them everywhere we go and points them out to me with pleasure. Why he pronounces the word baby like "bee" but can say "amazing" almost perfectly is beyond me, but I take what I can get. He also has wanted to be wrapped as a baby, always in the same cars and trucks comforter.

My other baby, Ashley, is getting to be less baby-ish every day. She is almost fifteen months old and is becoming quite a nuisance in church. She can make it through Sacrament meeting pretty well but poor Joel spends the remainder of Church roaming the halls. Unfortunately I am out in the halls pretty often as well, so when Ashley sees me she is less than happy with me not being able to hold her.

Aren't these cute? I found these second hand for three dollars. Ashley needed some new church shoes pretty badly so I found some girly ones. They are too girly for Joel, but I told him that when he buys the clothes and dresses the kids, he can decide what they wear. Little does he know I won't let it get to that point. . .

And, if you've made it this far, you can be "in the know," as they say. We are expecting another baby in March. Everett thinks its so neat I have a baby in my tummy that he informed me that he has one in his as well. It's a boy, apparently. At 13 weeks along, we are now excited and ready for the challenge of having three kids ages three and under. It will be an adventure, to say the least!

Here's the fuzzy pixelated lima bean, for those of you who are interested. Baby is three inches long and one ounce.

And, because I know some of you will be wondering, here are the answers to what might be your questions:

1. Yes, I have been a little nauseated and very tired. Nothing big; I'm sure I'll be tired until I get all these kids out of the house, and then I'll have to sleep for ten years just to make up for lost time, so "tired" is a state I'm getting used to.

2. Yes, technically I may be "showing". However, most of it is the extra weight from my "well-I-guess-I'm-pregnant-now-so-forget-all-this-eating-to-be-trim" attitude. Go figure (hah.) I lost my remaining five pounds from Ashley and gained six for this baby the very next week, after no dietary changes, so I pretty much threw in the towel after that.

3. Do I have names picked out? Yes. But we'll save those for later :).

4. Do I know what it is? I have my suspicions, but I was wrong with both of my other kids. (I think it's a boy, by the way).

5. What about your 500 square feet of living space? Good question. Baby will be sleeping in a bouncer in our room for his/her first two months of life until we move. Who knows, maybe it will even help with acid reflux. When we move, we'll figure out a more long-term solution.

So, there you go! I was going to think of a creative way to announce this, but quite frankly, I'm too tired. Don't worry; I am getting used to it, and I am reveling in these days when I have both kids napping at the same time.