Growing Again

Guess what? Guess what? Guess what? Day Ivy is going to be a BIG SISTER!

I’m not sure she really understands all that will involve, but for now, she seems pretty fired up about it. Ken and I are, too! Although, mixed with that excitement is this strange feeling of disbelief and confusion. This did not happen the way that I thought it would. Ok, TECHNICALLY it happened just like you would expect… What I mean is that considering all of the LOOONG years waiting to get pregnant with Day, I expected the struggle for baby #2 would be similar. I hoped it wouldn’t be, but I honestly was prepared for a challenge. NOT SO! And so I’m left surprised, shocked, and just overwhelmed that we GET to do this again.

Yesterday was our first doctor’s appointment, and Flippy was an active little fig-sized fetus. It was awesome to see him/her move around, kick and wiggle. Until that moment, I was holding up a little wall of protection around my emotions. Maybe that’s human nature, maybe it’s my personality, but I reserved some excitement until then. And now, the levees have cracked… JOY is spilling out!

We got to SEE our baby!