Our New Addition

It's been so long since I've blogged. I'm so embarrassed! I was talking to Dad on the phone today and he reminded me that I need to update my blog. I've got so much to catch up on but the biggest announcement is that we're expecting our second child in September!!! We found out that I'm pregnant in January but I wanted to keep it a secret until I could announce it to our families in person. I wasn't sure how long we'd have to wait because we didn't have any plans to visit Idaho in the near future but I thought it would be fun for it to be our little secret. As it turns out, Mike isn't capable of keeping a secret so he told his family shortly after we found out. I was still determined to wait and tell my family in person, but we didn't end up making the trip to Idaho until April when I was already 16 weeks and starting to look pregnant. But it was fun to finally share our news. We had our ultra sound on May 9th and were very excited to find out that it is a boy. We were both really hoping for a boy this time. He looked healthy and everything is going fine. It's been an easier pregnancy than it was with Haylee, my morning sickness wasn't nearly as bad, foods and smells didn't make me too queasy and so far I haven't had any back problems. I am starting to have some pain in my hips, but the doctor said it's fairly common and nothing to worry about as long as it doesn't get any worse. I think boy names are harder for me. Mike decided that he wanted to name him Gage. I really like it. I was planning on having a few names on our list and we would decide when he's born which is the best fit but so far I haven't been able to come up with anything I like as much. So, for now we are calling him Gage. We have so much to do in preparation for his arrival, but we've still got about three months to go. Time to get busy!