Our big news...

Ok, so I'm a little bit late at posting our big news thus many of you already know. But for those of you who don't we are expecting baby #2 on January 1, 2013.

I am a little over 15 weeks along now and thankfully starting to feel pretty good (well, that is as good as you can feel for being pregnant). The nausea and morning sickness is pretty much gone and I'm starting to get a little more energy as well. I was not nearly as sick as I was with Micah so for that I am thankful however, I had forgotten how incredibly exhausted you can be during the first trimester. It was like all I wanted to do was sleep and no matter how much sleep I got it wasn't enough. I'm still tired now but then again I am chasing around a 17 month old who has a lot of energy and also have not been sleeping great. Thankfully I can nap everyday when Micah does and even though that means the house isn't as clean as I would like it and the laundry is piling up I definitely am taking advantage of sleeping when I can. Thankfully I have an understanding husband who doesn't mind helping out.

Otherwise the pregnancy has been good. I've had 2 doctor appointments thus far and one ultrasound. I think that no matter how many kids I have it will always be amazing to see a baby at only 9 weeks moving its little arms and seeing its little heart beating. How amazing to know that we have such a awesome creator.

I found out I was pregnant on April 30th. It was a Saturday night probably about 10pm and Corey was in bed reading. I had had a sneaking suspicion for about a day so I decided to do a pregnancy test. It came back positive immediately and the thought crossed my mind that I should wait and come up with some creative way to tell Corey but I knew I wouldn't be able to wait. So, I just asked him if he could come into the bathroom and his first thought was that there was a lightbulb out. I know....kinda random but we've been having problems with these lights in our bathroom. So you can imagine his surprise when instead of seeing a light out he saw this...

I think it took the news longer for me to sink in and process than it did Corey as he was pretty much instantly excited.

We told our families a few weeks later (May 14 and 15) and they too were all excited. We told my dad and step-mom and Corey's parents in the same way. We had some pink and blue paint samples and since we still have some house projects of which painting is one of then it was fitting to ask them for an opinion on paint colors. Anyways, we showed them the pink and blue paint samples and then told them we wanted to paint the spare bedroom and see what color they liked. Our dads were a little slow to catch on but Corey's mom and my step-mom got it. The next day was Jori's 16th surprise birthday party and all my family was going out to Chilis to celebrate. So, we signed Jori's card --Corey, Kasey, Micah, and Baby#2. She kinda glanced over it but then when she re-read it she blurted out Kasey is pregnant and everyone screamed. The whole restaurant looked at us like we were crazy and if they knew that in 5+ months there would be another baby at our table they probably would have thought we were crazy!!! :)

So, that is our big news. We are of course excited and thankful for this little life. I will admit I am already tired thinking about having a newborn and chasing around a 2 year old...but I know it will be so worth it. We'll keep you posted along the way. And as soon as I get the ultrasound pics scanned in I'll post those too.