It's True. . .

Yes, the rumors are true..we are having another baby! Yes, Caden and his brother or sister will be just at or under 18 months apart. Yes, we are 17 weeks along. Yes, we did wait FOREVER to tell ANYONE (don't hate) and yes we ARE CRAZY...in love with these babies!



I have messages in my inbox, text messages and emails that I haven't responded to yet so I thought I would just do an update so everyone could be on the same page. So where to start?!? How about on March 1st when Caden and I were at Target and I was loading the car and all the sudden felt the most overwhelming feeling I had ever felt and just started bawling
...not knowing what the heck was wrong with me I got Caden back out of the car seat went back into Target and bought a pregnancy test. Got home unloaded Caden and took the test to find a negative result. Whew, close call! Fast forward 2 days to March 3rd, Caden and I are at home playing and I get that same feeling I got at Target. Good thing pregnancy test comes in 2's, took another test and boom, positive! In a state of shock, panic, and what the blank are we going to do I walked around the house than grabbed Caden and went to happy hour at Sonic, isn't that what every one does when they don't know what to do? :) The next few days we spent trying to make a "plan" and truly grab a hold of this and what it meant for our family. We decided that it would be fun to wait until Caden's birthday to let the news out. I was over 14 weeks at that point but we wanted to take some time and just soak it all in :). So we had a birthday party for our little one year old and the party favors where this:

So there you have it my friends, a new little bundle of Joy is on the way! I know there will be crazy days, I know I will be overwhelmed at times, I know I will have those moments that every mom hates to look back at and think I should have been more patient but my goal is to take it one day at a time. I want to enjoy each day with this little one in my tummy and hanging with my just Caden and than once he/she is here I want to enjoy each second of life with a toddler and a newborn! My house might lack a little cleaning, I might not be cooking meals every night, I might not be dressed with make-up on, I might not be answer my phone or door all the time but I will be loving on two babies and doing my best to be the mother God wants me to be for them.

This might not have been our actual plan, but it's what God has for us. We have seen God at work already in this precious little life. It has helped both Jerrick and I personally with things we had been struggling with. We have grown closer to each other and Christ and we have started enjoy our time with just Caden even more. It might have taken a little longer to get a hold of this but I can tell you we are so ready for what God has for us. We are beyond excited and laugh about what things just might be like in less then 5 months. Oh it's a day to day journey my friends but I think that just might be the the way God intends it to be. So my type "A" personality is on hold....I'm trying to plan less and less of my life and days and just enjoy some of these moments! Plus in a few months I have a feeling I won't be getting much done anyway so I might as well get used to it ;).

So with all that said on last bit of fun news: Tuesday I went to the Dr and did a gender scan so in this envelope holds the answer to . . .

. . . pink or blue, brother or sister, son or daughter (do you know how hard it was for me not to open it right then in there or much less lay on that table with my eyes closed?!?) We are having a gender reveal cake cutting party on Saturday or Sunday so we will update soon!

So here's to what God has in store for our soon to be family of 4!!!