New Baby Announcement (preganancy at 17 weeks)

We made the announcement of "Sibby" (Austin's Future Sibling) by showing people a video we made featuring Austin...



We knew that we wanted Austin to make the announcement. Since he does not talk yet, we needed to come up with a creative way to tell everyone. We looked online and found a shirt that was perfect. The front says, "I have a secret" and the back says "I'm going to be a Big Brother."  Some people got to see Austin wearing the shirt in person and others got the video. It surprised us at times how long it took people to read his shirt. But I guess I don't always go around reading shirts either. Everyone was really excited about the new baby.

Everything has been going well with this pregnancy. I am glad the first trimester is over. I was always so nauseous and tired. Now I have more energy and am not nauseous. At my last doctor appointment I had gained 6 pounds. The interesting part with my weight is before I was pregnant with Sibby I weighed 8 pounds less than when before I was pregnant with Austin. All the breastfeeding and running after Austin really helped me lose the weight.

I'm now starting to look pregnant. I don't enjoy being pregnant. Obviously I love the outcome but I really could do without the 9 months of pregnancy. We were later than normal telling people for several reasons. We never tell people before the end of the first trimester because I am scared of a miscarriage. Then we were hoping Melissa would tell us that she was pregnant. Then Brian's mom was coming up because Grandma sold her house so we decided to wait and show them in person with Austin's shirt. It's always better to tell people in person.

We are getting so excited for Sibby. In two weeks, we find out the gender. I am really excited to find out this time. It worked out not finding out with Austin but I am glad we are going to find out this time. Once we find out the gender, I am going to decide on a theme for Sibby's room. I am not thinking about it until we know.

Austin will be moving into our old office. We moved everything that was in our office to our lower level bedroom. It really turned out nice. When Melissa was here she painted Austin's name on the wall of his new room. I love it. I decided to make his bedroom cars, trucks, and airplane themed. His room will remain blue.

I am starting to feel Sibby move and that is a great feeling. I love feeling babies move because it makes it all the more real. Things are going to be a challenge at first with Sibby and Austin but as we learned from Austin is does get easier.

Table for one please.  I brought my own sippy cup.