oops, we did it again.

in the words of the always relevant britney spears-
oops, we did it again!

we were surprised.  but we shouldn't have been surprised.  we had been lazily trying for quite some time.  if it happened it happened, if it didn't it didn't.  we were 100% fine either way.

when it did happen, i was shocked.  the line on that little pee stick seemed like it turned red before i even sat down.  red red.  super red.  undeniably pregnant.

i've always wanted to do one of those cute husband reveals, but i can't keep a secret.  i called billy immediately.

"guess what?!  i'm pregnant."

"......
....... what?"

"i know!  i can't believe it!  we're going to have another baby!"

"...........
 ....... ...
ohhhh
nooooo."

"but it's good right?  i mean we were trying right?"

"i know, i just got used to it not working!"

"well, it worked!"

"oh wow....
......
...... you're boobs are going to get huge again!"

"so we're okay now?"

that's about how it went.  how is it supposed to go with the second one?  mostly this past month i've forgotten i'm even pregnant.  i think this is the second child's destiny.  i will most likely forget it in a grocery cart at some point during it's first few months of life.
ohhh, the second one.  where did i put that?

it's nice though, to be able to forget about it a little.  meaning, i'm glad i'm not sick.  i've felt really great and mostly unpregnant, aside from the fact that my waistline immediately went to shit.  that tends to happen though when you're incubating another human.  your body becomes someone elses.  i find it best to accept it and move forward.

watch as i become enormous!

9 weeks.

we have a new doctor, and we already love the new practice.  since we got to experience the most dramatic, suspenseful, scary delivery we could have ever imagined with finn's emergency c-section, we decided to not try for anything spectacular this go round and have opted for a nice, drama-free, mark it on the calendar and show up on time, repeat c-section.  much to my complete delight, the new doctor told me they like to schedule it for 39 weeks.  you might recall that i was pregnant with finn for 42 1/2 weeks, meaning this time i get to be pregnant 3 1/2 weeks LESS.  i practically get to skip the last month!  thrilled doesn't even begin to describe it.

honestly, i felt so good the first month of knowing before the doctor's appointment, that i kind of felt like maybe i made it up.  maybe i wasn't even pregnant?  but sure enough, a sweet little heartbeat thump thumping away and the tell-tale signs of billy's forehead were staring back at me at my first ultrasound last week.  hi, baby!

the new little one should be making his or her debut on september 3rd, two days after daddy's birthday :)

there's a lot of things you can worry about with any pregnancy.  but i'm happy to say, i haven't felt worried about a thing.  i've felt a wonderful sense of calm and confidence.  i'm glad for that.

i'm also glad for naps.  and amazingly supportive friends and family.  and my husband.

and my favorite little boy ever.

this new little one already has a lot to be thankful for.