So, even though you will not be reading this for a few more weeks, this weekend we found out we are pregnant again!!!! Donny and I for several months now have been at that point where we felt like we needed to decide, "are we done? or do we go for one more?" With 3 kids, we are already the national average sized family, not big, not small.
I always knew I wanted a lot of kids one day. As a matter of fact, when I was younger, I used to say I was going to have 12 kids: 6 natural, 6 adopted. (6 boys and 6 girls of course, because, after all, this IS a perfect world, right?) In fact, I always wanted to adopt 6 kids from 6 countries (and this was before anyone even knew who Angelina Jolie was, so NO! It was not based on trends or fads.) haha! I even had all their names picked out since I knew that my husband one day would have absolutely NO opinion on the matter and I would be able to name them all on my very own. :) I was really into the whole boys-names-for-girls thing so my girl names were always names like Quinn, Ryan, Kyle, etc. haha! well, I guess for the older generation, "Aubree" is a boy's name. At least that's the first response I get from them when I tell them her name. :) Well, I will admit that I no longer desire 12 kids (to my husband's delight and relief I'm sure) but I am ecstatic to say there is now another Wetzel in the works! I am totally one of those women who LOVES being pregnant.
Also, we are really hoping for a boy so that he can grow up close to Nicholas and all. Anyways, this past weekend I just couldn't wait so I took a test and lo and behold....POSITIVE!!! I am so excited! We both decided we wanted to wat until after we get an ultrasound before telling anyone though so even though I am writing this post now, I know that nobody will be seeing it for another month and a half. :( I am going to refer back to it and continue on it as an ongoing journal entry-style post of these first 2 months though. I know I will get many "congratulations" from all of you so I will just happily bask in them now even though you haven't even sent them yet. haha!
6/26/12
I am going just a bit crazy right now!!! A few of our close family and friends now know about the pregnancy but Donny is wanting to wait to tell his family at our big July 4th get together which is still a week away! Aubree and Nicholas already know and talk about it all the time so I'm not sure how it is going to stay quiet if they see their granparents between now and then! :) I just keep thinking to myself, ok, this is the LAST TIME we are EVER going to get to have these experiences so hopefully that will help me keep it a secret for just a bit longer. Honestly I am utterly shocked that my husband has not blurted it out yet! He is not the secret-keeping type at all. Every year he tells me ALL of my presents before Christmas even arrives! :) well...if he can do it, I can! right?
7/17/12
Well, we did not tell the family yet. ugh! This is stressing me out. I have several times now almost blurted it out or made comments to give it away. His dad wasn't there for the first part of the cookout so I kept whispering to him throughout the whole day...tell them now???? and he would shake his head "not yet". Then we went to his parents house to watch fireworks and........well, here we are 2 weeks later and still have't told them. I am pretty sure he knew the whole time he only wanted to wait until the ultrasound. I am the one who keeps pushing him to blurt it out but he is amazing me at how determined he is to wait. (honestly, I think it is because he is nervous it might be twins again so he wants to see the ultrasound first) :) I keep feeling nervous that it might be twins but I think it's just because EVERYONE keeps saying it is. Not sure why everyone wants to wish twins on someone who already has a set. haha! well, hopefully we will stik to the 30th, which is when our ultrasound is.
8/2/12
Well, it is finally out! So I will finally be able to publish this post!!! Monday was the ultrasound...
the ultrasound picture kinda sucks but this is baby wetzel at 10 weeks old. Very clearly ONE baby. (For those of you who keep joking that it still looks like there could be another, here is what the twins's ultrasound looked like:
So, as you can see...VERY different and twins are VERY clear! :)
Well, we are ecstatic and will fid out this baby's gender hopefully on August 23rd but maybe not until September 10th as those are my next 2 ultrasounds. I will definitely be letting everyone know. As you can tell by now, we are not the type to keep these things secret. Well, that is that! Baby Wetzel #4!
