Thursday, February 19, 2009

Drum roll, please....

We found out two Sundays ago, the 8th, that we are expecting our 2nd child. Wow! Our second. And we couldn't be more thrilled! As you can see, from the picture below, Holden's already reading up on all things pregnancy. As of now, we're thinking that the baby's due date will be around October 19th, so our two will be slightly over 22 months apart. I don't have a doctor's appointment scheduled for a few more weeks.

Up until Holden was a couple of months old, I wasn't much into blogging. Tim and I mainly used our blog to post videos for our families, which I will always cherish. So most of my pregnancy account of Holden is either captured in pictures, a journal, his baby book, or in my forgetful brain. For this baby, I intend to stay up to date with regular belly growth pics, updates on appointments, ext. I'll also try to post comparison pictures from when I was pregnant with Holden. From what I hear, most women start showing more quickly with the second pregnancy. We'll see! I remember feeling "thick" with Holden and not really popping out until around the 6 month mark.

Something different we will be doing with this baby that we didn't do with Holden, is that, we will be sharing the baby's sex, but will be keeping the name a secret until the birth. I would love for it all to be a surprise, but that would cause my Type A personality to go insane.
This was my book when I was a little girl. Once we found out, we thought it would be a good idea to get it down for Holden. Suffice to say, he absolutely adores the book! He even says, "be be" now. Does it get any more precious than that?
Lately, he's been pointing at the little boy in the picture. This is his favorite page.
YAY!!!!!

6 comments:

CFox said...

WOW. HOLY COW! HHHOOOOOORRRRRRAAAAAAYYYYY!!! I hope you're feeling ok; fingers crossed that the nausea stays at bay (unlike last time). Lily will be so excited when I tell her in the morning. Congratulations Ruse Family!

Anonymous said...

We are so happy for you!

Stephanie said...

I am so happy for you and Tim. I know Holden is going to be the best big brother ever!

Dicky and Sarah Smith said...

I am so happy for all three (four) of you! You are such a sweet family and God has great plans for you. :)

Anonymous said...

I'm so excited that you are going to blog about your pregnancy this time -with pictures. Nana wants to know everything of course!! I remember the baby book being your favorite too.

Tyler and Shea Moses said...

Ruse Family!

I am so excited to know that God's plan is to grow your sweet family into an even sweeter one with the arrival of the newest member! Congratulations, Tyler and I are very excited for you guys.

Shea