It's Official...Another one is on the way!

So, besides our families and a handful of other people knowing...we thought we would let the rest of you in on our secret.

#6 is on the way!

We are due Sept. 1

 The due date is a few days sooner than I expected, but I don't mind that at all. 

We found out we were pregnant on New Year's Eve, but we didn't go to the doctor until today, so I have been waiting to announce to the world that we were pregnant.

We find out what we are having April 12th...Bridger told me to plan on a girl, and maybe he will get lucky and it will be a boy (I have always planned on it the other way around).  We are good with either a boy or a girl.

So when this baby is born we will have:

3 kids 2 and under:  my thoughts --scary!  Jay's thoughts --what was I thinking

4 kids 4 and under: my thoughts --crazy!  Jay's thoughts --stressful

5 kids 6 and under: my thoughts --still crazy, but Macie is a great help!  Jay's thoughts --help me

6 kids 9 and under: my thoughts --thank goodness for a big brother to help out!  Jay's thoughts --insane

(Do Jay's thoughts just get worse?!...he is a funny guy.)

We really both are very excited, and couldn't be happier.  With our go around of trying to get pregnant we are thrilled that we are able to have another baby.  Now, looking back we both are continually aware that we weren't suppossed to get pregnant for those 5 years because we needed Macie and Emy in our family.  We are so thankful for Heavenly Father's plan and thankful that He continually makes adjustments in our family so we recieve the blessings that He wants for us.  I couldn't imagine my life with out my 5 wonderful kids and I am excited to see what life will be like with another sweet baby in our home.

Some Secrets are just too hard to keep...Baby #5 is on the way!

So we planned on waiting until Christmas to tell our families that we were pregnant, but Jay only made it about 2 days with his family and then he figured that he could tell all sorts of people after that as long as it ended with "don't tell Janae's parents".  I don't think his mom believed him though.  I asked him if she was excited when he told her and he said that she didn't really say much, then the next day when we were at the doctor appointment she called and said "well is she pregnant"?  Jay said, "yes" thinking I just told you this yesterday, and then we got the response we wanted.   I thought it was pretty funny. 

I made it a few weeks and then decided that I could tell my parents on my dad's 60th birthday (Happy Birthday Daddy-O).  That was about a week and a half ago, and I haven't been feeling the greatest, plus I have been the busiest ever with my vinyl business, so I haven't had the chance to post our exciting news.
I have felt sick all day long, but one day (hopefully in the next 3-4 weeks) I will feel much better. 

The other morning Macie was laying by me in bed and I said that I didn't feel very good.  She looked at me and said "Mom, does that baby in there (as she pointed to my stomach) have a diaper on?"  I giggled and said "nope".  She thought for a minute and said, "Maybe that is why your tummy hurts all the time".   I laughed pretty hard.  Then tried to convince her she will be old enough to change the baby's diaper when it is born...she didn't go for that.

Well the secret is out...blame my husband...I was totally fine until waiting until Christmas!

2 Days Till Baby

I went to the doctor yesterday and got lots of good news after a long wait in the waiting room. They didn't have my appointment saved, so I saw a different doctor than I usually do. He measured me and was concerned that the baby was too small or that I didn't have enough amniotic fluid, so off to get an ultra sound. We came back to the room to see what he thought of the ultra sound results and they only checked the fluid levels, not the size of the baby, so back for another ultra sound we went.
Well every looked fine and they think the baby will be around 6 lbs. In the ultra sound the tech also thought that the baby had a head full of hair, she was pretty sure it was hair, but she said it might be vernix (just that stuff that covers their skin in the womb). I was bald till I was almost 2, so just the thought of hair is fun.
I am dilated to a very generous 3 (the doctors words...but they sound more exciting than just dilated to a 3) and 80% effaced. That probably won't matter to much because I convinced the doctor to switch my induction date to this Friday...only 2 more days. He wasn't hard to convince. I think he felt bad that we had been there for 2 1/2 hours.

Pregnancy News

So I went to the doctor on Tuesday and found out that I am 2 cm dilated. I don't remember how far I ever dilated with Bridger, one appointment they said I was at a 3 and a few days later a different doctor said I don't know what they were talking about, you are barely a 1. And that is the last I remember with being dilated with that pregnancy.
But we are excited that things are progressing, and I have to admit that I am getting nervous to have a new baby at home. I am not afraid for delivery, just the late nights and crying and still having to deal with all the other things that 3 other kids bring into our lives. I am sure that it will all work out fine and that I will be thrilled with our new little baby.
We decided to schedule a day to get induced so I will feel good by Christmas. The date is set on Monday December 15th. Only 11 days left! I hope that I will go into labor before then, because I don't necessarily want to be induced. I like the excitement of not knowing when it will come and will we get there in time. With Bridger from the start of the first contraction till he was born was about an hour and 30 minutes. It was so fast and I was hoping to have another similar story. But we decided that if the baby doesn't come by its due date (the 19th) then we didn't want to take the chance of being at the hospital on Christmas or even Christmas Eve. This way I will feel pretty good by Christmas. If this was our first baby, then being in the hospital at that time of year wouldn't be awful, but since we have other little kids at home, I want to be here and feel good for Christmas.


Just a few Pregnancy Photos for my own enjoyment.

31 weeks 3 days


36 weeks and 2 days



This is just to show that Macie can wink...look closely.