It's not just Drew's Blog anymore...

Yes, that's right, we are expecting...another baby! The funny thing is it's going to be a repeat it seems...this baby is due July 27...Drew was due July 24, born August 1! So, we certainly didn't plan it to be that close, because, it's essentially impossible to do that, but the Lord knows what He is doing, so they could share the same birthday, we'll just have to wait and see!

We had fun telling the family this time...we found out the day before Thanksgiving but decided to wait to tell them until Christmas. So we wrapped up the initial sonogram picture and had the Mom's open them up at Christmas, it was greatness! The Palmer family had an incredible reaction - as everyone got it, the ladies/girls all chimed in with Joyce's screaming & clapping while the boys just sat there smiling. It was pretty great. The Glienke family was also very surprised, with a bit less noise, but the same amount of excitement...Mom's response was something along the lines of "I've been praying & waiting for this!", so I guess God was tired of hearing her ask for another grandkid and decided to answer it how she wanted! I think that could probably be said for both Grandmothers really! :) So we were happy with everyone being so excited and being able to tell everyone at the same time.

We resisted telling the rest of the family and other friends until we had our "Christmas/New Year" card sent out with a picture of the most recent sonogram on it as part of the announcement. I guess we thought we'd do it a little different this time...
(If you read this blog and you didn't get a card from us & that makes you sad, just let me know, but I try to do my best at picking who would truly want one & who I would just annoy with it!)

We have told Drew, but he doesn't get it, of course. Though a funny story...we asked him to try and say Baby one time, and he adamantly responded with "No!" Hope that was just a fluke, though recently he hasn't been keen to sharing Mommy with any other children, so hopefully he gets over that before Baby shows up!

So far, things are going well. There's been a little bit of nausea in the morning, and sometimes in the evening, but usually a few crackers will take care of it, and of course there's the fatigue...but with the stress of Christmas prep past & Drew through his odd phase of waking us up in the middle of the night, that has been much better too! So, we'll keep you posted on the progress & looking forward to meeting this new blessing from God in July or August!