Well, the cat's out of the bag...the Shunt family is expanding by one! I am expecting our newest member, froggy, some time around April 29th. Although, to be honest, I'm hoping it is before then, because that means I may have actually gone into labor by myself this time.
We are very excited by this news and have been patiently waiting to tell everyone. We started with my family during our annual trip to the Dells. Mike made Raegan a cute shirt that says, "this little monkey has a secret" on the front and then "I'm gonna be a big sister" on the back. The plan didn't work out as smoothly as I had hoped, but all were excited about the news and at the same time, upset we had kept it from them for so long (and lied to some). Then we told Mike's dad, mom and sister. His mom was funny cause she read Rae's shirt about three times before she looked at us in astonishment. She wasn't sure she was reading it right; we laughed.
The biggest person we are working on telling about froggy is Rae. We have been teaching her to say "big sister" of which sometimes she just says no, but other times she says it. I think she is going to be a great big sister. We were able to meet a new baby last week and Raegan did not mind that I was holding her and she even got a chance to hold her. She was cute looking at the baby and cried when I took her away. Here's to hoping she stays this good!
I had two doctor appointments so far. Mike and Rae came with to the first one and we got to see the precious little flicker of a heart beat on the screen. Not too much to report so far except that I am able to listen to the heartbeat whenever I want and have been doing so since about week nine. I am almost 14 week, so almost one third of the way done. It's amazing how fast it goes when you don't even feel pregnant! I am so looking forward to feeling this little one move.
Mike is days away from being done with his cross country season. Four of his runners advanced to sectionals, two guys and two girls. It is a really great accomplishment for these kids, but I'm not gonna lie, I can't wait to have him back, and neither can Rae!
