Our Best News of the Year!!!

There are few things in life that have the ability to make you feel exuberant. Falling in love.....Being in love.....Your wedding day.....Finding out your having your first child.....and your second.....and third.....

Which is exactly the news we want to share...We're having a baby!!! Beautiful baby #3!

Exuberant??

...TOTALLY!

Dave and I found out last Sunday. I'm 5 weeks along, due on Dave's birthday! February 19. I actually took two due date calculators; one said February 19 and the other said February 14 ♥ Valentines Day ♥ I don't mind due dates much though. I figure sometime in February is good with me :D

A week after we got back from our camping trip in Sedona, I knew for sure that I had ovulated. I was absolutely 100% positive and I was right!! Clearly. Haha...

They say Sedona is a magical place. And I would have to agree! I got pregnant with this baby without ever having a period. Not even one (I never had one after I had Levi). It was just time...written in the stars truly.

A couple of months ago I literally felt a switch flip in my mind (and my heart)...and immediately I felt like I wanted a baby now. I even told Dave, "I want one like yesterday!" Those words exactly. And here we are, blessed beyond belief!

Words can't express the excitement we feel. Dave is especially stoked. He was happy when we found out we were having Dakota and Levi, but with this one, he seems especially joyful. He tells me almost everyday. The day after we found out, he wrote me a note before he went to work that said, "I love you preggo!" Makes me smile.

My favorite memory so far about this pregnancy is when we told Dakota she was going to be a big sister to another baby. Her face beamed. I don't think I've ever seen a look like that on her face before. We told her while we were all sitting at the dinner table. We had just finished eating and it was a perfect calm and peaceful moment. I sat her on my lap and explained to her that I had a little, teeny, tiny baby in my belly. Since then she's both drawn and painting me a picture of the "new baby". Of course we will treasure them forever.

This is definitely an interesting time to be pregnant. Our home sale is poking along. One thing after another. But we're contently waiting, happy to be focusing on our newest addition in the works. We're not sure how the timing will work out; Whether we'll still be here (which judging by how long this is taking, is a real possibility!) or we'll be in transition, either moving or staying with my parents for a bit while find another place, or we could already be in the new house. Who knows! All I know is what is most important...our family of FIVE!