the 4th

Announcing you're pregnant when you already have 3 little kids is a lot different than your first. Instead of "congrats" you get a lot of "was this planned?" and "Was it an oops?" The guys at Doug's work honestly thought he had to be kidding. I wouldn't be so shocked if we didn't live in Happy Valley, but man, this 4th kid seems to be a big deal. Charlotte is so excited. I took her to my ultrasound at the hospital when I was around 12 weeks and didn't tell Charlotte why we were there. When Mindy put the wand on my tummy Charlotte asked with a smile, "Is that a baby?" She was thrilled. She wanted me to tell everyone right away and anytime we saw a neighbor she made me tell them that I was having a baby. The best part is that awkward are you fat or are you having a baby stage? You know the neighbors are giving you strange looks. We had our ultrasound today and baby looks healthy and measures right on track for a 21st of December delivery. We are trying not to find out what it is. I say trying because due to circumstances out of my control my mom was in the room at the ultrasound and I'm pretty sure she knows. We'll see how long it lasts. My cerclage is in place and my cervix is holding up pretty good. Here's to keeping this baby in til December!