Going Public

Welcome to my blog, family and friends! I've been writing just a little here and there since February--since Aaron and I seriously started trying to start a family. I can't promise this will be incredibly insightful, but I hope you enjoy seeing what I'm thinking along the way. Maybe I'll even talk Aaron into guest-posting one of these days. I hope you enjoy it!

The News!

It has been a week of revealing our news to our loved ones! Keeping a secret as big as this one has NOT been easy—and anyway, part of the fun is seeing our family and friends get as excited as we are about our news!

My parents were ecstatic—my mom said that she "wants to be a grandma" and has been thinking about it a lot, and my sister said that even though she has had lots of friends tell her they were pregnant, it was WAY cooler to hear it from family.

Aaron's mom enjoyed the "You're too young to be a grandma!" card, and was super excited for us, and Aaron's sister helped us start thinking of names. She and Aaron have both said that I am "the type" that would have a girl, so that's their vote for baby gender.

Aaron's dad and step mom said they were "elated" for us, and we are looking forward to seeing them in a few weeks.

The knitters were excited to hear on Mother's Day that I will soon be a mother--Amy P is ordering books for me to read, and Missy loaded me up with a whole baby library.

There are still several people we'd like to tell before the news gets all over the place, like Aaron's good friends from childhood, lots of Reddy cousins, my aunt Jan and cousin Ashley, and more of our good friends in Kansas City. In a few more weeks, the news will be out! Our volleyball team might be a bit disappointed, but I think they'll survive.