Here we go again!

So here we go! Ford is officially 12.5 months old, and we’re already on our way toward celebrating another birthday in about seven months. We actually learned the happy news really early this time. I woke up one Sunday morning in July and just had a feeling, and it turns out my maternal instincts were right! There was no cute/sweet announcement for Brad. As with Ford, I just kind of blurted it out as soon as I knew. After a confirmation of pregnancy ultrasound the first week of August, we learned our little baby would be joining us sometime in March. (A word about the due date: My “dates” are really off, so the only way they can predict the due date is based on the size of the baby. It was the same way with Ford. We’ve gotten several dates, from mid-March to March 26. I’m going with March 23, my brother Brett’s birthday, because why not?)

We had a lot of fun telling our families (well, our parents and then some) in person, as we did last time. The beans were spilled during a family reunion in Houston (Gaultneys), a birthday dinner in San Antonio (Boyers), and a family vacation in Colorado (Thorne). Ford sported a “big brother” shirt, and we just waited to see how long it would take everyone to notice. The prize goes to “MeeMee” (Nancy), who noticed in about 0.05 seconds. With the other two families, Brad and I had to giggle and point out Ford’s shirt after about 10 minutes of waiting. I can’t say we were very original, but we had fun!