Surprise!!!!?

So, many of you already know this because we aren't very good at keeping secrets, but today was my first Dr. visit, so it's now official:



Number Two is on its way! Hooray! We are due on April 27th and everything looks great. The little blob was bouncing all over, so I guess we're destined to have another tiny Gavin-like hurricane. We found out over a month ago, but decided to wait until we saw the doc to make announcements since, as my dad put it, "You know, you don't have to call everyone you know the minute you get your clothes back on!" I know a lot of people like to wait a long time to tell people, and after having a miscarriage I can understand that a little better, but honestly, we're just too excited not to tell.

Gavin has been asking that we "Buy baby" for quite a while, so we tried to explain that there's a baby in mommy's belly, just like Aunt Julie. Now he pats my belly and says, "Hello baby!". If you ask his opinion we are definitely having a girl, and definitely naming her Kiwi, which he came up with completely on his own. Hmm...not sure about that one, but a girl would be fun.

Now honestly, no one can ever see anything in these pictures. It's kind of like the Rorschach ink blot test. But here's the general idea:

Of course, it also looks a bit like a monkey, don't you think?

Anyway, we'll find out in a few months what it is, so we'll put up a place to cast your votes sometime before that.

Since we got the big news I've been reading a lot of funny stuff about pregnancy symptoms, cravings, and lies women tell their husbands. My favorite: A woman who insisted that the smell of dish soap made her nauseous so her husband had to do all the dishes for nine months. Awesome! I've been queasy for weeks, so our house is more of a disaster than usual, but I haven't sunk that low yet. So far it's a lot like with Gavin - nothing tastes good (I've lost five pounds in a month), but I'd love a nice rare steak from Outback, even at four in the morning. I'm exhausted but have insomnia, so I've read five books in the last week and a half. How about you? Do you get crazy pregnancy symptoms/cravings? Told any major whoppers lately to get out of something you just didn't want to do? Horror stories from labor to freak me out with? Bring it on.