I’m overjoyed to announce that we’re expecting BABY #4!!
We’re about halfway there – 19 weeks now! I’m due mid-May 2025 but with this being the fourth who knows when he’ll be here.
Garrett and I have always wanted a big family. After we had our third, we both still had this feeling that we weren’t quite done. I held onto all the baby stuff “just in case”.
Is it a Boy or a Girl?
We’re balancing out the teams with another Baby Boy!! Now we’ll have the two older girls and the two little boys. It makes it awfully convenient for sharing bedrooms in this old farmhouse 🙂
Are the kids excited?
The kids are absolutely thrilled! They’ve been asking if we’d have another baby for quite some time, especially another baby brother. We told them while we were away on our road trip earlier this month and they were over the moon with the news.
Any names picked out?
We’re still working on a name. I find boy names so much harder than girls! I love old-fashioned names that aren’t too common but are also easy to spell.
How I’ve been feeling?
For most of this pregnancy I’ve been pretty good. Well, as much as you can be when you’re taking care of three kids already. I was pretty nauseous in the first trimester but pushed through, knowing that it’s over before you know it.
I did have weird food aversions this time, just like I did when I had a boy last time. Anything too sweet tasted horrible and my beloved tea was bitter and metallic. I missed my morning tea routine, but we’re back in business now! All I wanted were fruits that were more sour than sweet (pineapple, clementines, raspberries) and lots of salads with very vinegary dressing. Thankfully those aversions have eased up as we got closer to the holidays and I’m enjoying Christmas sweets again. Phew!
The pregnancy fatigue has been real this time. Once it gets past 9pm, I feel like I’ve hit a wall, so there have been more early nights and lazy couch evenings than usual. I’ve been trying to sneak in little cat naps on days when I can. I love to read in bed before I sleep but I can hardly keep my eyes open past a few pages right now. I’ve been doing a lot more audiobooks while cleaning the house instead. (I like to borrow them from our public library with either Hoopla or Libby.)
Getting Ready for Baby’s Arrival
With less than five months until he’s here, I’ve been focusing on getting our home in better shape for a family of six (!!!). We have been doing some renovations upstairs, with new flooring in the bedrooms and updating the rooms. I’m hoping to tackle a few more projects through the winter months too to make our space more functional. I’m also doing the January Declutter Detox again next month to really pare down what we have.
We’re very excited to welcome a fourth baby into our family and fill this farmhouse up with even more love. Thank you so much for following our family and giving us such an amazing outpouring of love and support over the years.
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As I’ve shared in my birth announcements in the past, I cannot share a pregnancy or baby post on this blog without thinking about those of you reading from a place of longing, loss or pain related to miscarriage, infertility or mourning right now.
My mind and heart changed deeply after we experienced miscarriages and I know that pregnancy announcements in particular can be hard to read when you’re hurting. I hope my news doesn’t cause you pain right now but if it does, I get it. The longing for a baby and the pain of loss is horrible and unfair and heartbreaking. I’m thinking of you.
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