Little Peanut

I suppose I should "formally" make the announcement in the Bloggersphere... I have announced to our family first and foremost, then coworkers, then well FACEBOOK of course. Now it's my Blog's turn.
We will be adding a new member to the family in April sometime! Well, we hope April! I am pregnant (obviously) with our second little cutie pie, and the due date is April 11th, and we're hoping the baby doesn't come early and give us another March birthday!
I have to tell you all that even though I feel like crap, which is expected, I am SO excited. I have waited a LONG time for our fourth little family member to come. We haven't had any trouble with conceiving, it just too so long deciding when it was the right time for our family. And the time is right! (FINALLLLLLYYYY! I have learned a lot of patience with this one...) We are ALL very excited though, not just me. Ben is SUPER excited to see "his" baby and Ryan is also all bubbly and happy! I had my 12 week appointment last week and got to hear the baby's heartbeat for the first time and realized at that very moment (despite having already seen the baby in 2 ultrasounds) that there was another little human being of ours growing inside of me and that I will soon be a mother of two! Ack! I got all teary eyed and am so grateful for this chance to meet and have the privilege of mothering another one of Heavenly Father's beautiful spirits. I look at Ben every day still in disbelief he was sent especially to us, because he is a beautiful child and I love him so much. And now we'll have another one to gawk over! Yay!
I am just about finished or should be finished with my first trimester, I am still struggling with some morning sickness here and there but am kinda starting to feel a little better. It's bad news though, if I let my blood sugar go too low if I haven't eaten often enough. This little one is A LOT hungrier than it's big brother was! There are some differences between pregnancies, but a lot of similarities too.
Ben often asks if his baby can come out now... he's SO excited. He can't wait to be my big helper, he can't wait to see the baby, he can't wait to come to the ultra sound to find out what the gender is, he loves to tell everyone he has a baby in mommy's tummy... it's all so adorable! I am so glad.

So here is our little Peanut... this was a few weeks ago though, so a lot has changed in that there little... uh... home? haha I was about 9 weeks here and am almost 13 now.
Two of my favorite Ben and pregnancy stories:
Story #1: Ben told us in the car one day that he wanted his baby to come out now. I told him "Benny, it's going to be a LONG time before the baby comes out... You'll have a birthday and mommy's tummy will get big" and Ryan said "yah Benny, you'll turn 4 and the flowers and leaves on the trees will start coming out, and mommy's tummy will get GINORMOUS!" and so it was quiet for a few seconds... and Ben said "Oh!!! Like Daddy's!" (hehehe! He had to compare it to SOMETHING right?)
Story #2: I showed Ben the ultra sound above and was pointing to the head (on the right) and the back and it's legs and stuff... he just stood there with his hands on his hips looking puzzled and said "I don't see it..." and I said "well, that's okay, it's kind of hard to see. Let's show Daddy he hasn't seen it yet" he grabbed it from me and said "I will show daddy" and ran off. In the office I heard him say to Ryan "Daddy, here's my baby... see... here's it's head.. and his back..." (Basically saying exactly what I'd said to him) hahahaha! I love that kid.
We are all healthy and happy, and all very excited!