I was going to wait

So, the plan was to wait until I was up at my mom's house to announce the pregnancy to my family. However, I'm impatient. lol So, I was on the phone with my mom the other day and said, "So, I have some news," to which she replied, "You're pregnant again?" I said yes. She said, "So, what's the news?" LOL Yeah, okay, so me being pregnant again isn't a huge surprise to anyone and is fairly commonplace. lol She's happy for me and said, "All the more reason to get out of that crackerjack place of yours!" I completely agree. We're just completely outgrowing our home. Definitely time to move up and out. We need four bedrooms. Three works for us now, but with the new baby, we're really going to need that fourth bedroom. Personally, I'd like five, but I'll settle for four.

We found some homes that are being built up in Lincoln (about seven miles from where my mom lives) that seem like they would fit our family perfectly. They're a little over 2,000 sq ft, four bedrooms, all upstairs (which is what I insist on...none of my small children will be staying in a downstairs bedroom while I sleep upstairs) and they're seemingly in our price range. So, we're hoping to go look at those while we're up there for Christmas. Granted, this is all contingent on Drake finding work up there.

Drake has really started coming around when it comes to the baby. He was rather upset when he first found out I was pregnant, but the other day he actually told me, "You know, I'm okay with having another baby. I never thought I would be, but I really am. In fact, I'm even a bit excited about it." This is such a huge deal for him. He's NEVER been excited about a baby. He's NEVER been okay with having another baby. Many of my pregnancies have been very unhappy times because Drake has been so negative about having another child. For him to actually be excited about another baby is HUGE. I'm so absolutely beyond thrilled about this. I think he keeps thinking about how much joy Sera brought to our lives. We were in a really bad point in our lives when Sera was born and she brought such unbelievable happiness to our family. Usually, a baby would just add to the stress and unhappiness in an already unhappy life. Sera brought exactly the opposite. She brought Drake out of a very unhappy state and continues to be the shining star in his life. I think that Sera has helped Drake realize that babies are actually good things and add so much to our family. This, of course, isn't stopping him from making sure we don't have anymore though. LOL