Hi! Thanks so much for asking! All's going well, the nausea is sort of subsiding but I'm still really tired.
husband has picked up a lot of the slack around here.
Friday night we told the kids that we had another baby on the way and the results were surprising.
difficult child 1 didn't believe us at first, even after we showed him the sonograms. He said that we joke around so much, he wasn't sure if we were going to yell "psychiatric" after a while! I cracked up at that one. The next morning he came into our room and said good morning to my stomach and then promptly told me if I said "psychiatric" about this EVER, he'd be pretty mad.
difficult child 2 SAID he was really happy, but had a meltdown last night and said that he liked being 1 of 3. After that the real issue came out that he was afraid that he would miss me too much if I stay at the hospital for more than a couple of hours. He and I sat and talked and he settled down. This morning he asked how's the baby doing and I told him it's on vacation for a few days. He looked at me like I had 15 heads and laughed. He said that he's feeling a lot better and that he's happy now. He hopes it's a girl so that things will be even around here (3 boys and 3 girls counting my husband and I).
difficult child 3's eyes filled with tears and told me that "they are tears of joy". She's always wanted to be a big "stister" for all of her life, and now she gets to be one.
So, we're in a good place right now! I'm sorry I haven't given updates lately, I didn't want to drive you guys nuts with all of this!
Thanks again for asking. We're still not telling my sibs (I don't like them much lately, so I don't want them in my business!), so it's nice to have friends and family here to talk to!
Hope all's well with you all!
Beth