Baby #2

Surprise Revelations

Well, not really a surprise to us as we started trying in January for baby #2, but more so of a shock that it happened so quickly. Logan knew all along though that he was going to be a big brother when I was about two weeks pregnant. Dan joked with him asking "Is mommy going to have a baby?" in which he replied "Yep." He then pointed to my tummy and said "baby" which completely floored us since we hadn't taught him that.  I later read online that children just "know" and can tell you before you even have a test to confirm. I was still hesitant to believe that I was indeed pregnant, but a week later a test confirmed the revelations were true.

How We Broke the News to Daddy- February 10th, 2012

I took a test because I was a day late and it faintly said positive. (The kind of positive were you squint with one eye and hold it up to the light, because you bought the cheapie test at Dollar General) I still wasn't 100% sure so I went to the store and bought a double pack of Clear Blue digital pregnancy tests. Within a second the word "pregnant" popped up and I was in total shock!

Before we started trying Dan told me that he wished I would have surprised him with the news we were going to have a baby. With Logan I was too excited and told him a second after taking the test, so this time I was determined to announce it to him in a cute way. I found out at noon that I was pregnant. This gave me a small time frame to execute my plan since Dan normally got off work at 4:30 p.m. I could have waited a day, but I knew I wouldn't be able to keep it a secret.

The Plan


Logan and I ran to Kohl's to pick up a card and tshirt that said "BIG BROTHER." Unfortunately, the shirt I found at Kohl's was a 4t and was way too big for my munchkin so we had to make an impromptu trip across town to Carter's. This trip left us with literally 20 minutes before daddy walked in the door. I had barely enough time to change little man's shirt and write a special message in the card for daddy. Thankfully we managed to pull it off just in the knick of time. When Dan walked thru the door I asked him to change Logan for me since I was tired. I knew this would guarantee that he saw the shirt right away. Well, little man had other plans and just wanted to play a game of tag with his daddy. Which was fine, but the anticipation of waiting another 15 minutes was killing me! Finally, Logan revealed his tshirt when he took off his jacket during tag because he got too hot. When he turned around Dan saw the tshirt. It took him a moment to realize what it said, but when he did his face turned into a big goofy grin. He looked at me in disbelief and we gave him the card. I caught his reaction on video (but he didn't want me to share). He was so funny! Even after the card he asked to see the proof. (I think we surprised him to say the least!)  To celebrate we all went to our favorite Mexican restaurant for dinner and Coldstone for dessert. It was a perfect ending to the day!

We are so excited!

The proof

Prebaby #2