And The Linley 3 Become The Linley 4…

All the baby talk of our new niece made me realize that I needed to take a moment to make an official announcement of our own!

You read that title right! On August 7th, we will no longer be the Linley trio we are now. Another little Linley will be joining our crew. Jer and I are over the moon about our new addition! It means lots of changes and lots of excitement around the Linley household as we get ready for another baby!

On January 11, we had our first doctor’s appointment. We got to listen to the heartbeat….a lovely whirring 166…and talk about our birth plan (already!). I’m happy to say that Dr. Talsky will be caring for and delivering this baby as well. Our due date as I said is August 7. And depending on how it all goes Dr. Talsky said we would talk about c-section at 39 weeks. It’s all quite a long ways off…but all things to think about!

For now we’re anticipating our second appointment, and our third. At our third…which will be in around 8 weeks, we will find out what we are having. After having Owen be a surprise, we decided we would like to have an idea before the baby is here. Especially b/c a brother for Owen means bunk beds and camping in the backyard. And a sister could still mean camping in the backyard…but not necessarily bunk beds :)

**As an aside, I cannot express how glad I am that I have our blog to look back at all of this when it was Owen. To read what I wrote at that time in our lives. I’m so very glad we captured it! And it’s coming full circle as I continue to capture not only our current family, but the appointments and pregnancy of our second child. If you have ever thought about starting a blog or a journal, don’t wait any longer! Jump in feet first and do it!! Trust me…you’ll be so glad you chronicled the bits and pieces of life that we sometimes forget! Like what Owen’s heartbeat was the first time we heard it. So like I said…don’t wait! Start your blog, your journal, your scrapbook. Do it now! Don’t let the memories pass you by!**