We are beyond overjoyed to announce that Gwendolyn is going to be a BIG SISTER!!!
Yes, you read that right. We are due in February and are having a…
HEALTHY BABY GIRL!
I actually found out I was preggos the day before our 10 year anniversary. I was really, really early then but with the help of our friend Kacie, of Kacie Jean Photography, I was able to surprise Bill with the good news on our big day and she captured the whole thing. Our 10 year anniversary seemed a fitting time to learn about this next part of our journey and it was super fun seeing his reaction! It took him a minute to read Gwendolyn's sign and there was a lot of “Really? You really are?”. (FYI: he was in on the plan, just didn't know it actually worked yet. TMI 
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Gwendolyn is really excited and quite serious about it all. She thinks the whole baby in Mommy's belly business is a bit strange but she likes the idea of helping to take care of a baby once she arrives. I'm now in my second trimester, feeling good, and my belly has officially “popped” (or maybe that is all the Nutella I'm eating 
). I even started to feel the baby move this week which has all three of us giddy.
When Gwendolyn was first diagnosed with SMA, Bill and I weren't sure if we would ever have other children. Then as time passed and we explored our family planning options we realized we did hope to expand our family one day. But, it seemed unlikely that Gwendolyn would get to be part of that experience. And, yet, here we are with an almost SIX-year-old who is going to be an INCREDIBLE big sister and our hearts are completely full.
We feel enormously blessed… a bit nervous, but so excited and are cherishing this special time for our family. We're going to have a baby! We're going to be a family of FOUR!