Pregnancy blog

Pregnancy Diary: Starting the Second Trimester

Sunday September 1st, 2024

We made it to 14 weeks this week! I think that starts the second trimester?! Baby is now the size of an orange. Sadie loves hearing what the baby’s size is each week. I had an ultrasound done and my mom and Sadie came along and it was so sweet!

14 week ultrasound

Sadie absolutely adored seeing her sister! Baby girl was moving and kicking and even did a headstand?! The ultrasound tech was like “That is one active baby… when you start feeling kicks you are in for it!” haha. Sadie was very similar in utero and I loved it. (more…)

Pregnancy Diary: Telling Sadie about Baby #3

Wednesday August 14th, 2024

We finally told Sadie about the baby! We told her on Sunday night, when I was a little over 11 weeks along. I knew she was going to be excited but I didn’t know she was going to be this excited. We got home from church on Sunday evening and I sat down and drew a picture of our family and added an extra little person.

She asked who it was and I pointed at each figure and said “This is Dad, this is Mom, this is Sadie, this is Decky, and this is the baby we’re going to have.”

She immediately smiled so hard and then hugged me. Jimmy was able to get a quick video of the special moment!

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