Guess what????

We are adding to our family!  Landon is going to be a big brother.  The new baby should be born mid-April.  Since Landon was born a couple weeks early on Valentine's day we figured this one might be early too...April Fool's Day?  John says any other holiday than Valentine's day will be better (minus Christmas).  Since we were hoping to be surprised with Landon's gender and accidentally found out early, we are planning on keeping this one a surprise (no really we are!).  This is toughest on everyone but Shani.  She's the only one that really wants to be surprised, John says he would prefer to know but doesn't care all that much (he lies).  We'll see if we happen to see something (or lack there of) when we go in for our ultrasound next month. 

We are currently 19.5 weeks along.  Shani feels like she's made to be pregnant because just like with Landon, she feels great!  Again, no morning sickness thankfully.  Just like last time, the sweet-tooth craving came on strong again, as did the tiredness.  We are unsure how much the tiredness has been due to Landon getting up in the middle of the night still (he is improving!).  So with all of these "signs" being the same as Landon, Shani thinks she's having another boy.  Although we'd be really excited if we were having a girl, there definitely isn't any disappointment with having another boy.  We'll have to wait and see if her prediction is correct.  Shani thinks she felt the baby for the first time a couple weeks ago, but hasn't had quite the movement she had with Landon.  John hopes that means we have a better/calmer sleeper, ha!  While sitting and watching one of our shows last night, John had his hand resting on Shani's belly and felt the baby kick.  It's always fun to share that connection together!  We guess there actually is something in there and there's no looking back now. 

It's really adorable because Landon knows there is a baby in mommy's tummy.  When we ask where they baby is he rubs Shani's belly.  When he's playing rough and jumps a little hard on Shani's belly we tell him to be gentle with the baby.  He then gets a concerned look on his face and says "baby" while rubbing the belly  It's quite cute.  He's getting some great practice with cousin Kaydence.  He loves going up and saying hi and touching her.  He's been very gentle with her which is great.  The other day he tried picking her up (with Nonni very close by) but she wouldn't budge.  Thankfully he didn't keep trying but it was cute to watch.  Another time Shani was holding her and patting her back.  Landon then wanted Shani to stop patting so he could pat her.  We are still holding out hoping he continues to be this way when the new baby gets some of his attention.  So far so good! 

We'll keep you updated as the new baby grows as well as what's going on with Landon and our family.  We have just had a great year so far and look forward to celebrating Thanksgiving and all that we are grateful for!