If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook, you’ve heard the news… Baby Miller is on the way!
We are so excited to be expecting the next member of our family. We wanted to formally share here on the blog, too.
AJ, our almost-four-year-old, is so excited to be a big brother. While he says he wants it to be a boy, he keeps referring to the baby as a she/her… So it sounds like either way, he’ll be happy! (Us, too!)
Announcing the News to Family
Our simple announcement was so easy and still so fun. We found out on Ash Wednesday morning, and we kept the secret for a little while. We told AJ that I wanted a photoshoot of him with his DC superheroes, and he was all about it. I prepared our letter board with a cutesy superhero message, and found myself grateful that, while he can identify several capital letters, AJ can’t read yet!
We posed him and got a few pictures with my Nikkon camera, which I quickly edited just a little on the laptop and sent to Walmart’s photo website for prints. (Their basic 4×6 photos are just nine cents a piece, so this was a bargain!) We ordered copies for ourselves (hello, baby book), a copy for our parents, and a copy for our sisters.
We did tell the Big Brother to Be before we told our families – it was important to us that he got to know first – we want to be really intentional about including him in every aspect that is appropriate, since this is step #1 in our blended family.
As for sharing with our parents and sisters… We were getting together with my family on my birthday and with Jake’s family that following Tuesday to celebrate my 31st birthday anyway, so we decided to mix in our announcements with those visits.
We told them we had updated photos of AJ for them and handed each set of parents and each sister envelopes – and then watched their faces as they realized the big news we were sharing!
Projects to Come
We are eager to get projects done as we prepare for Baby Miller! Jake has already patched drywall and painted in the nursery – and he’s added new outlet covers and assembled AJ’s old crib and a new cart for diapering supplies.
I can’t wait to show you all of the various things we plan to do for the baby – so we’ll be sure to share here on the blog as we get projects done!
For now, here’s a photo I’ve already shared on Instagram of our nursery thus far – and, by the way, I got a great deal on that Diaper Genie – you can check out this social media post for the details.
Sharing the Journey
If you came here for the ultrasound pics, I promise I won’t disappoint! We’ve had a few ultrasounds already, so here are our favorite images from our 8 week, 10 week, and 12 week ultrasounds.
Once we have our 20 week ultrasound, we’ll know the gender – and we promise to share it with you – and to share how we tell Little Man and our families! Stay tuned!
Kate with a Twang 