Just a quickie post to say that dottery class was this morning, it went really well and I think a good time was had by all! After that we went to two separate birthday parties within six hours, then drove for three hours so we could hang out tomorrow at the beach with BeachMama and her family. It’s been a fun but busy day and if you’ll excuse me now I have to go become one with my pillow.

Hmm. I ended the previous run of 7 Days with a shot of my bathroom too. I guess it is where there are lots of mirrors.

I originally wanted to do a shot of me and Troy chilling on our awesome couch, but I couldn’t find our tripod. I couldn’t really get the shot I wanted, which is why I didn’t use this as my Day 7 photo. But I figured you might want to see our awesome couch anyway. It’s the MÅNSTAD couch from IKEA. It’s L-shaped normally, and has a section that can be pulled out to make it into a queen-size bed. We tend to leave it up like a bed a lot of the time, though. It’s very comfy.

Thank you to all of you for such a warm response to my big announcement yesterday! I was kinda reluctant to share the news, but now I have no idea why because you were all so nice to me. People of the internets, you are awesome.

Our family and friends mostly know about this already, but I want to tell the rest of you and get this out of the way. I know, I’m weird, but I don’t like telling people big news like this. I don’t like being the center of attention. I get hot and uncomfortable and people are just happy for me and want to share in my excitement and joy and all I can think about is slinking away to a corner where I can blend into the furniture.

So…yep. I’m pregnant. I’m about 16 weeks along now. I feel good, no morning sickness or major food aversions, just the need to sleep 14 hours a day, and apparently to spend several of my waking hours crocheting—perhaps my recent burst of creativity has been hormone-fueled?

We don’t know yet if it’s a boy or girl. Yes, we plan to find out at our next ultrasound. No, we have not thought about names yet.

We’re happy, of course, except for Annalie. “Happy” is too mild a word to describe her utter joy and excitement that she’s finally going to be a big sister. She’s been waiting years for this.