Announcing- Baby #2!

Brent and I are thrilled to say, another Brewer Baby is on the way!

12 Weeks (this after a big dinner :)

I found out I was pregnant the Sunday before Brent's final exams... I didn't want to shift his thinking, so I treasured this secret in my heart for a whole week!  Very hard!  Luke and I went to Houston on Wednesday and Brent came down to join us Friday after work... we kept Luke up late to see his Daddy after a long week with out him.  When we sat down to dinner with my parents, I asked Luke if he wanted to give Daddy a Christmas present early and Luke said yes... I whispered in his ear and Luke said out loud "I'm going to be a big brother!"  We all cried... it was pretty fun!  We told Brent's family the next night the same way... we all cried again! 

The first trimester has been tough... I got hives at 7 weeks and Benadryl became my best friend for the next month.  Needless to say, I have logged a lot of sleeping hours and Brent has been awesome to pick up my slack.  At my last (and third) appointment at 10 weeks, the baby was measuring at 10+ weeks-- I was worried that the hives had complicated things!  Dr. New assured me as miserable as it was for me, the baby didn't even notice it.  He showed me the flicker that he said was the heartbeat, but I told him I had to squint to see it... then he turned on the speakers and we heard a heart beat... I still hesitated and said "That sounds a lot like my heart beat" to which Dr. New said, "Abbey, relax... your heart beat doesn't beat at 168 beats per minute".  THEN, I let myself get excited!

What a blessing to us that our family is growing!