Hliler Baby #4 - On HIS way!

After a miscarriage earlier this year, we have been kind of quiet about announcing this pregnancy, but we are now very excited to say we are expecting our fourth child on April 3, 2015. I am just over 16 weeks now and feel like we are in the clear. 

I think Matt prayed this baby here - I was nervous to get pregnant again, but he was convinced we had one more child waiting for us, and that it would be a boy. At 36, I needed some spiritual convincing that this was the right path for us. We are already out of the diaper stage thanks to Penelope practially potty-training herself, and the thought of leaving the diaper bag and stroller behind us was appealing to me. 

After just plain refusing to pray about it for a long time (then you can't get an answer, right?), the Spirit just got tired of waiting for me and he came to me. I know there is one more spirit waiting for us. I am still nervous, still scared, and still worried about so, so many things, but this adventure is underway! 

Thanks to my AMA - Advanced Maternal Age - I am yet again seeing a specialist in addition to my regular OB. But the benefits are I get a very detailed ultrasound at every visit, so even though I am only 16 weeks they could tell if we were having a boy or girl already. Matt and I went back and forth on finding out - we have only found out for Miles so I figured it was my turn. Matt didn't want to find out, so he negotiated the right to find out for the chance to pick our next car (Suburu Forrester). I say the jokes on him because we can't get a new car until my Camry dies, and that's never going to happen. Claire is going to drive that car someday, you watch.

Anyway, we found out we are having a BOY! I am very excited about this for many reasons - we have two and two now, and Miles will have a brother which I think it so important. I can also focus on just boy names, which I think are more difficult to choose than girl names since boy names become girl names so often lately. AND, I can start giving away my girl stuff and getting organized before I am as big as a house and don't want to even think about organizing.