We didn't plan it, I promise!!! :)

So back when I found out that I was expecting Baby #2 (who we can officially refer to as Baby E now because both our possible names start with E) one of my concerns was that a good friend of mine might be upset over our *accidental* good fortune since she and her husband had been trying for several months. In fact, back in the fall when Brett and I started tossing around the idea of trying for another baby, one of the things that held me back was wanting to wait until Jonette got pregnant at least. Jonette's daughter Stella is one of Emersyn's little besties. They are exactly 2 months apart, Ems being the older one.

I saw Jonette for the first time after the craziness of the holidays and it felt slightly awkward to me because I knew I had this big secret and I don't do well keeping secrets, secrets of my own anyways. :) We had a meeting at our church and then decided to take our girls to the mall so they could play. At the childrens play area we watched the girls play and again, there was this awkwardness in the air. I didn't know when or how I should tell her about being pregnant. Should I tell her in a group so she can absorb it with other people around? Should I tell her one on one so she has time to process it?

Finally, after a 20 minute painfully awkward playdate Jonette turns to me and says, "okay....I feel like I'm keeping something from you". Oh my gosh, I start to get hopeful....how perfect would it be if she were already pregnant?!?! "What is it???" I ask. "Well.....I'm PREGNANT" Jonette exclaims excitedly. "Oh my word, I AM TOO!!!!!!" I yell and we totally have this moment in the children's play area and hug and it was so so surreal and fun. It was like the PERFECT way to tell each other and I was just ecstatic. She is two weeks ahead of me.

We decided to have two other couples over for dinner a couple weeks later to tell them our good news. We put the girls in their big sister t-shirts and let them play. It was so fun to watch our friends reactions as they slowly read their t-shirts and were like, wait, what?? It was a really fun night. :)

Ems in disguise...she had to hide her big sister shirt until Stella got there so we could do the big reveal together. It took our friends a little bit to read what they said. :)

Now, however, whenever people at church find out that we are pregnant together, I totally know that they think we planned this together but that SO isn't the truth. We revealed that I was pregnant at 8 weeks, Jonette waited until 14 weeks. People assume that she got pregnant because I was pregnant but in reality, she is more pregnant then I am. It's a funny situation.

If things go they way they did last time and she delivers a week late and I deliver a week early, the kids may just share a birthday week if not a birthday, how crazy would that be?!?!

Okay, that's my fun story for today. Hope everyone is doing well. I have a terrible cough and it's a total bummer. Hopefully I'm feeling better tomorrow. :)