Sunbeams and New Babies

Here is Hayden after church the first time he went to Primary!  I was so excited and nervous for him. I know he is really shy, and I was afraid he would cry the whole time.  Especially since Derrick and I teach Primary, so he would be able to see us, but not sit by us.  His primary teacher came over the day before to meet him, and so I told her about my concerns.  She was very helpful and made sure to help him be comfortable.  He had a bit of a hard time when Derrick sat him down on the first row.  He kept looking back at us about to cry, but after a while he was just fine!  After class when I went to pick him up he showed me this cool door hanger he had made, and told me about the "cool crackers" they had in class. He loved it.  He did even better this week!  Instead of looking back at me about to cry, he just looked  at me and smiled a lot.  He didn't really participate, but I'm sure he'll get there! And even better, I didn't cry at all like I thought I would!  How did I get to be old enough to have a little sunbeam?  He's just growing up so fast lately.  He'll say something entirely too smart for his age, and I just look at him and have flashbacks to all the nights I rocked him to sleep and how tiny his little legs were when I changed his first diaper.  

And now for the baby details.   As you can see, Hayden is very excited for the new baby, and he's been drawing pictures of all five of us.

To answer the common questions:

Due date?

I'm due August 10, which makes me 11 weeks right now.

How am I feeling?

I'm feeling pretty good this time!  I had a little bit of nausea (imagine the car rides to Utah and back...bleh) and I still have my rough moments, but for the most part I feel tons better than I did with the other two.  I am so so grateful for this, I can't even say it enough.  I am, however, absolutely exhausted a lot and need my daily nap or I fall asleep when Derrick gets home, before I can make dinner.  I am also HUGE.  This is not an exaggeration.  People have been asking me since about 9 weeks.  This is very different for me. Has anyone else experienced this with their third baby?

What do the kids think?

They are very excited.  Halle pokes my belly and says, "Baby in there?  Aww I lub it!"  Hayden asks all sorts of questions like how big is it? When will it get here? Why are you so hungry Mommy?  :)  I think they will be great helpers.

Was this planned?

(This is always an odd question to me...but people ask it and I know everyone wants to know so...)

Yes.  We had planned to wait until the summer at least, but you know how my life goes.  I don't really get to plan - Heavenly Father does.  So we knew it was the right time for baby #3 before we had originally planned.

What was my reaction?

Complete and utter shock.  I was shaking and pacing, and, well, I thought I was going to puke.  But I was really happy when the shock wore off!  It all happened so fast...just like with Halle it only took one month so I didn't have time to let it all sink in quite yet.

Derrick's reaction?

He was pretty shocked too.  I could tell he was happy, but he just sat on the couch and was kind of quiet.  He's ok now as long as he doesn't think too much about sleep deprivation. :)

Do we know where we will be living when the baby comes?

Nope.  And I really wish I did.  Patience.