Wellensiek, Party of 5!

We all know that I haven't been doing a great job of keeping things up-to-date on this 'ole original family blog. But, truthfully, lately I haven't been doing a great job of keep in up with anything lately. Well, really, since around Thanksgiving. Toward the end of November, I became EXHAUSTED!! And, I was crabby, and moody, and didn't feel like doing much of anything--not even typing on the computer. In December, with Christmas coming, there were almost no cute crafts or baking done. What did get done was about all I could muster, as there was this added issue--nausea, especially in the evenings when I would get most of my stuff done!

So, yes, I'm sure you've guessed it...

I'm thrilled to share with you that we are expecting baby #3 toward the end of July! :) Our family has LOTS of July birthdays (seriously, my dad, my mom, my sister, and Brian's mom)!
I'm right about 13 weeks and I think, knock on wood, I am starting to feel a bit better--or at least have a few days where I can manage to accomplish something! :) And, so far, all looks good with baby. Here's his or her cute little profile!
We were SO hoping to find out the gender last week at our 12 week ultrasound--or at least has a good solid idea (we actually did with Eli and many friends have had correct id's made that early), but we got some conflicting info! The tech felt pretty confident about it being a girl (EEK!), but then baby moved and it looked like it could go either way, so she was less confident in her guess. So, now we wait about 6 more weeks to hopefully know either way for sure. :)

At that point is probably when we'll start talking to the boys about it more. Eli is still not speaking well, so I'm not sure how much he would understand anyway. And, with Andrew, I think it will be easier for him once I'm showing more and we know the gender. So, we're waiting to really say anything until then!

Will keep you posted!