A Valentine's Announcement

I'm sitting here today trying to come up with the best way - the most unique way - the most special way to share with you what I want to share with you today.  It's Valentine's Day for goodness sake - I should have a sweet and sappy post.  But the words just aren't coming. 

So - I think I am just going to come right out and say it....

We've told our children...

We've told our families...

We've told our friends...

We've told our church...

We've told our community...

And now it's time to tell all of you.  

We're going to have another BABY!!!

We are currently 13 weeks along with our sweet little one.  And our official due date is August 22nd.  We have been waiting to share the news until we felt ready to tell our 3 older children.  We told them the big news on Friday, and although the moment of telling them didn't quite turn out as picture perfect as we imagined, they are certainly thrilled at the chance to have a new brother or sister.  The boys are hoping for a brother and DaNae of course wants another sister.  And they are so very hopeful that this time - our baby will get to come home to live with us.

We are filled with joy and also a lot of nerves as we share this news.  We will be having a sonogram in the next week or two to rule out acrania or anencephaly and would greatly appreciate your prayers for a beautifully round little head to show up on that sonogram.  Of course I now have the disadvantage of knowing of "a thousand other things that could go wrong."  But I am just trying to trust that everything will turn out okay.

Again - we would so greatly appreciate your prayers for the safe and healthy arrival of our 5th child in August.  And your prayers for our family as we continue to mourn the loss of our sweet Karinne - whose "footprints on our hearts" couldn't possibly be filled by any other.