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The Cat's out of the bag....

What's with that phrase anyway? The cat is out of the bag? What was the cat doing in the bag in the first place? And what does that have to do with keeping a secret?!

Well, last night at dinner my sweet Mister G, who is always the first to notice when I've done something different with my hair or polished my nails or gotten a new shirt, says to me "Mom, I feel like you're going to have another baby." A bit taken back, I said "Wow, G. What makes you think that?!" He looks at me and says "I don't know why. I just feel like that."

Miah, who hasn't been feeling well, was downstairs laying down. I called him up and told Mister G to tell him what he just said to me. He proceeds to tell Miah what he said and Miah said to him "Well, did you ask her? If that's true?" Mister G looks at me and says "Mom, are you having a baby?" I smiled at him and said "Yes, I am." He stared at me for the longest time and smiled really big. Then he gave me a huge hug. Mister E overheard some of the conversation and said "What?! Mama?! You have another baby in your tummy?" I nodded and he ran over and hugged me hard. :) Mister G then told the girls who were both shocked at first but then were saying "really???" over and over and jumping up and down and hugging me and so very excited! Miss I kept saying to baby Z... "You're going to be a big sister! Can you believe it?!"

Needless to say, everyone was very excited. Since Miah's mom and two of his sisters work at the school 3 of our kids attend, we thought we better let them know. We let Mister G share the news with grandpa and grandma since he was the one who guessed. All the kids got to call an aunt and uncle to share. It was so fun to watch them and hear them sharing and how excited the kids all were. I told my folks... who were blown away... and very excited. My mom said my dad just about passed out and had a huge grin on his face. He later texted me, "I needed some good news this week but this is beyond good news! Love you more." :) There still are a few friends I would like to tell myself, though I'm not sure how that will work out yet, since the kids I'm sure are spreading the news like wildfire. We had some fun photo ideas for announcing, but it seems a little late for that. Oh well. This sweet baby must already know how much he/she is loved.

So, even though this is way sooner than I was hoping to let "the cat out of the bag" -- it's out there and I am secretly kind of thankful for that. There is really no turning back anyway.

It was my goal to blog some more today-- since the above was blogged this morning. But alas, I am too tired to think straight. I will have to sort out my thoughts tomorrow. :)

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