The kids become biggers

When we got pregnant with Aria, Atlas helped me convince my husband of her name. Every night we said our prayers and included "God Bless Aria." And for an 18 month old to say this, it was adorable!!!!! Somehow we convinced Bob that if our first baby was saying this was her name, it must be her name.

Now both kids are SO BIG and they know what it means. They have friends who have babies living in their houses. Aria has no idea what it means to be a big sister, but Atlas has an idea ;) He's been a big for over 6 years and he is really really good at it! Aria is so nurturing and kind. I always thought she would be a great big.

But days after Aria was born we moved 8 states away. We left our birth team, our friends, my mommy group, our midwife. It never felt like the right time. We were living in Pittsburgh and by the time we had both kids walking in snow, I never wanted to go through babies/toddlers in snow again. That quadruples the work for any menial errand.

Almost a year ago we moved back to Orlando!! Guys, never say never! My mother used to tell me that I would eat my words. "We are never moving back to Florida" "We are never ever moving back to Orlando" "We are never having more kids" and here we are!!

The kids like to be super annoying and for the past 2 years their favorite annoying saying has been, "I want a baby!!!" The husband was like, "how about a dog?" and now they want both. I told Bob I want a baby first. Ok... so now we are having a baby and I fear the dog really does come next.

We really wanted to wait until closer to Halloween to announce that we were expanding. But I was expanding faster than I expected and at about 12 weeks we finally told the kids and then our family and friends.

The kids reaction deserves it's own post.