Do you want to know a secret…

I’ll admit, it’s not really much of a secret at this point… I’m gonna be an Uncle!!!  My sister Amanda and her husband Randy announced today she is pregnant and due in March.  I’m really excited for them… to say that Amanda is excited is a bit of an understatement.

There is, however, a reason I mentioned that this was a secret.

When I got home from my mini-vacation on the weekend of the 4th, I was not greeted with “did you have a good time?”, or “how was the drive?”…  it was “I’m pregnant, and we’re not telling anyone until I go to the doctor.  We’re telling you because you live here.  The appointment is in a couple weeks.”

Let me tell you, it was a long “couple weeks”.  There were so many times that I had to bite my tongue or choose my words carefully.  The day of the appointment came… and went.  It turned out to be nothing more than filling out paperwork… and we had to wait another week to let the word out.

Finally, Amanda and Randy went in for an ultrasound this morning.  After leaving the doctor’s office the news started to spread.  It felt good to finally be able to share the great news that we’d all been holding in for three weeks!

I really like this picture they took right after they found out.

Randy kept the memory card with this picture hidden in his wallet for the last few weeks, afraid that if it was on his laptop, someone might accidentally see it.

Now we only have to wait another 7 1/2 months or so for the baby to get here…