Journey To New Jersey

This past weekend I went to New Jersey to visit family and shared more of my good news with everyone. My niece who is eleven was so sweet about it. Her face just lit up and she got so excited that she is going to have a cousin. I think she was a little disappointed because it wont be a girl, but she got over it pretty quick. She had so many questions about it, like why are the babies in orphanages and why did their parents put them there, how I am going to take care of them when they are home, will they speak English, and she also asked if I happen to get pregnant will I give the baby back to the orphanage. She really wanted to understand and had so many good questions! So after she was satisfied we spent some time thinking about possible names for the baby which was fun. She suggested some names that she liked such as Peter, Nicholas and Tyler, and I showed her a few cute little outfits that I bought.

My brother was happy too, but his first response was something to the effect of how he has been waiting hear some news from us for a while. Yeah............me too. For nearly four years now.
I thought the day would never come when I could announce that we are "expecting" to anyone. Now that it is getting closer though, its sweet. It took a long time to get here, and now Im going to be sure to savor every moment of it.