Beef & Salt

So this morning Glenn and I told Jonah our big news! We're having a BABY!! We've known since December 23rd and it has been a hard secret to keep. We've been hinting with Jonah for a few weeks to help prepare him. He recently told me he wanted a brother AND a sister.

So, this morning we told him and he seemed pleased. We had him practice saying "I'm going to be a big brother" to prepare him to go upstairs and tell Glenn's family.

When we got upstairs it was just Aunt Tracy and Miles. The conversation sorta went like this:

Jonah: Miles, I'm going to be a big brother. I have TWO sisters! Beef and Salt! ("Silly names" he had previously picked out in a conversation about a theoretical baby.)

Let's just say the announcement lost a lot of "oompf" as we tried and tried to get the news out properly! Eventually we just told Tracy and Miles ourselves.

Then I decided to bribe Jonah with marshmallows if he would do the next announcement properly. This time, when Grandma and Grandpa came downstairs, he said "Grandma, I'm going to be a big brother!"

THAT was an effective announcement and the point definitely came across. Grandpa didn't hear, so he had to say it once more.

As the day has progressed, Jonah has expressed that he wants there to be TWO babies. Tonight he even said he will be sad if there is only one baby, because he wants TWO. And he wants them to be named "Arnold" and "Ms. Frizzle" (Magic School Bus characters). Yeah, a little too much Magic School Bus going on at our house! For the next 9 weeks I'll be trying to convince him that there's probably just one in there, and the 19-week ultrasound will tell us for sure! I'm pretty sure I can only handle one at a time, but I'll take whatever blessing(s) the Lord gives me!