The Cruz Family: Colin is Going to be a Big Brother!

We have always wanted to have at least 2 children and we knew that we wanted to give Colin a sibling at some point. The timing was something that we put a lot of thought into. Having kids close in age made a lot of sense to me. I wanted them to be close so that they could hopefully have a close bond and it would mean less time out of work for me. In the spring as Colin started crawling and getting so big, I started to get baby fever. Mario was not as convinced though. ;) Then he randomly told me that he had baby fever and that he was ready to start trying for baby #2! It happened to be April 1st, so I really thought he was playing a joke on me! He promised that he was serious and that he wouldn't joke about something like that. We wanted to wait a bit to avoid a Christmas birthday. I got the idea to buy a Big Brother T-shirt for Colin so that we could use it to surprise Mario whenever the time did come.

The shirt arrived on Friday and I tested early on that Sunday morning (May 20th) just in case. Well I was shocked to see that 2nd line start to appear on the test! I put the shirt on Colin and took him into our room to see Mario. It took Mario quite a while to figure out what the shirt meant. When he did, he was completely shocked and being half asleep didn't help his ability to comprehend everything! He and Colin went to the store to buy a digital test. The line tests can make you think you are imagining that 2nd line, but there's no doubting when the test says "pregnant!" Well, that's exactly what the test said! We were definitely excited, but also shocked that it happened so fast and that we were taking this next step!

Baby Cruz's due date is January 28th, 2013. Our first appointment was on June 12 and we saw a healthy baby and heard its heartbeat. We then told our families over the next few weeks. Their reactions ranged from shocked to super excited! We decided to go early to find out the gender. We went on August 13 when I was 16 weeks pregnant. They did the 3D ultrasound and it was very clear that this baby is a BOY! We didn't care either way, but we know that Colin will be super happy to have a baby brother. On September 10 we had the big 20 week ultrasound. The baby weighed about 11 ounces and looked completely healthy. I have already been feeling him move around and kick which is so amazing to feel again. Colin has no idea what's going on, but we still have a few months to keep talking about it to him. Hopefully he will be a great big brother!