Kimbler Baby #3

I know that I'm way behind in posting, but I'm pregnant with our third baby boy!  I'm afraid this little guy might resent me one day for not documenting his pregnancy with the same diligence that I did his brothers', but it is what it is!

The important details:

• It's a boy!
• Due date: May 1, 2018
• Current progress: 27 weeks

This pregnancy started out much harder than my others- morning sickness was a beast and lasted much longer than I expected.  I have been very tired (not helped by the fact that I actually have to get up and dressed for the school run every weekday morning, rather than sleeping in as long as the kids let me).  And the timing was such that I was dealing with all the fun of the first trimester while we were in the process of trying to unpack our whole house and start the school year for Andrew.  Aaron was a champ during those hard months, and I'm so grateful to have him.

I started feeling the baby move pretty early this time, before 16 weeks!  And he hasn't stopped since- I'm pretty sure I've felt the movements daily since then.

I'm at a relatively comfortable phase of pregnancy now, which is good, but I'm getting pretty close to the third trimester now so I'm not counting on it lasting much longer!  Hopefully a few more weeks at least!

Andrew and Brandon are super excited and already talk about the new baby as a member of our family.  I'm sure they don't fully understand the changes that will happen in our lives and our home when the baby arrives, but they are looking forward to it and they already love their baby brother.  They have decided that his name will be George (but really we're not even close to choosing a name).

I've been working on some baby projects, but we still have lots of gaps to fill in the wardrobe (after my great pre-move purge) and some bigger gear to buy before we'll be ready for baby to arrive.  But we're looking forward to it- about 3 months to go!

Andrew is Five!

Our big boy turned 5 in December!

He has had a really big year, including finishing preschool, going to AwesomeCon, moving to England, starting full-time school (and learning to read!), and visiting Paris and several cool sites in England.

According to Andrew:

• his favorite color is pink
• his favorite animal is a zebra and giraffe
• he wants to be an astronaut when he grows up

Andrew has done fabulously with starting school.  He looks adorable in his uniform and he is loving everything about his school experience.  He has picked up reading really quickly and is learning "joined up" writing (cursive, basically).  He's able to do some basic math in his head how, and he has started speaking with the cutest British accent.  He gets a hot lunch at school every day, which has expanded his tastes (they have fish n' chips every Friday, and curry is a regular menu item too).

Andrew is well on his way to being a world traveler, before this year he had only been to a few states and had never left the US.  He's now added 2 countries to his passport and he's looking forward to adding more this year.  His favorite trip was to Paris, where he and Brandon fell in love with the Eiffel Tower.

 We love you, Andrew, and we can't wait to see what you accomplish this year!