An Announcement

[annuin]

I still need to do lots of updating about our vacation and other things, but, first things first:

PreZ and I are expecting our second child in March, and Dashiell will be getting a sister. The baby is due around March 20th.

The test results from the amniocentesis came back today, and everything came back normal, and that's what we've been waiting on before making a public announcement. We also found out the gender this time. PreZ really wanted to know, and being that the amnio gives 100% certainty in that regard, rather than the "is that a wiener or a hamburger?" gazing at the fuzzy ultrasound picture, we opted to find out this time.

The amniocentesis, obviously, is so that we would know for certain whether or not this child will have any genetic issues. After Dashiell, we just wanted to know for sure, even though the chance of it happening again is extremely minimal. The amnio itself I had Friday just over a week ago, and wasn't actually near as bad as I had expected, thankfully.

Anyway, at this point I'm 19 weeks and 5 days pregnant. I'll be 20 weeks, and thus already half way through this pregnancy, on Wednesday. So far so good... I'm certainly glad to be well out of the first trimester with the all-day nausea, and I'm thankful that I was actually in the second trimester when the dates for our vacation rolled around. The tickets to Australia had already been booked before I got pregnant, but the timing ended up being very fortuitous in that way.

Wheee!

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[goawayplease.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[tanthe.livejournal.com]

Thanks :)

[littleweirdgrrl.livejournal.com]

That's so awesome! congratulations!!

[tanthe.livejournal.com]

Thanks :)

We've been dying to tell everybody for ages, but wanted to make sure first that there wouldn't be any issues this time. We definitely lucked out with Dashiell, but wouldn't really want that heartache again if we could avoid it.

[dreamalynn.livejournal.com]

Tremendous news! Congratulations and every good wish to you all.

[tanthe.livejournal.com]

Thanks :)

[leonatos.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!!!

[tanthe.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :)

[sistersandy.livejournal.com]

ooh yes,congratulations. and enjoy the vacation.

[tanthe.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

We already went on vacation (visiting friends and the in-laws in Australia), and got back 2 weeks ago. Lots of fun, but 3 weeks wasn't enough (is it ever?).

[blu-muse.livejournal.com]

Wow! Congrats!!!!!

[tanthe.livejournal.com]

Thanks :)

I've loved seeing your pictures of Ireland etc. by the way. It looked like a gorgeous vacation.

And I'm glad you're safe over in CA at present. Scary stuff!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_imbrogliare/]

That's just great wonderful and fantastic to hear! Congratulations!!
Ik zat er laatst nog aan te denken toevallig toen ik de dierentuinfoto's terug keek. Ik hoop dat je van de zwangerschap kunt genieten (en van je vakantie natuurlijk ;)) en kijk ernaar uit om eventuele voortgangsverhaaltjes te lezen! Kan me iig voorstellen dat het fijn is om nu 'vrijuit' over de blijde boodschap te kunnen praten :)

[tanthe.livejournal.com]

De vakantie hebben we net achter de rug, en we hebben er van genoten :)

Ik weet niet eens of ik jullie ooit het linkje naar onze fotos van Arnhem en zo gelinkt heb... stom!

http://silentgarden.net/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=51728

Bij deze dus alsnog.

[catdraco.livejournal.com]

Oh, congratulations! (I had a feeling, you know.)

[tanthe.livejournal.com]

Hehehe :) Well, it did seem to be about the right time as well.

And thanks!

[nadya-lev.livejournal.com]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm so happy for you! That is wonderful news. Congratulations to you both!

[tanthe.livejournal.com]

Thanks :)

I've been meaning to email you to tell you that I love Coilhouse! It looks amazing (of course). Very inspirational, and I look forward to the in-print version.

Any plans to be back on the East Coast at any point in the future? We miss you muchly!

[octopusgrrl.livejournal.com]

oh wow, cool - congrats! Hope the rest of your pregnancy goes well :)

[tanthe.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

How's your lovely little man doing?

[sublimecontessa.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! I'm so excited!!! :D

[tanthe.livejournal.com]

Thanks :)

Another thing that'll eat into the WoW time, lol. Oh well... I was always more of a casual gamer than a super dedicated one.

[ladyattercop.livejournal.com]

Dear lord, CONGRATULATIONS!

I'm so very happy for the three of you, and even more chuffed to hear that everything is looking A-OK. If Dash and his little sister ever need a crazy cat lady of an Aunt, you know where to find one. ^_~

[tanthe.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

And one can never have too many crazy cat lady Aunts!

How are you feeling these days?

[varjosusi.livejournal.com]

congrats on the second spawnling :)

[tanthe.livejournal.com]

Thanks :)

[missingkeys.livejournal.com]

Heh, everybody's baby mad! Congratulations!

[tanthe.livejournal.com]

Thanks :)

We'd been thinking about it on-and-off for quite a while, and not actively preventing anything for a long time either. But children with crazy sleeping patterns who induce sleep deprivation work wonderfully as birth control too... they should bottle that ;)

[deinera.livejournal.com]

Oh! How awesome! I'm glad that everything's okay too.

Congratulations! :)

[tanthe.livejournal.com]

Thanks :)

[darkvervain.livejournal.com]

Yaay congrats to you both! :)

[tanthe.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much :)

[vgnwtch.livejournal.com]

An enthusiastic round of applause from this side of the Pond.

[tanthe.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

I hope our belated birthday card isn't too belated <_< though T should have passed on our congratulations on the day as well!

[passercul.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, congratulations! That's wonderful news. :)

[tanthe.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[lordravage.livejournal.com]

Congrats!

~Julian

[tanthe.livejournal.com]

Thanks :)

[illiana-galean.livejournal.com]

Oh no! You drank the water!!! Seriously though? Congratulations to you three! I'm so glad the amnio came back all shiney, and from the sounds of it, complication free. Wonderful, wonderful news!

[tanthe.livejournal.com]

Hehehe. Well, in our case it was very much planned, rather than a surprise. It's just been torturous to not tell most people for half of the pregnancy while we wait and see whether it would all turn out well.

[bonny-katie.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad everything looks okay!! Congratulations :)

Little girls totally rock ;)

[tanthe.livejournal.com]

It'll be nice to have one of each :)

While in Australia we went to two friends' wedding, and there were 3 other kids there in the 18-24m age bracket, and Dashiell was the only boy (lucky bugger was surrounded by eligible women his own age, hah)... and I admit that I really loved the idea of a girl.

It's a tad lame, but girls get cuter clothes and things, and while I'm really not a girly girl at all, there's still something that appeals about that cutesy dress-up thing.

[daskreestof.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you're out of the all day nausea! :)
(but not as glad as you.)

[tanthe.livejournal.com]

Amen to that!

Incidentally, do you have time to come shave my head soon? :)

[crescentmuse.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!!!

[tanthe.livejournal.com]

Thanks :)

[pixie-nz.livejournal.com]

Oooh congrats!

P.S March 22nd is a good date ;)

[tanthe.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

Hehehe. I've already had someone "request" the 17th as well, which would usually be St. Patrick's day (but not in 2008, due to some Holy Monday conflict).

If Dashiell is anything to go by, later is probably a better bet than earlier... but then I doubt it really is anything to go by at all, and we'll have to see :)

[shadowcrow.livejournal.com]

CONGRATULATIONS!

w00h00! Talk to ya'll on IRC !

[tanthe.livejournal.com]

Thanks :)