Our New Adventure

Well, at the end of my last post I made a comment wondering what the next adventure in the life of the Hollanders will be.  I knew at that moment (although no one else did) that our newest adventure was already beginning.  I found out around June 1st that Blake and I are expecting our second little baby!  We are very excited, but I still have some nervousness about it all as well.  I feel like I have life pretty well figured out with the one little girl.  She's on a great schedule, loves to go out and about, and is really a great easy baby.  So, I just don't know what to expect when the next little Hollander comes around.  I do rest in the fact that this is the Lord's timing and His perfect plan for us.  Children ARE such a blessing from the Lord, and I am so honored that He would see fit for us to prepare for baby number 2. 

I am having all the wonderful first trimester fun with nausea and tiredness, but hopefully it won't last too much longer!  I am coming in on being 10 weeks along now, so we are close to the second trimester!  Crazy!  I am noticing with this pregnancy how often I forget that I am pregnant.  Karis keeps me busy during the day and half the time I don't even think about the new little one growing.  It was ALWAYS on my mind the first time around, so it's kind of funny now.  We were able to have an initial ultrasound to verify pregnancy a few days ago, and there was a little bean there!  That made it quite real!  It's one thing to take a test at home and a totally different thing to actually see the growing baby!  So exciting, and overwhelming!  We are praying for a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby.  We are trusting the Lord to sustain life and provide for us all the things we need.  I'll keep things updated more on here as things go along!  Looking forward to it all!