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Well, as you might already know, Erin was fired from her job about a week ago. On the same day she was fired (for rather poor reasons) we discovered that she is also pregnant.

This news is being shared because Erin wants to talk to different people about it. People who might be able to commiserate with her in the whole body changing, hormones racing, gotta pee all the time kind of way. There are actually very specific people she has in mind. However, if you want to know who those people are (or if you think you are one of those people) then you will have to speak or email her.

We anticipate that baby Hattaway will show up around the end of September or early October according to the many different due date calculators that are available online. Erin has her first OB doctors appointment on February 11th.

I didn’t want to share until it was possible to hear the babies heartbeat through the Doppler system (which is between 10 and 12 weeks); however, after a very long (and sometimes emotional) conversation with Erin last night, we determined that there was a short list (much longer for me than for her) of people that needed to be called and told before we moved forward with making this known to the world.

The first person was called at 11 this morning.

Please note, though, that our respective parents have known for about a week. On my hierarchy of people (outside of Erin and I) that need to know changes in our lives, the parents are at the top of the list.

Outside of immediate family members, and since this is my medium of informing people of changes and updates in my life (and throw in some very close friends), I am now posting that Erin is pregnant. We are expecting a bouncing baby something-or-other. And we are looking forward to the challenges the next year will bring as we plan and prepare for a liebchen to enter our lives.

What this really means is that Erin will want to have serious conversations about possible names for said life growing inside of her. Until now, I have been able to avoid or play around with these conversations. You can tell I am tired of these conversations when I drop into Skunkweed, Rhododendron, and Gladiolas as potential names for any future children. Skunkweed is a boy’s name. At least I am not suggesting Crabpaper or Mouse-whiskers – of course, those names are reserved for other purposes so… who knows, maybe they need to be repurposed.

Jordan did tell me:

”Jordan is a great name. You can use it for boys and girls (emphasis mine).”

Anyway, we are very excited. Very scared. And have gone through some interesting dips into personal hells this week as we were trying to figure out insurance and as Erin has worked on finding employment.

However, even with the bad news of last weekend it was coupled with good and positive news. So… you know… into each life a little rain must fall.

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