a name for the baby and gestational diabetes

michael and i settled on a name for the baby a few weeks ago

and even told the kids

it's been so cute to hear them refer to him by his name
michael and i have both liked the name henry for a long time
i would've named noah henry if it hadn't been my ex-husband's middle name
michael and i feel like enough time has passed that it doesn't matter anymore
we did have our reservations about it's popularity
and the fact that he and hazel with both start with "h"
but when it came down to it, we both like it and kept coming back to it
and we think it fits our family
christopher is the name of michael's identical twin that only lived 9 days
michael has always wanted to use it, at least for a middle name
so we feel good about doing so

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in other news

this girl!
(that's never happened before)

so i get to go back for the 3 hour test saturday

i'm not super happy about it

but it does explain why i've gained so much weight already despite my efforts not to

and it shouldn't be too shocking since each of my sisters has had it at least once

and to be honest, i did have a feeling i had it

oh well, hopefully it won't be a huge deal

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i'm almost 28 weeks! only 11 to go! 

we moved eleanor into the small bedroom

and the big kids are sharing the bigger bedroom

so baby henry gets our closet which is awesome!