Hey everyone!
Big news.
We are having a baby!
We are super excited for this new adventure that we are on, and I can’t wait to share more.
I went back and forth on whether or not I wanted to share this directly on the blog, but many of you have been with me for years, and I haven’t really done a life update in a very long time.
I completely understand that a pregnancy announcement can lead to mixed feelings, and both good and bad judgment/advice/etc. Also, I do not plan on having things change around here on Making Sense of Cents, as personal finance is still what this website is all about.
Anyway, this is exciting news for us, as Baby Gardner is due in December 2021!
We are so excited to share that we will be starting our greatest adventure yet, and we can’t wait to show our new family member the world.
Pregnancy has been interesting so far, with lots of nausea (but I actually haven’t thrown up at all) for the past couple of months. Eating has been difficult, which feels crazy because I’m usually a huge eater and will eat anything. But, pregnancy has led to a lot of food aversions.
I am starting to feel better now, though, so I am hoping to get ahead in work, do as many fun things as I can, and prepare for the new family addition as best as we can.
I know that many of you are probably wondering (this is the number one question that I’ve received so far)- Our plan for right now is to live with our new family member on our boat. We plan on taking it slow but eventually doing a lot of travel with our new family member by boat, van, plane, etc.
Please leave a comment below:
- If you have any books or blogs that you recommend I read about pregnancy, starting a family, work/life balance as a parent, traveling families, etc.
- If you have any positive advice or kind words that you’d like to share
- If you have any questions for me.
Thank you so much for following along on my journey over the years. Things are about to get even more interesting!
Have a great week!
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Congrats!!!
Thank you!
Congratulations. All the very best on this new journey
Thank you!
Rock on!! The biggest adventure yet! And that’s saying something with how epic your lives have been already 🙂
Thank you so much!
congratualations do you know if it is a boy or a girl?
if it is a girl she is going to love your husband to death i still do with my father and it drives him mad sometimes with me teasing him.
All the best for the future
From Australia!!
The baby is a girl 🙂
Congratulations. Enjoy your newest adventure.
As a father with grown children, you won’t believe how fast it goes. So love on them as long as you can. I always figured I would have until they are 18 to spend lots of time with them. But reality is, between friends, sports, jobs you will see much of less of them, often starting between 14 and 16.
Thank you so much!
Congrats! So excited for you all! I hope you touch on some money-saving tips for babies as your journey continues.
Thank you so much!
Congrats! I’m so happy for both of you! A girl or boy, it doesn’t matter as long as the baby is healthy! 🙂
Congrats on coming baby girl!! My only advise is not to stress, take everything in stride, and enjoy every moment. Mine are now 24 and 27. Time flies! I miss their sweet baby faces, lol.
Congratulations Michelle!!! How exciting! I highly recommend the book – The Baby Sleep Solution. It saved my sleep for my 2nd baby, along with using a WubbaNub paci to help with the process, and the Love to Dream sleep sack so the baby can self soothe with their hands up. For pregnancy, the must have book is What To Expect When You’re Expecting, along with websites that track your pregnancy progress, such as BabyCenter. For travel, I have a family travel blog that I’m building up if you’re interested in that later at The Globetrotting Family, and a super soft luxury swaddle blankets and baby hankies for drool at Little Kims. Also, I have vitamin recommendations, but I’m sure your doctor probably recommended some. I’d recommend a food-based one. Congratulations on your baby! It’s an exciting time! Challenging, but also so rewarding! All the best on your pregnancy journey!
Congratulations!!! So excited and happy for you. Some books I’d recommend for pregnancy, childbirth, and post-pregnancy are:
Nurture by Erica Chidi Cohen
Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin
The First Forty Days by Zheng Ou
Also, Grow Wild by Katy Bowman. And Bringing up Bebe, Simplicity Parenting, and Peaceful Parent Happy Kids.
Publix has A Baby Club and when you join they send you a book this book was really helpful as I didn’t remember much about pregnancy my kids are 15 years apart
Congratulations Michelle! I am so happy for you and truly hope that your new adventure is as awesome & rewarding as ours has been so far! Very happy to hear this news!
Sincerely,
Chip
Congratulations! We are too (due January). I hear ya about the nausea and food aversions (crazy, right?). The pregnancy lollipops and candies helped some and if not, get your doc to prescribe ZOFRAN. Congrats, Michelle. All the best.
Congratulations! What exciting news!!!
Congrats Michelle (and hubby). May you have a safe pregnancy and an easy delivery. 🙂
Congrats Michelle! I feel like perhaps we called it on this post from 2018 😂
Let’s do an update sometime in 2022!