Secret’s
out! All of our relatives and close friends received their pregnancy
announcements over the weekend, and today we made it Facebook official!
Everyone finally knows about Baby
Leschke, and we couldn’t be more excited. It feels even more real now that all
of our loved ones know, and it has been so fun to get congratulatory phone
calls, emails, and messages from everyone. The support and well wishes have
been overwhelming, and have reminded us how truly blessed we are to have such
wonderful family members and friends in our lives.
In
addition to the big announcement, LOTS of other things happened this week as
well. For instance, we got to hear the baby’s heartbeat for the very first
time! The doctor was surprised by how easy it was to find, and she said that it
sounds strong and regular (music to an expectant mother’s ears!). Hearing the
heartbeat was incredible, and it’s a sound I’ll never forget…and not only because
I recorded it on my Iphone ;)

Finally,
Tom and I made the big move to our new apartment this weekend. It wasn’t as
difficult as it could have been since we decided to stay in the same building,
but it ended up being a rather emotional event for the pregnant lady. When we
finished cleaning the old place, left the keys on the counter, and turned
around to take one final look at our first married home together – I totally
lost it. And truth be told, still haven’t completely regained it yet. That
apartment was filled with so much love and so many happy memories, that it was
way harder to walk away from than I anticipated. But my wonderful husband keeps
reminding me that we’re doing this for the baby (to get away from the noisy
train tracks), and that we will make just as many – probably more! – happy
memories in our new apartment with our new family. And that home is not simply
a place, but wherever the three us of are…together.