A Special Announcement... Baby #3 is on the Way! 🎀💖

We’re Having a Baby… and It’s a GIRL! 💕

Baby #3 is on the way! ✨

I’m due later this summer and am already in my third trimester, where did the time go?!?

I’ve been waiting my whole life to be able to share this…

….WE’RE HAVING A GIRL! 🎀💖

To say I’m excited is an understatement. Overwhelmed? Also, yes. If you’re a mama, you know that the joy of a baby is always there, no matter what, but this… this feels extra special. A literal dream coming true for our family, and it brings me to tears every time I think about her.

I’ve always pictured what it would be like to have a little girl. Both Stephen and I always knew there was a girl in our future, and we felt strongly about that even before getting pregnant with Kai.

The boys are so excited as well, which makes times in our household extra sweet! The age gaps are bigger this time, but I’m loving seeing the boy’s understanding grow of having a little sister. Kai totally knows what’s happening, and I can’t wait to see his compassionate heart love on his new sibling. Last summer, the boys spent a lot of time with our friend’s newborn. Getting to hold him and see him grow. That really solidified what having a baby will be like, and I can’t wait to see how this little person will fit perfectly into our family.

Like my other two pregnancies, the first and most of my second trimester were really rough! The boys were constantly asking me, “Mommy, are you sick?” because that was my reality on most days. Pregnancy and birth are such raw and vulnerable experiences, for which I’m grateful to go through. It brings out so many fears and makes you face them head-on. 

This pregnancy has been no different. I can honestly say, I’m a different person. I still have all the same things that make up who I am, I just have such a different perspective and heart posture. It’s really hard to describe, and hopefully someday soon I’ll be able to share those deep parts of me that have evolved and grown. I’m grateful for growing even though it’s been hard, unknown, and at times painful.

A Different Kind of Reflection

Not only being pregnant but carrying a girl this time has brought something new to me. I find myself thinking about my own journey—what I loved as a little girl, what I struggled with, the way I saw myself.

I think about where she’s going—the friends she’ll make, the dreams she’ll have, the challenges she’ll face. I want to be the kind of mom who walks with her, encourages her, and helps her grow into exactly who she’s meant to be.

And that realization has made me so much more aware of how I talk to myself.

Because if I would never want my daughter to be hard on herself, question her worth, or struggle with self-doubt the way I have in the past… why should I allow those thoughts for myself?

I know she’s going to be watching. I know she’s going to take cues from me about what it means to be a woman, a mom, a leader, a dreamer. And that challenges me now—before she even arrives—to be gentler with myself, to give myself grace, and to embrace the worthiness I want her to know she already carries.

A Reminder for All of Us

Whether you’re a girl mom, a boy mom, or just someone who needs this reminder today:

The way we speak to ourselves matters.

We are doing this life thing for the first time, too. And just like we would never let our kids believe they aren’t enough, we have to be careful not to plant those same seeds in our own minds.

So here’s to this new season. Here’s to growing, healing, and becoming the moms (and women) we are meant to be.

Baby girl, we can’t wait to meet you. 💕