Evie and I got confirmation today that she's currently 8 weeks pregnant.  The dr did an ultrasound and sure enough, we had a lima bean there blinking away happy as can be.  Evie's due on November 19th, but because we're having a C-Section it'll be born sooner than that, probably the 9th or 10th-ish.

It's an odd feeling for me really.  I'm happy but also nervous about the changes and challenges that await us.  Having one child is definitely simpler than having 2, so it'll be really interesting to see what is coming.  One challenge it presents is Evie's work.  She doesn't make enough to justify her working with two kids in daycare, so she may end up not going back to work after the next kid is born, which presents new challenges of more expense plus less income.  Thankfully we have a few months to figure that out.  With my mom here in town we might be able to leverage her a bit with the childcare as well, so we'll see.

Another challenge is where to put the little one.  We have a four bedroom place and Elizabeth currently occupies one of the bedrooms and Evie and I share the master bedroom of course.  The other two bedrooms are used as offices for Evie and I.  She has hers with her scrapbooking stuff and I have mine with my computers and guitars.  Now at first it's not a big deal, as we can put the new kid in my office without too much issue, but eventually the child will get bigger and will need it's own room.  Evie and I have too much stuff to combine our offices so we may wind up looking for a larger place in the next few years.

Then there is the issue with names.  We've already got a girl name picked out, Katherine Ilaine, that we had picked from when Evie was pregnant before, but still haven't found the right boy name.  I'm very picky about names, as I think that names have an influence on how a person's life can turn out.  We'd like to use William as a middle name in honor of my best friend and grandfather, but haven't found a first name that goes with it that just jumps out at us.

Probably my biggest concern of all though, is that I want to have the same level of love and devotion and interest in both children.  I want them both to feel lots of love from day 1 and not have one feel slighted by the other.  I know that's really a perfect world scenario and hurt feelings will happen, but I want to minimize it as much as possible.