yup, it's true!

i'm sure that some of you already know this, because either you heard it from me, or well, news travels fast... since mom and dad and dan and ruby all know, everyone else gets to hear it too. yes, another baby brotzman to rule the roost! cole's going to have a little competition, but that's ok. i kinda hope that this one's a girl so cole can play the true big protective brother role!it amazes me that this time around it just as exciting as it was with cole... years ago, i thought that every woman got really excited with the first one and then with the next one or however many, it was old hat. guess i was wrong! might i add, this was LONG time ago that i thought this... but yeah, it's just as exciting with the second as with the first! minus a little of the overwhelming fear that sets in when you have a moment to yourself and realize oh my, what am i gonna do with two! becoming a parent, whether for the first time or umpteenth, is always a little frightening. fellow parents will understand this statement. mom told me today that their childbirth class instructor said that each baby is born into a different family than the last... it changes with each new addition. i can't remember exactly how mom put it, but it was to the effect that even though we've already experienced parenthood, adding another child turns it into a whole new experience. neat.
anyway, we're looking to meet this new little person sometime at the end of january/early february. the chart in one of my pregnancy books says 26th january. whether that's exactly correct or not, i don't know. i am really nervous about finding a doctor down here... needless to say, it won't be the one we took cole to. if that guy can't do a well-baby visit right, i really don't trust him to deliver this next one! i wonder, again, if dr houlihan would like to come down here for an extended stay...? and, since i'm sure many are wondering this, no, i have no idea where the baby will be born. hopefully in a hospital, but as to which state, no clue!