We’re excited to announce that the Petersik family is under construction again. Yup, someone’s gonna be a big sister… and she’s pretty darn excited about it.
The proverbial bun in Sherry’s oven is scheduled to arrive in April, and we’re both elated to be growing.
(I’ll happily put on some sympathy weight – it’s the least I can do)
Burger, on the other hand, has no idea what’s going on. But he’s generally excited about life, so that’s nice.
Sherry’s first trimester wasn’t without a few trials (a fender bender that had us worried for a bit and some pretty intense morning all-day sickness for the lady-wife to name a few) but we’re so grateful that all signs point to a healthy little bun so far. Given Clara’s birth complications, this pregnancy falls in the high risk category (more on that here and here), but we were excited to reach the safe-to-share milestone so we could spill the happy news to friends and family this weekend (conveniently while Nonna was in town). And now we get to share it with you guys!
Since you’re a curious bunch, we figured we’d answer your questions in a follow-up post on Friday like we did the first time we told the interwebs we were having a kid. So ask away, and we’ll answer as much as we can at the end of the week. Until then, I’m gonna get back to working on the sunroom and Sherry’s going to do her darndest to keep her breakfast down, probably while painting something.
Sarah says
Congrats! That’s fantastic news! I have to admit that I’m new to your blog, but have become addicted. I started from a search for cloth diaper info and went from there! I’m also preggers and due around the same time! All the best!
Renn says
EEEKK!!!! So Exciting. Congrats!!
I can’t wait to read about you telling your families….AND I want to read about you telling Katie.
Ciara says
How exciting!! Congrats! And so cool that you and the Bowers will have babies around the same time again!
Christy says
What wonderful news! Congratulations to all of you, and may your family have much joy.
Stacy says
Sorry for my horrible grammar in the last post! I meant to say that “I have been extra sensitive to your experience because I have experienced the same traumatic delivery….” blah blah blah.
Btw, don’t let the random trolls who say ridiculous things about your request for privacy being hypocritical. Reflect on the thousands of happy comments, and throw those haters some shade!
Morgan says
I had a complicated and scary first pregnancy, too. I totally get the fear of history repeating itself. My second baby was born healthy and I had zero pregnancy/birth complications. I hope the same for you, Sherry! Try to enjoy this time even though I know that can be tough in your situation! Congratulations!
YoungHouseLove says
Thanks Morgan! That’s so great to hear!
xo
s
Julianne says
Congratulations to both of you! That’s so exciting!
Did you find out boy/girl with Clara, and do you think you’ll find out with this baby?
Gretchen says
Congratulations! So excited for you! Question: Does Sherry still paint while pregnant? I know you all usually use no-VOC paint but I wasn’t sure if you took any other precautions.
Thanks!
Kelly says
Congrats!!!!! SO HAPPY FOR YOU GUYS!!!!
Julie says
Congratulations! I am sincerely impressed you guys can hold in news. We just found out we are expecting (early June baby and we have a 14 month old little guy) and I don’t want to admit how many people I’ve told. Evidently I’m a quiet person with a big mouth. Congrats again! (Right before I posted this I realized that I almost posted it on my Facebook on accident and would have told the world!….before getting to tell my parents tomorrow! Whoops..gotta love new phones and my big mouth!)
Gina says
Congratulations to all of you! I could not be happier for you if I actually knew you in real life!
Thank you for choosing to announce it to all of us in such a cute and clever way as well! Burger’s “burrito” pic is priceless.
Courtney says
Congrats!!! And thanks for sharing the news with us. So excited & love that big sister big smile!
September says
Wow! I know this is a big (scary-ish) decision for you guys. I faced a very real but unknown risk in getting pregnant with our third, so I know what it’s like. I didn’t really stop it with the, “am I just a fool?” until the kicking became really strong. Now that he’s here, I can’t imagine any other choice. But, I can relate to the mixed bag of feelings you are probably having right now (and, even, how much worse that is when you are puking your guts out).
That all said, Bean II is lucky to have you guys rooting for him/her! Congratulations to the world — another Petersik is on the way!
Kaity says
Congratulations! And thank you for sharing with us! Are you planning to find out if your little bean is a boy or girl?
Laura says
That is amazing news! It is so fun to read about your home and your growing family. Will pray for a smooth pregnancy and delivery. You must be over the moon :)
nichole says
CONGRATS!!!! So exciting! I’m due with my second around the same time (late March/early April).
Clara and Burger will be awesome big siblings! :-)
Kelly says
How weird is it that thousands of strangers (including me) are super excited about your pregnancy? Sorry to hear about your extensive morning sickness. I had that too. I hope it’s over at this point or soon will be and you’ll be feeling great the rest of the time. We’ll all be keeping our fingers crossed that everything will go perfectly. If I think about Clara’s birth story I still get teary-eyed both from the scary parts and the happy ending. This time it should be happy from start to finish.
Liz says
Congrats to all! You seem like wonderful parents…this new little baby is so lucky!
Does Clara have any name suggestions?
Stephanie says
Congratulations! Are you going to cloth diaper again? If so, are you planning to do anything different?
My daughter was born in April this year; it is a good time of year to have a baby! Based on suggestions from a friend who cloth diapers, we were able to even cloth diaper during the newborn stage using these fitted diapers (http://www.greenmountaindiapers.com/workhorse.html) and covers until we could use our one sized diapers and we loved it!
Stacey says
Congratulations! I follow your blog daily and also have a (almost) 3 year old girl. In addition, I’m pregnant due- March 28th. We will be in this together… I can’t imagine two kiddos at home!
Jillian (Her Split Ends) says
I know you guys are getting a MILLION comments right now…so i’ll keep this short…
Wahoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!
So pumped for your sweet family. sending lots of GROW ON HEALTHY BEAN vibes your way!!
XOXOXO
~ Jillian
Lisa says
Congratulations!!! Yikes, also just read the string of comments about photoshopping blah blah blah. So sorry you have to deal with such animosity while also dealing with hormones, exhaustion, and everything else that goes w/ being pregnant! I’ll be thinking of you and hoping for an easy pregnancy and uneventful delivery! I also had a difficult delivery with my first, which made me pretty nervous through my whole second pregnancy, but happy to report that one was far less challenging! Best wishes to your family!
Vanessa W says
Congratulations!! My sister and I are nearly 4 years apart and it’s the best. Close enough in age to share common interests but far enough apart that we didn’t share schools or compete for friends. Now that we’re in our mid & late 20’s we couldn’t be closer. So happy for all the Petersiks!!
Molly says
Aww, yay!! I love that this is the second time you’ve been pregnant (but not announcing yet) in a blogiversary Q&A video. Haha. Congrats you guys!!
YoungHouseLove says
Isn’t that funny?! It’s like a tradition!
xo
s
Sangeetha says
Hello John and Sherry… Congratulations on the great news !!! I stumbled upon your blog almost 3-4 yrs ago and I have been reading it every single day since then…and the reason I have been soo addicted is you throw surprises when I least expect it.. !!!! :D Great going guys..hope to meet you someday..come down to India sometime :)
Tiffany says
Congratulations you guys!! I’m also baking a bean and due in early May so it makes me feel a little better to know someone else is going through the same things at (roughly) the same time! I hope you’re feeling great, Sherry. :)
Aja says
Congratulations! So happy for you guys. Best wishes for an easy pregnancy and birth, and no complications! Can’t wait to see what you do with the nursery this time around :)
Ashley A. says
Admittedly, I am not very interested in the ‘state of your uterus’ as I come here to read about your home decorating ideas and adventures. But, with that said, I’m sorry that you have to deal with those types of questions from readers. I just wanted to post to say thank you for all that you guys do to go out of your way to share your home with us!
And with that said – congrats on baby #2! I’m personally looking forward to some nursery room updates.
Jenny says
Congratulations to you guys!!! :) How exciting! I’ve been a faithful reader since 2008, and hardly comment (I teach, hubby’s been deployed, and we have our own curly haired munchkin who’s 6) but just know there are lots of prayers being said for a healthy delivery for you all. Thank you for sharing your news with us! :) xo
Leslie says
Question: How did you spill the “bean” to the family?
Lori says
Congrats guys!!!! Hoping for a healthy pregnancy and an easy, no problem delivery! Clara’s birth story makes me sob every time I read it!
Jackie says
Ive been reading for several years now, actually found you all from your breastfeeding post through a google search, when I was struggling with BFing my first baby. This post made me tear up, so excited for you all and wishing you a healthy and safe delivery. Congratulations!
P.S. some people are crazy ‘secretbaby?’ needs a hobby.
Katie says
just had to throw my congrats in for you guys!
Teenio says
Congratulations to you both! This is the second month of Hubby and I trying for our first. It’s so weird to go from doing everything not to get pregnant one month to doing everything TO get pregnant. Let’s just say I didn’t know what the candlestick yoga position was until last month…
Anyway I have a few questions since you said ask away:
How long were you trying? Were you even trying?
Sherry how did you tell John?
How did you tell the rest of your family?
Aside from a healthy baby do you have a preference for sex?
Besides the photo shopping in the day in the life post did you do anything else to throw us readers off the baby scent?
Not baby related but… are you reading and approving all these comments one by one?!
Congrats again and wishing you a happy and healthy pregnancy and baby.
Sara says
Yay! Congrats! My husband and I are due in January with our first, and it’s so cool to see one of my all-time favorite blogs pregnant with me :)Also, thank you for your previous posts about your experiences with Clara – a lot of helpful info in there for a first time mom-to-be!
Gretchen says
Really excited for you guys!!
Kelsey says
Oh My GOODNESS!!! So excited for you guys! I have been reading your blog for over 3 years now. In those three years I have watched your beautiful Clara grow and have had a baby boy of my own. He is now 20 months and we are too expecting our next baby in April!
What is your exact due date? Mine is April 1st, but since I had a C-Section with the first it will likely be a week or so earlier.
SO EXCITED FOR YOU GUYS! I have been waiting patiently for you to announce the good news. I knew it would come sooner or later! So glad now I can watch your family grow again!
Thanks for all of the love you guys spread via inter-web!
Kelsey
Katie Waddell says
Congrats!! PS-Love that fabric, I just got a yard of it a few weeks ago!
AnnM says
Ok, I just have to say, that I’ve got this humongous empathy ‘gene’. So, sometimes I just see a stranger on the street or on TV (say, on the news) or through a blog such as yours… and something about them touches me so to ask the Universe / God / whatever to please pass them a surprise blessing. Something really good.
And earlier this year, after one of your numerous posts (about making something for Clara) struck and touched me so in its display of love and sacrifice – – made me say a big prayer for you two about this… which sounds so insidious and weird… But I didn’t mean for it to be.
And now I’m not sure if what’s making me feel more elated is the fact that y’all are pregnant or that I CLEARLY have magical powers! :)
CONGRATULATIONS!
YoungHouseLove says
Haha! I love it!
xo
s
Holly P. says
FANTASTIC news! Congratulations! And, sorry Sherry, but after the awesome Clara photo John’s picture just might be the best ever – “Bean Burrito”…HAHAHAHAHAHA
HilaryB says
Hi, Sherry and John:
Congratulations! This is such happy news and, even though I don’t know you, I’m excited for you! I grew up in Richmond and moved away several years ago, so it is such a treat to read your blog. Makes me feel connected to my hometown, and it reminds me that there are so many talented, creative people there.
In fact I have been reading for a while, but I have never felt compelled to comment–until now. I am really disturbed by some recent comments I’ve seen in response to your pregnancy announcement. They are unkind, insensitive, and, frankly, hateful. It’s hard to understand why people feel the need to expend their energy criticizing you for such a small thing. Do people honestly believe that you were maliciously deceiving your readers by keeping the pregnancy a secret until you felt it was safe to announce? Do they truly feel that they have been betrayed in some real, significant way? My feeling is, you were harming no one, and your reasons for keeping the news private were fully understandable and justified. I hope these critics will find a way to let go of the negativity. There are PLENTY of things to be angry about in our world right now. Why can’t we let this blog be a refuge from all of that? Reading it surely brightens my day!
Joy says
Yay!!!!! Congrats, not to be too personal but has this been a long term project?
Alie says
Congratulations to the Petersik Family! What wonderful news!
Ashlee says
Aw YAY!!! Congratulations!! I hope you have a safe and healthy pregnancy!!!
Lauren says
Congratulations! Thanks for sharing this new journey with all of your readers…SO exciting! I’d love to know how you told Clara and the rest of your family :)
Emily says
Congratulations! Much love to your growing family.
Avone says
Hooray! Congrats! Hoping you have a safe and healthy pregnancy, delivery, and baby.
Oh my. I read through that thread with Secretbaby. Geez. How dare you guys keep any secrets from us. We should have been the first to know! ;) SMH
Kelly Gruetzmacher says
I know you and Katie Bower are good friends. Did y’all plan to try together for your babies? Lol either way so sweet that y’all can experience this gift together! :)
Cristina says
YAY! What amazing news!!! :) Adding the 2nd is SO much fun. Yes it’s more work, but when you see the kiddos interact with each other? Nothing like it!
OK so for questions:
(1) how did you tell John?
(2) how did you tell family?
(3) have you noticed anything helping with the morning sickness?
(4) were you shocked or totally planned?
CONGRATS again!!!! AWESOME news, I don’t know you, but for what it’s worth … your news sure did make my day!
Andrea Worley says
Ahh! congrats to you guys! so exciting!!