Haaaaappy St. Paddy’s Day!! One of my favorite days of the year!! If you’re looking for Irish naming inspiration, I’ve got a bunch of posts from years past that might have just what you’re looking for.Β βοΈβοΈβοΈ
I have an extra special reason for being excited for today this year, as I’d earmarked today as “share the news day” — I’m thrilled to share with you all that my family will be welcoming a new little wee Miss or Mister in the fall!Β πππ
I haven’t been posting much original content lately as a result, which you’ve probably all noticed — I’ve been feeling terrible and counting the days until I reach the point where I’ve felt better in past pregnancies, which I estimated to be another 3 to 5 weeks — but once I’m back to cracking, I’ve got a list of topics I’d love to write about, so stay tuned! (I know how blessed I am that my “morning” sickness isn’t HG and doesn’t last past 18 weeks — you ladies that suffer with bad sickness in pregnancy are warriors!)
Cheers to you all today! St. Patrick, pray for us! And any prayers you’d like to send in the direction of me and my little babe would be greatly appreciated.Β πβοΈπβοΈπβοΈ
This is SO exciting! Congratulations, Kate!
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Congratulations! Weβre also expecting a baby this fall, lucky number 7! I pray the morning sickness ends quickly for you! Do you normally find out the babyβs gender during pregnancy?
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Thank you!! Congratulations to you!! This is no. 7 for us as well! We’ve never found out gender, so everyone’s going bananas here with impatience wondering if we’ll have a girl! Haha! How about you?
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We have found out 5/6 times. The last time my kids all wanted to wait, so we did! It was fun, but I really like finding out ahead so weβll probably go back to that this time. We have 4 girls and 2 boys so my boys are really pulling for a boy! A fun thing about our kids is their hair color alternates blonde-red-blonde-red etc. Finding out if the pattern holds is surprise enough for me on delivery day! π
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Wow, blonde-red-etc! That’s so cool!
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Wow, congratulations! I hope you start feeling better soon. Pregnancy sickness is rotten.
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Yes!! Thank you!!
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Congratulations! Do you share your own name choice(s) early or do you wait until baby is born to announce that (or even to decide for sure)? This is the second pregnancy announcement for fall babies Iβve heard this weekend; SO EXCITING!
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Thank you!! We do share ahead of time, but so far we have no finalists!
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It’s still early (:
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Congrats!!!! That is such wonderful news. π I am in a Sept-Oct 2018 Expectant Catholic moms group on Facebook that is so fun and encouraging, if you’re into that kind of thing. β€οΈ
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Thank you!! And congratulations to you!! Thank you for letting me know about the group! I’ve been trying to wean off FB, but if I’m not successful I’ll check it out! π
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Congrats!!! Such happy news! Hope youβre feeling better soon!
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Congratulations! I am so very, very, very excited for you! What wonderful news!!!
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Yay! Iβm so happy for you!
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You are going to have another boy! Haha, or not!! I wondered if that “someone is missing” feeling would come to fruition. π
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Haha we’ll see!! Everyone’s so impatient to know!!
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Congratulations! I’m excited for you and your family. Wishing strength and good health to you and the bub.
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Congratulations! How exciting! Prayers for a happy and healthy pregnancy β‘β§
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Congrats, Kate! Those are wonderful news! I’m praying for you π
Are you sharing the gender before birth? (Please keep us posted!)
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Thank you!! We most likely won’t be finding out (we never have), I will keep you posted!
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Kate, this is so exciting! Iβll definitely pray for you.
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So happy and excited for you, Kate! New babies are THE best! πππ
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Thank you!! So true!!
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Congratulations and prayers!
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Congratulations!!! I’m so thrilled for you and your family. Praying for a healthy pregnancy!
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Yayyyyyyy!!!!!! Congrats! Iβve been secretly suspicious!
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Haha really?? Women’s intuition! Thank you!!
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Congratulations.
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That is wonderful news! It would be so exciting to have a girl but either way you are so very blessed. I will keep you in my prayers for sure!
I love your blog and follow you daily. I pray everyday myself for the courage to accept Gods will as it seems that we cannot have another baby. It has been 4 years since our princess was born after having 3 boys and my heart aches for another. But I am learning so much in carrying this Cross, which is small compared to others burdens. God bless you , all your boys and baby 7 ….Anne in Austria
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I’m so sorry to hear of your struggles Anne! I will keep you in my prayers! β€
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That is so sweet of you! I canβt wait to hear your baby name? I am not sure if you shared your boys names previously but if you have a post for this Baby will be Thrilled!
I will keep praying for you and hope you feel better very very soon!
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Many, many congratulations! Such exciting news! Prayers for healthy mom and babe!
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Sacred Heart of Jesus, please bless our little September baby!
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Congratulations! So exciting! Saint Patrickβs Day is the perfect day for this announcement! One year ago today, The leprechaun left a riddle for our boys to figure out, announcing that they theyβd be getting a new baby. It was so much watching their faces light up once they realized what was going on! Now we sometimes call Finn our little Leprechaun. Ha! Prayers for you!
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Wow, I love this! Thank you!!
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Congratulations on your pregnancy Kate! May you have seven sons (π Or an awesome cool seventh daughter!) and I hope your nausea passes soon. Can’t wait to hear of the little babe!
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Hooray! Congratulations!!!
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Yay!!!! Congratulations, Kate!
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Congratulations Kate! What happy news!
I am the eldest of seven girls and even though it would have been fun to have a baby brother, I love having six sisters!
Some of us are married and our husbands led to brothers-in-law and grandsons so things have balanced out for my parents.
If you have another boy, I am sure that you will have girls around eventually… you just might have to wait a few decades like my parents. They would say it all worked out! π
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Haha I love this!! I’ll be delighted either way — there’s something so cool about the idea of seven boys, and of course something so cool about adding in a little girl!
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Either way it will be so much fun for your family! My dad loves introducing himself and then saying and I have seven daughters! It’s an uncommon icebreaker π
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How exciting! Congratulations!
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Congratulations π I hope you start to feel better soon.
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CONGRATS!!! Prayers for you and family! So wonderful!?
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Congratulations ! That is wonderful news. Now you can enjoy your very own naming process again π
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Yay!!! Many congratulations! π
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So excited for you!!! Congratulations!!
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Congrats, Kate! So wonderful!ππ π
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Wonderful news!! I hope the morning sickness eases up soon! I’ll pray for you!
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