Over the Memorial Day holiday, our church had a free 5K and 10K on Saturday morning.
After a lot of wishy-washy talk on my part, I finally decided to run the 5K.
Despite it being the morning after school let out, there was a pretty good crowd.
Bart decided to run with me, and he pushed Ella in the jogging stroller while I carried the baby.
The four of us finished with a time of 28:50.
Yes, four!
December 2nd, 2012!
We are pretty excited:
Even if Ella thinks a doughnut for breakfast is way more exciting than a new sibling
Abby says
Oh, congratulations, Janssen!!!! I think I did exactly what I was supposed to do… I think "Wait, she carried the baby? Isn't Ella the baby? Wait, four of us?! Is she saying what I think she's saying…!?" 😀 Well done. And hooray!!!!!
Tina's Blog says
Congratulations! You are always so clever in how you share your good news.
Jennifer Lee says
Congratulations! I'm so thrilled for you and Bart (and Ella).
RA says
Ah, congratulations! As ever, Ella continues to be The Cutest. 🙂
Amy says
That is such exciting news! Congratulations! Ella will make a great big sister.
Jenny says
Hooray!!
A 5K! A new baby!
just HOORAY all around.
Angela Noelle says
Uh…I just got caught up after our week away, and I AM SO FREAKIN' EXCITED FOR YOU THAT I'M USING CAPS AAAAAAND DRAGGING OUT WORDS AND EUPHEMISMS I'M MORALLY OPPOSED TO STARTING WITH 'F'.
x
Melissa says
Congratulations!
Rachel says
Yea!!! Congrats, this was very cute. Hope you're feeling well!
Kimberly F. says
Congratulations to all three of you! I did the same thing Abby did. So happy for you!
Señora H-B says
Oh, I am SO excited for you! Ella will be such a fantastic big sister!!
Shelly says
Oh, congratulations! I am so happy for you guys!
Chrissie says
Congratulations, and fun way to share the news!
The Liddells says
Congratulations!!!!
Carly says
Happy! I'm so excited for you guys! Hope you are feeling good… the first trimester is often the hardest! hang in there 🙂
ps. I wasn't originally super excited about Ginny being a December baby (who ended up being a Thanksgiving baby), but in the end, it was the perfect time for a newborn! Hope the same holds true for you 🙂
KT says
hooray!! so happy for all of you. I hope you're not feeling too icky.
Brit says
Congrats Janssen!!!! I am so excited for you guys!!! A family of four by Christmas!!
Audrey says
Congratulations!!!! Sooo exciting!
Sunny says
Ha, Abby you described it perfectly. I'm like Is she carrying a baby doll…scroll down look for a picture, four of us, what…oh ok lol.
Congratulations! What exciting news!
completelyirrelevant says
Congratulations!
Stephanie says
Congratulations! Yay for babies!
Shelly says
Congratulations!
Ash says
Oh my goodness! I am so happy for y'all! I was reading along, thinking, "Hmm… While I carried the baby. WHAT? The baby?!" 🙂 That's so exciting!
Faith - Sweetened Style says
Congrats! 🙂
Laura says
Hahaha, what a great post! Congratulations!! What exciting news AND a great 5K!
Deanna says
Congratulations!! I totally fell for it and was squinting at your picture, trying to determine if you were carrying some sort of baby doll. Exciting news!
karmacoy says
Congratulations!!
Elaine says
Congratulations on the run and your exciting news!
Meridith says
Haha! Congratulations!!! What fun news. 🙂
smalldog says
Congratulations! How exciting!
Katie says
Congratulations! I was really confused with this sentence, "he pushed Ella in the jogging stroller while I carried the baby." Clever post.
Stefanie Hathaway says
Wow, congratulations! That is SUPER exciting! Hope you're not toooooo sick.
Jennie says
Congrats, Janssen! Such good news to hear today.
Janelle says
What a fun way to announce it! The first reference made me do a double-take, but I put 2 and 2 together pretty quick! 🙂 Congratulation to the three (four) of you! (Also, you run a 5K with a baby faster than me without a baby. You rock!)
Janelle says
Aack! *Quickly* I meant quickly!
Elizabeth says
Woo hoo! Congratulations so much! I had this FEELING that this announcement was coming and I was right! I am very excited for you guys.
Happily Ever Hall says
Congrats!
Lindsay says
Congratulations! I really had to keep re-reading, trying to figure out why you would say that you were carrying the baby and there were four of you. Thank goodness you explained it to this absent-minded pregnant lady!
Also, I'm a little jealous that you get to be pregnant with your sister and have babies so close!
Janet says
Well, aren't you a sneaky one? 🙂
Congrats!!
Noelle says
What wonderful news! Congratulations to all! (ps, just met your sister in the airport on Tuesday 🙂
Mary says
Congratulations!!! And how exciting to be pregnant with Merrick. It is so much fun being pregnant with your sister and having little cousin babies the same age.
Lisa C says
Congrats!
craftyashley says
Ha! Congrats! You are so sneaky.
Karri says
Congrats!!! Another adorable baby on the way!
Lisa says
So exciting!!! I'm totally trying to figure out the math on my fingers to tell how many weeks you are. You are so tiny, I was totally showing at 10 weeks with LE.
Megan says
Congratulations! (I totally thought I was having reading comprehension problems with the "…and I carried the baby" sentence, but the realization came along quickly.) So exciting!
Nemesis says
Congratulations, such great news! 🙂
kristen says
Yay! Congrats you guys! How fun to be pregnant with your sister too!
Creole Wisdom says
Oh my goodness! What a great way to announce a pregnancy. I am very happy for you!!!
Jess says
YAYYYY congratulations!! I was JUST wondering when I read your last post if you might have an announcement for us sometime soon. I'm so excited for you! And I can't WAIT to hear what you name this new family member!
Jenae says
I am so glad. You make beautiful babies and so it is your duty to bring another into the world! And cheers to you and Merrick- and all the family!
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Jenny says
Congratulations!
heidikins says
This is the best announcement ever! Congratulations!!! On the bebe, obviously, but also on running a 5k. 🙂
xox
Angella says
Congratulations! Yay, baby! Yay, you!
Erin Gong says
Way to 5k it with a baby! I totally think Bart had the easy job here (…in so many ways…).
Should you, Sherry and I discuss timing for child #3 or assume it will happen in sync again?
Sherry says
I don't think we can have this perfect of timing for our respective #3s without discussing it first. Clearly a tri-family counsel is in order.
Emily Kate says
I re-read this sentence multiple times "Bart decided to run with me, and he pushed Ella in the jogging stroller while I carried the baby." and looked back at the picture to see if you were babysitting someone's baby. Then, being the quick one that I am, I realized what you were getting at. Congratulations! What happy news. I was hoping you would have an announcement like this soon. And it's so fun that you and Merrick keep having babies around the same time. Your kids will love that as they grow up!
emandtrev says
Like Emily Kate, I had to reread that sentence about carrying the baby. I even looked at the picture again a few times. Ha! I am so quick on the uptake. 🙂
CONGRATULATIONS! I am so happy for you. You guys are such a sweet little family–I am so happy for you to welcome one more to your crew.
Alison K. says
Excellent announcement!! Congratulations!
Rhiannon says
This is the BEST news! Congratulations, you guys!
preethi says
YAYYYY! 🙂 Love this post so much. Also, congrats on your time! I'm very impressed you managed sub-10 minute miles while pregnant.
Also again – there's just something about toddlers in onesies that makes me giggle because it's so cute.
Sheyenne says
Hooray for more chubby-cheeked Bart and Janssen babies!
Kayla @ Freckles in April says
Woot! And now I can finally not be scared I'm going to accidentally out you.
Kate says
Very, very exciting! Feel well and congratulations!
KKortney44 says
Yay babies!! So excited for you! So fun that you and Merrick continue to have kids so close together! You are going to be pretty pregnant when we come visit you in October and I am SO excited!! =D Congrats!
agirlandaboy says
Hooraaaaaaaayyyy! So fun. Ella's going to love it.
Andrea Smith says
So exited for you guys! I'm sad I'll miss it but I'll come back and visit! by the way you don't even look almost 4 months pregnant!
Jenna says
In a world of cheesy and over the top baby reveal blog posts (which I will probably indulge in myself for the next one 🙂 ) this was refreshingly original and fits who you are so well. Congrats!
Sammy says
Hurray!! Congrats! I love the excited picture.
Becca says
You guys are so cute. NO JOKE, earlier this week I was thinking, "Hmm… I bet Janssen's pregnant." That's all. Maybe it was the tweet about needing a cookie to revive you after falling asleep on the couch that tipped me off. Haha, or not, since… that's something I regularly do and I'm not pregnant. 😉
Seriously, though – congrats. You are the cutest mom.
Erica says
Yaaaaayyyyyy!!!!!!!!! Congratulations! I can't wait to hear more pregnancy updates! And very sneaky reveal – I love it!
Grace Marie says
This was GOOD. I was super confused.
Congratulations to you guys!! I hope you're feeling well!!!
And I'm seriously impressed that you ran a 5k in your second (?) trimester. Amazing.
Katie says
Hooray!
Isabel says
Congrats!!!
Nicole says
I was reeeealy hoping that's what you ment when ou said you had he baby! Congratulations!!
Nicole says
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I'm so ashamed.
JoLee says
Congratulations. What a clever way to tell everyone.
Jones says
What great news! I am happy for you.
heather says
Congratulations! That's wonderful!
Katie says
Sincerest congratulations! What wonderful news for your family!
Megan B. says
Congratulations!
Bethany says
GAH!!! Oh this makes me so happy! What an adorable post, I love it! When you said, "while I carried the baby," I had a fleeting thought: no way – she RAN while holding Ella?!? But that was instantly replaced with the realization of what was really coming and I suddenly wished you were my next door neighbor so I could run over and give you a congratulatory hug. YAY!!!
ccr in MA says
Ooohhh, congratulations! I love some happy news.
Meredith Shatzer says
YAY! YAY! How fun to have second baby close to Merrick as well! Love close cousins!
ellen says
I totally knew you were preggers. 🙂
Allison says
Congratulations to you and your beautiful family! You are going to love being a mom of two.
Ralphie says
Lucky lucky baby.
allisa says
I'm BUBBLING over with excitment!! Just BUBBLING! Congratulations! And that picture of you with your arms spread wide open…LOVE IT!
Elsha says
I tried to comment from my phone earlier, but I don't see it here, so I guess it didn't go through- Congratulations!! That is such great news!
Alysa says
Congratulations!! I'm sure you'll keep us updated. And don't worry, I think more immediate excitement about a doughnut is par for the course. 🙂
Heather says
Ahhh! I went back to reread the line about carrying the baby to see if you were jogging while holding a friend's child in the baby bjorn. But alas, on completing the reading, my happy hopes were confirmed! Huge congrats to you!
Angiegirl says
Wonderful!
Amy says
I also had to do the "reread" a few times before I caught on. Then I was instantly excited for you. And then I was instantly full of impressivement (it's a word)that your pregnant 5k is my non pregnant 5k best.
Jenn says
Congratulations!
Saskia says
Congratulations!
LatteLove says
I'm a lurker and rarely comment – but congratulations! Love how you announced.
Rachel says
well played 🙂
Kate P says
I've been lurking for a little while now, but I needed to say, "Congratulations!"
Jessica says
Congrats, Janssen! Although I am a bit concerned – if Baby #2 is half as cute as Ella, I might fall down dead with the compounding adorableness.
Deanna H says
Congrats!!! It's so obvious you guys are going to make all beautiful children. Loved the cute way you announced the exciting news.
Packrat says
Oh my! I almost didn't read this post! Wow! Congratulations.
Julia says
congratulations!
Jillian says
Oh how exciting!! Congratulations to you all! And Ella will be a FANTASTIC big sister 🙂
Chelsea says
Congrats Janssen! A very lucky baby he/she will be too! I kept thinking as I was reading it….what baby? What in the world is she talking about? Yes, I'm a little slow sometimes! Love you!
Ashley and Dave says
How did I miss this POST?! Yipeeee! Congrats! I had a feeling this was coming soon 🙂 Bet its another girl!
Holly Hoffman Spears says
ok, i know i say this all the time and i know there's more to life than being cute, but seriously, ella is soooooooo cute! she kills me.
congrats on baby number 2!!!
Monica says
Gahhhh! I am SO SO excited for you guys! You are such a stinker, trying to slip in that little "four." Can't wait for this little one to get such fantastic people as parents.