For our Christmas card this year, I thought about using this picture with "Go tell it on the mountain" written on it and little blurbs coming out of A and E's mouths saying "Mommy's gonna have a baby!", but the more I think about it, the more I think I want to hold off on telling everyone the news until after Christmas.

Once we tell the kids, we will have to be ready to tell all our friends, family, relatives, and acquaintances. And C's radio listeners. And I think I'm not ready to tell all those people right before the holidays. I'm not ready to welcome all the questions and comments about how I look, and I'm definitely not ready to start hearing, "It'd better be a girl this time!" (which I know I'll hear a lot and want to prolong as long as possible).

I may have no choice. I may be obviously pregnant by the New Year. But if not, I think I'll put it off.