Oh Baby!

I am so thrilled to announce that we are going to have a baby. 

We had been praying and talking and planning and wondering when we should start expanding our little family.  We had decided that fall seemed like a good time for baby #1.  So in January, well… you know what happened!   

Finding out: 

The first week of February was a very busy one full of anticipation.  We were in Minnesota for a Christian camping conference and little did everyone know… I was waiting for something… or not. My body felt very similar to the way that it does before that time of the month, so I was a little afraid to get my hopes up.  Plus, we had only been trying for one month and statistically, only 20% get pregnant the first try.  On our way home from the conference we didn’t have time to pick up a pregnancy test so we had to wait a couple of more days before we found out what next fall would bring.  

On February 8^th we were on our way to my friend Jennifer Adams wedding.  Boy was that a long 5 hour drive with that silly little stick just sitting there waiting to be peed on.  Andy assured me that I would most likely not want to take the test in a gas station bathroom so I mustered up the last little bit of patience I had and waited until we got to the hotel.  

When we got to our hotel I immediately went into the bathroom and well… peed on a stick.  I placed it back in the package, waiting for it to decide our future.  I mean, we suspected that it would say we were pregnant but could WE actually BE pregnant.  We got ready for the wedding and then… Andy picked up the test… turned it around…. and there was only one word to be read… Pregnant!  We were so ecstatic! Who knew what God had in store for us! We are so blessed!   

 

Pregnant!

 

So there we were, newly expecting parents at a friend’s wedding with this beautiful secret.  It seemed that we kind of floated through the evening in pure bliss.  Weddings are so beautiful and every one that I go to reminds me of our wedding day.  During the ceremony we kept looking at each other, with these silly grins on our faces, feeling a Love for each other that we didn’t know was possible.  I am so thankful for the wonderful man that God gave to me, to be MY husband. It is amazing that God allows us to have this kind of Love that creates life… our babies life.