We're Having Another Baby!

Hello girlfriends! I figured I'd start a pregnancy blog so I could keep you all informed about how I'm doing and how this little miracle inside me is progressing. I can't believe that I'm already almost 3 months along. So-let's start from the beginning. A little over a year ago we decided to start trying for baby #3. Since we have 2 boys already, we decided to use the trusty book (Your Baby's Sex: Now You Can Choose) to go for a little girl. So, as best as we could, we tried to follow the biological suggestions in the book for creating a little girl. After a year, though, with no pregnancy, we began to sense that we needed to just let go of personally trying to end up with a girl and give that longing of our hearts to the Lord. That was a hard step for me, silly as that may seem. I knew that God was able to give us a girl and that He desires to bless His children with the longings of our hearts, but I questioned whether or not He would do it. Of course He knows the best plans for our family. Sometimes it's hard to accept that, though, when your own personal longing is as far as you can see. So, we threw the plan out the window and prayed for God to bless us with a child- with His best for us. That was probably in March or April.

We left on June 14th for family vacation in Colorado. Based on when I knew I ovulated, I figured that if i was pregnant, I would be able to take a test on the last day of our time with Steve's family (June 24th) and it would probably show up; that way, we would be able to tell them in person as well as tell my parents later that same day. Well, by the day before, I had absolutely no symptoms. I was feeling bummed that yet another month had passed by, yet I didn't say anything to anyone. So- the next morning (our last morning with Steve's fam), I woke up to Ian jumping into our bed. He said, "Mommy, mommy! I have to tell you something. Are you ready? Are you ready?" Somehow in that instant I thought, "He is going to tell me about a dream he had about a baby." He said, "Mommy- I had a dream, and God gave us a baby girl." He said it with such seriousness and with a knowing that what he had to tell me was really important. I was stunned, excited, and yet wondering if that was really true. Well, I hadn't bought a pregnancy test since I didn't think i was pregnant, so I didn't take a test that day. Three days later, while camping in Leadville, CO with my family, I woke up and eagerly headed down to the pit toilet (it's the nicest one i've ever been in! haha! May Queen Campground) with a pregnancy test and a tampon- just to be prepared for either way! To my delight, the test was POSITIVE! So, at 10,000 feet in the cold Colorado pit toilet, I officially found out about this baby. :-) So- that's the story! That was 8 weeks ago. I'll write another post soon. Until then, thanks for sharing in this joy with me!

Picture: Breckenridge, CO- almost 2 weeks pregnant (but I didn't know!)