The happiest post I've ever written...

My life changed 4 months ago when my husband threw my birth control in the trash and told me that he was ready to have a baby. 

In another 7 months, our life is going to change even more...

That sweet little bean (or rather, a prune) is growing inside of me and I could not be more excited! I have spent the past many years worrying that I may never get to experience this as I have a medical condition called endometriosis. It can make implantation difficult or prevent pregnancy altogether and for someone who has only wanted to be a mom her whole life, I feared that outcome. Our doctor gave us a year to conceive before we would be sent to a fertility doctor but God had a different plan and just 2 short months later that test those three tests told me my dreams were coming true! 

I had taken a test a week and a half prior with the daunting negative sign staring back at me but I was still over a week late and had no symptoms of my cycle showing up. Monday, October 27th I woke up and took another test, hid it in the closet so Jeremy wouldn't find it and hopped in the shower. When I got out, I opened the medicine cabinet and took a deep breath. I was shocked and in complete disbelief. There was no part of me that actually thought I was pregnant. I had told myself to not get my hopes up and had apparently convinced myself of it pretty well! I fought the scream that wanted to escape my body so I wouldn't wake Jeremy up and put the test back in closet. As I got us both ready for our day I wrestled with when to tell Jeremy. Should I wait to tell him tonight and surprise him? Can I keep it a secret for a whole day? There was no part of me that could keep this in, I was bursting at the seams! So I pulled out the announcement that had been hiding in my drawer for months! 

I found this after last Christmas while browsing a Christian book store. There was a rack of discounted ornaments and as soon as I spotted this I thought it would be the perfect way to announce our blessing when the time came. So, I wrapped it up and when Jeremy got out of the shower I told him I had a gift for him. He was oblivious! It didn't take him 5 seconds to spin around asking me if it was really true! I showed him the pregnancy test and we stood there in our bedroom, crying, shaking and a million thoughts going through our heads! I'm not sure what Jeremy's kids learned in school that day, but I don't think it was anything close to what he had prepared! : ) After our work days were done we headed out to Olive Garden to celebrate the little life growing inside of me and every day since then has been a blessing and new adventure each day! It was very hard to keep our secret for 3, almost 4 weeks, but we knew we would be seeing family in just a short while and how much more fun to tell them in person.....

Stay tuned!