A Bit of Unexpected News!!

For those of you who don't know yet, my husband Jeremy and I are expecting our first baby sometime near Christmas/ New Years. I started this blog to create a memory for our little baby to look back on one day and to keep friends and family up on the latest news.

Friday was a roller coaster ride for me! First of all our sweet one year old yellow Labrador retriever Nelly was spayed. She came home and had a very hard time after the surgery. Everything is okay now though thank God!!

Back to the baby news. Back in December I decided to go off of the pill because I wanted to see if I would have regular cycles. I had good luck for the first two months but since February 16th I have not had a period! So I have been in and out of the doctor's office trying to figure out why I wasnt having a period. They gave me a pregnancy test on April 12th which was negative and sent me home with a pill that should have made me have a menstrual cycle. Well it didn't! All though we weren't really trying to get pregnant we always said if it happened we would be happy. Well Friday I called my doctor still concerned about not starting my period. He told me to come in again for a blood test and sure enough the blood work came back that I am about 6 weeks pregnant according to the blood work. We are going in for an ultrasound this Wednesday to find out an exact due date.

My initial reaction was complete sobs. I drove all the way down 275 to Jeremy's work to tell him. Those of you who know me know how emotional I am! I have had an aching to be a mom for so long and envied people all around me who have babies, but I wasn't quite sure I was ready for it to be my turn! As I drove on I knew that God never gives you more than you can handle and I know in my heart that this happened for a reason even if it wasn't the perfect timing (teachers--we want to have MARCH babies:)).

The best lesson I learned from this little life inside of me is that you can't plan every detail of your life. We are going to love this baby more than we could ever imagine and everything is going to work out. I am so thankful for the wonderful supportive family that I have. I want to say thank you to my husband-- he is my rock. He was so excited and supportive always reassuring me everything would work out. I always knew he would make the best dad. He has a heart of gold. I couldn't ask for anything better right now. Please pray for a healthy visit and first ultrasound.