1 + 1 = 3

THANK-YOU to all of you for your sweet comments, encouraging words, and much love that you have shown us since we announced our exciting news!!!

It means so much to have you all along in our journey as parents!

This blog is going to be heavily pregnancy-focused over the next several months. It's not only for those of you who are interested, but for my own memories.

We hope that you will enjoy following along!

I have waited what seems like forever to become a momma!

But we knew His timing would be perfect.

We ended October stepping out in faith in our Father in Heaven in a direction that He was calling us (and we will finish that path in His time, more on that later).

Little did we know what He had in store!

Praise Him from whom all blessings flow - we are incredibly blessed to be given the responsibility of being parents & I pray that we will never take that for granted.

I thought I was seeing things when I saw that positive pregnancy test. It felt like a dream that I was going to wake up from…

Sabbath morning, November 11, 2017, Veteran’s Day:

I took the test simply because I had one and hadn’t started my next cycle haha

I knew the routine, I’d been here before.

I waited the 3 minutes, glanced at it, and went to throw it away before going back to bed for another hour before chores..

I stopped dead in my tracks and just stared at the test...two lines??? Was that…???

I shakily checked the package and realized I wasn’t dreaming.

This was not a drill; this was real!

Wow, Abba!

It felt too good to be true; it still does when I'm not curled on the couch feeling like a tractor ran me over.
(Update: I'm grateful to say that that feeling didn't last as long as it could have. I didn't have much morning sickness, and the weariness has lessened. 😊 )

It's a miracle from our Abba Father and I praise His name!

My first thought was "I want to tell everyone!!!" but I knew the second person that should know I was pregnant with our little miracle was hubby.

Sunday, November 12, 2017

I made hubby set up the Christmas tree. 😂

He thought I was crazy, but I told him I had my reasons & he would understand soon.

He graciously put up the tree, strung the lights, and questioningly sat down in front of it as I got the camera positioned…

One of our milestones in our journey through life together happened in front of the Christmas tree - he asked me to marry him 4 years ago.

Therefore, I thought it was only fitting that another milestone be shared in front of the tree.

It was so difficult keeping that secret for 24 hours!!!

I was bursting and trying not to cry…

 (inside) ...is our kids having you as their daddy!
(I put in the tests too)

We canNOT wait to meet our own little calf in July 2018!!!