Let'cha in on a little secret.....

To let you all in on this little secret, I have to rewind back to Dec. 12th. I was sitting at home on this particular Friday night feeling horrible! My allergies were completely taking over. My throat was hurting, Nathan was at work and there was nothing on TV! I began thinking of all that I was about to miss over this exciting weekend....it was Concordia's Drive Thru Nativity weekend and I usually sing at it every year. I was so bummed and was feeling sorry for myself. That all changed in the short time span of about 5 minutes. Out of the blue I thought, "When was my last period?" I got my calendar out and saw that it was the 9th of November!!! "I'M LATE!", I thought. I took a test and immediately it showed a positive. Nathan and I had been open to having a baby for several months now and agreed to let God show us His timing. Well, the time has come! I quickly cleaned off my wonderful pee stick and wrapped it in a paper towel and started looking for a box. Hmmmmm- Kashi crackers....perfect! I put the wrapped test in an empty Kashi box and wrapped it in Christmas wrap. I put it in his stocking and impatiently waited for him to come home from work.

Well, he finally came home and I tried to remain calm even though my heart was almost jumping out of my chest. He came in and sat down and I told him that I had an early Christmas gift for him. He looked around and saw his stocking over the fireplace and said, "I'll wait. You know I like to wait until Christmas to open my gifts."

Oh boy! Now what? Still, remaining calm, I gently encouraged him that he really should open this one now. So, he did. He sat down and began to unwrap his present and as soon as he saw the box- HE KNEW. He looked up and said in a kind of sing song-y voice...."What- is- this?" I told him to just open it and this is what happened next.....
We laughed, hugged and then looked at each other like Holyyyyyyyyyy Cow! Now what? What did we get ourselves into? Even though we've always planned for a family and knew we wanted kids we were a little frazzled. So much to think about! We're so used to being just the two of us. We love to travel. We love to go out to nice dinners whenever we want. We love sleeping in on the weekends. Even though some of this might take the back burner for a little while, it's sooooo worth it! We are so pumped about having a sweet baby. Our due date is August 16th which should make for an interesting VBS for this pregnant momma.

Please keep us in your prayers. We're praying for an uneventful pregnancy and so far, so good. I've only gotten sick-sick once. I've been fighting all other kinds of illness that are totally unrelated to the pregnancy (allergies, bronchitis)but now I'm feeling pretty good except for the continuous nausea. I'm about 13 weeks now so that should subside pretty soon.

Still to post....our sonogram (totally amazing!) and how we told our families.