Announcement

For anyone who hasn't heard yet we're happy to announce that we're expecting our 3rd child. It was a bit of a scary beginning but everything seems to be ok now. I'll feel better about it all when I get a bit further along but for now I'm just trying to be thankful and happy. Here's what the journaling on my scrapbook page says:

What a wild ride the past couple weeks have been. I took a home pregnancy test in the middle of the night after a sneaky suspicion that I might finally be pregnant. After 2 years of trying and seeing nothing but negative results in the past I really didn’t expect this test to be any different. Even with the nagging voice in my head telling me I’m pregnant I was still shocked when the plus sign appeared. I stared at it in total disbelief and then went into panic mode. What I have done? Our kids are 6 and 7, what will they think? Have I ruined their lives? Am I crazy to start all over again? I’m older and fatter and I musthave lost my mind to be doing this now! I debated waking up Jason and then decidedI needed him to calm me down. Thank goodness he was calm and excited. And hewas able to make me feel better about it.When I woke up in the morning everything was different. I was excited and SO happy.Two days later I started bleeding and cramping and I just knew in my gut that something was wrong. The first ultrasound wasn’t able to tell us much so they scheduled another one for a week and a half later. Time sure moved slowly as I waited for that day. February 2nd finally arrived and I braced myself for whatever news I wasabout to recieve. I don’t have words for how excited and relieved I was when she turned the screen and I was able to see our baby. Tiny but there and growing. What a moment.I was told that I had ovulated on both sides and almost had twins. And that was probablythe cause of the bleeding and cramping. I’m just thankful that God has chosen tobless us with another little life to take care of.

The kids are SO excited about adding a baby to our family. Their reaction really put me at ease. I was so afraid of what they would think. They had asked for us to have a baby in the past but I wasn't sure they still felt that way or how they would act when it became reality. Thankfully they can't wait and last night they were fighting over who will get to feed the baby, etc. Although I'm sure that when the time comes neither of them will want to do anything to help out. lol

I'm only 8 1/2 weeks along and was given a due date of Sept. 11th. It's going to be a long, hot summer but it'll be totally worth it. We'll see how much camping I feel up for this year. lol

I'll keep you posted on here as things progress. Hopefully it'll be smooth sailing from now on. It's hard not to worry when it's this early in a pregnancy but I'm keeping my fingers crossed and saying lots of prayers. :)