I'M PREGNANT!

Ben and I weren’t trying by any means. Over the last year and a half, we’ve definitely talked about when we would want to have kids or at least try to get pregnant, and I said June 2019 would be nice because then the baby would be born in the early spring. This is really because I’d prefer to have my body biggest in the winter when I’m bundled up in lots of clothes! Also, because babies are less susceptible to winter illnesses in the spring.

As the months got closer and closer to summer, we still didn’t put effort into helping that happen. In fact, I even told a friend a few weeks before we found out that I would prefer to not try at all and just let God have it happen when He wants. I didn’t want to try to take control of this miracle that I know God is going to have His hands on.

So we clearly missed trying in May - at least we thought we did. I was a few days late, but that’s pretty normal for me to be up to 8 days late because of how active I am. Ben kept asking if I took a test yet, and I said I would on day 8 if I hadn’t started yet. On day 8, I woke up at 6am with an immediate thought of taking a test. I knew the test would be the most accurate in the morning. I went to the bathroom, set the stick down on the tub, and crawled back into bed. I even started to drift asleep. I woke a few minutes later and walked back into the bathroom. With no glasses and terrible vision, I squatted down a few inches from the stick, and read PREGNANT.

With a quick glance to Ben in bed, I re-read. I heard Ben say, “What does it say?” With eyes wide open, I said calmly, “It says pregnant.” He chuckled and said, “really?” in an excited voice as he lifted the covers for me to crawl into his side of the bed. I crawled into the bed and whispered, “I don’t think we should trust my eyes right now. You should go look.”

We took that test on June 1, 2019. We are so excited to see what God has in store for us as parents. God works in His own timing, but we believe if you align yourself with God, He’ll give you the desires of your heart.

Cheers, to a happy 9 months!

PS. We won’t be finding out the gender :)