Ready or Not!

Well, Danson and I have some big news to announce. We are soon to be a family of three! First, let me say that this was not planned. We had planned on enjoying life as a family of two for a couple more years, but I guess God had other plans for us. I have realized over the past month that as much as I like to think I am in control, I’m not. I think this was His way of waking me up and bringing me back to complete reliance on Him and on faith. I will tell you the story of how all this happened. Let me start from the beginning.

My MIL(mother-in-law) was telling me about a teacher friend that she works with that got pregnant while on the pill. My first question was HOW?? She then told me that she was taking some antibiotics and that’s all they could think of that could have caused her medicine to be ineffective. I said, “What are you talking about?” She told me again and I ACTED like I just didn’t understand what she said at first. What she didn’t realize was that I was freaking out inside because I had just gotten off of antibiotics for walking pneumonia. I left as fast as I could and went home and pulled up Google. Every thing I pulled up had my antibiotic on the list as possibly being ineffective. I tried to calm my nerves because I was still days away from missing my period. I finally gave in and bought a home pregnancy test. I took it that night and it was positive. I busted into tears and went to Danson. He told me that he could hardly see that line and that I probably wasn’t pregnant. He told me just to wait and see if my period comes. Well, as much as I wanted too I just couldn’t. I left that night to go to my mom’s house and instead went to CVS and bought 2 more tests that were digital. I came home took this first one and it said…..PREGNANT. I didn’t tell him about that one. I woke up the next morning and took another one… pregnant again. I came home on my lunch break that same day and took the final one…pregnant. I called my sister in tears and said, “I think I’m pregnant.” She asked if I had taken a test and I told her I had taken three. She said, “Well, you’re probably pregnant then.” Thanks for the reassurance!! When Danson came home a few minutes later I told him that I had taken a total of four tests that were all positive and that I was pretty sure I was pregnant. I had to leave to go back to work right after that. I walked out the door and when I got to my car I realized that my keys were still in the house. When I walked through the door Danson was sitting on the couch with tears rolling down his cheeks. Needless to say, those were the first of many tears that we both cried.

We are both very excited about this now. It took some time to realize that big changes are coming soon whether we like it or not. I am due September 21, 2011. It’s a little sad/humorous that we will spend our first wedding anniversary with a baby!!  The good thing about this is that this baby will be growing up with some great cousins all close in age. He/She will only be six months younger than Danslen. He/She will also be 16 months younger than Brayden which is the age difference between Bethany and me. I know that this is God’s plan for us and once this baby gets here we will never think twice about our lives and the way things have turned out.

"For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them."

                                Psalm 139:13-16