The Details

Oh, it was a so fun to read all the sweet comments! Thank you all for sharing in our joy!:o)

The baby is due in early May. Different due date calculators have given me dates within the May 4th - May 6th range, so I'll just average it out and say I'm due on May 5th until a health professional tells me differently:o) The fun thing is, my birthday is May 10th...so baby and I have a very good chance of sharing birthdays!

As you can see...we're not very far along yet (about 5-1/2 weeks). We originally planned to wait at least a couple months before we announced the pregnancy to anyone besides our immediate families and best friends, but my mom about flipped out when she learned this meant she had to keep quiet too;o) She convinced us that more people knowing meant more prayer for the health and safety of this little one, and that we shouldn't give in to our fears of what might happen (miscarriage, etc. Yup, I'm admittedly a bit paranoid about this.) So, the cat's out of the bag, and we're just going to try to trust God with the outcome!

This pregnancy comes after almost 1-1/2 years of hoping and trying, so I certainly don't take it for granted. We were very close to going in for testing to figure out what was wrong. In fact, we tried to get an appointment in August, but the office was booked. So we had decided to wait until September. Thankfully, the Lord had other plans:o)

Some of you asked how I told Micah...well, he was with me when I took the test! So I didn't get to surprise him in any creative way, but I was glad that he got to share in the initial shock and excitement when the test turned positive! We did have fun surprising my family over the weekend, however:o)

So far I haven't been very sick, but I've been exceptionally tired. Even normal walks make me feel out of breath! I've also had a few other symptoms which fall into the too-much-information category, but I'm sure you ladies can imagine;o) I'm pretty much expecting the morning sickness to arrive at any time, considering I never get a pass on the joys-of-having-female-hormones, but that's truly OK! I'll take it ALL for the sake of being blessed with this little one! (Just remind me of this periodically over the next eight months, OK?;o)

Well, I think the baby's hungry, so I better go get something to eat! (Ha! I hope I don't start annoying people with this "the baby wants ice cream," "the baby is tired" stuff! ;o)