lucky # 13

So, number 13: "Get started on baby #2". Always easier said than done? Yes, but still, done! If anyone still reads this, you probably already know that we are having our second child in June! We are super thrilled. In fact, we had planned to have one earlier, but as always, it seems like God's timing is more perfect than ours. When Chad and I went off of birth control a few years ago to "let nature take it's course" (i.e. get pregnant), we got pregnant almost right away. However, I had a miscarriage at 6 weeks. I learned that it's very common and that many women have early miscarriages like this, without knowing it. We got a little discouraged, but realized that we were happy to know that this was really what we wanted. So we pressed on and obviously, Dylan came along in September of 2008. Now, Chad's been ready for our 2nd since Dylan was about 6 months old! However, I was clearly not. We eventually reached agreement that it was time to go for round 2. So we dove in and after a couple of months, success! I wanted to shout it out to everyone immediately, but Chad thought we should wait to make sure that it was all good. His intuition beat mine out. Sure enough, on our 5th wedding anniversary, August 20, I had miscarriage number 2. I was way more devastated this time around. I had been getting all kinds of symptoms, I felt pregnant, and I really didn't think it would happen to me again. However, as I said, God's timing is more perfect than ours. We waited it out and started trying again. This time we were very cautious, and almost in denial when I missed my period. We didn't let it ever sink in, just in case. We were totally on our guard. Yet, time kept passing and I was still pregnant. So we decided that on Thanksgiving we would share the news with our family. It was until even after that (which was 11 weeks in) that we really let it sink in...we are having another baby! It's so crazy to think that we will be a family of 4. God is so good and we are thrilled to be welcoming a baby into the world in June. Yay!