Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Drumroll, Please!

Wow everyone,
I can't believe I have been this neglectful!
I truly am sorry. 
We have been swept away by so much the past few months,
it's still hard to believe.

First of all, 
BE finished his program and I finally got to pin on those beautiful silver wings.
I don't think I've ever been so proud of anyone in my life!
We also found out we will be a very happy B-52 family!! 
I jumped up in tears when I realized that we had gotten our first choice.
I am so grateful that BE worked as hard as he did through this program
so that his scores would enable us to go where we wanted.

Then, just this week,
we got official notification that after his training
(which will be 8 months in Shreveport, Louisiana)
we will get to stay in Shreveport at Barksdale AFB long-term
instead of getting transferred to the other B-52 base in Minot, North Dakota.
My mom cried when I told her we would be staying close!

We also had our renewal of vows ceremony,
and it was so beautiful!
It was all I ever dreamed, and so so so much more,
probably because while we had all of our family and friends there,
we got to announce that
FINALLY....



WE ARE PREGNANT!!!!!!!!!!!

I still can't believe it myself.
I think we are both sincerely in shock,
mostly at just how absolutely HUGE God is
and how much more than us He knows. 
We had finally gotten in to see a reproductive endocrinologist,
which was booked 4 months out for a first appointment
(ridiculous)
so we had just decided to lay all our trying aside 
and fore-go all the methods our regular doctors had had us trying
and we said we would just pick back up with whatever the RE told us to do.
Then, days before our appointment,
we found out that we were pregnant. I was at work and went downstairs and had a tech draw blood for me as a favor, and sure enough, when she handed me the paper back,
I swear I expected the millionth negative result.
But there it was.
The most beautiful word I have ever seen.
Positive.
I literally fell to my knees in tears.
All I could do was sit there,
crying and praying with all my heart.
After so long,
all those tearful heartbroken months,
all those disappointing tests,
all our friends' announcements after a month or two of trying
(or not trying at all),
all those nights spent crying into the carpet,
begging God to just tell me why He wasn't making me a mother.
I was one.

To make it even more perfect than it already was,
guess when we are due?
Christmas Eve.
GOD IS GOOD. ALL THE TIME.
Sometimes I think He does it on purpose,
just to remind us of our place in the world.
And I'm so glad He knows better than I do :)




13 comments:

  1. Wow, what wonderful news! I shouted out with joy when I read that you are pregnant! Nobody in the house! So HAPPY for both of you and love the photos. Thanks for sharing. You've been busy but I've been thinking about you. Take care and thanks for believing God would work it all out! He does in His timing, we just have to wait patiently on Him! :0> Awesomeness! Hallelujah! And Go Air Force!

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  2. i cannot even tell you what a blessing it has been to walk alongside you and pray for you through this! i KNEW God would bless you with a baby one day and i'm so excited for y'all!! He is good ~ always! HUGS! love ya! ~aubs

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  3. That is such awesome news!! Big congratulations!!

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  4. Oh, this had me in tears!! God is amazing!!! I am so happy for you both :) Congrats!
    And congrats to your hubby on his hard work with his program. Such incredible things in store for the two of you!

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  5. SOOOO happy for you guys. Congrats!

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  6. Congratulations!! I am very happy for you both on everything!!! God is great!

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  7. This is awesome and I was sad I didn't get to comment when I first read it. Amusingly, at that time I was driving THROUGH Minot, ND and was so excited that it all of a sudden had a context for me! Then I read the rest.... congrats! :) Can't wait to read about it :)

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  9. YAY!!! So happy for you!!! :)

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  10. Such wonderful news! You were so right when you said 2012 would be a year for miracles :)

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  12. It's such an amazing and humbling thing when we remember how small we are and how big our God is c: so incredibly excited for you both and LOVE that black and white by the plane <3

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