Wendy: Oh little baby...you are so so small, yet you are making me so very tired! I am up much of the night, unable to sleep, thinking about the baby, wondering you're okay! When I lay on my belly, I wonder if I'm squishing you or anything. Kick me if I am...Then the next day, I am tired all day. Then at night, awake again...you're preparing me for what's to come, aren't you? I am so excited for my belly to get big. I think everyday about the little fun things that will start to happen. I can't wait to feel the baby kick. I won't even mind too much when my bladder gets stepped on.
I wonder what you'll look like. I wonder if you'll get my eyes...we hope so! And I hope you get your dad's smarts, and can put things together really well, and that you have a great faith and a deep love for your family. I hope you get my love for music so I can teach you to sing and play, and we can make music together! I hope you get both of our love for people and desire to serve others. We both love to do that, and I hope you're okay with the fact that we like to invite people into our home and share with them. Sometimes more people than should even fit in our house! I hope you have a strong belief and confidence in yourself, and you know how special you are right from the beginning. I hope that you walk through every season of life with a deep joy in your heart that can only come from God. I hope that you will learn about His love very soon.
You're going to be the luckiest baby in the whole world. so many people are already in love with you, and would do anything for you. you have a couple of really cute cousins that can't wait for you to get here...and even now are hoping that there are MORE than one of you. You have two grandmas and a grandpa that just can't wait to meet you. You're gonna have a great life. I know, because we have a great life, and we're bringing you into it to share all of the goodness with you. I love you little one.-Momma
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
An Introduction to New Beginnings!
Wendy: On Saturday, April 9th, Brent and I received incredible, amazing, and almost impossible news...that I am pregnant!!! I say almost impossible, because even now as I write this nearly a week later, I am still not sure I believe it. I wanted to create a blog where I can track our thoughts, feelings, and exciting stories along the way. I don't ever want to forget this journey that we have just started, and I want our future little one(s) to know how much we love them and care about them before we even get to meet them. They could never know how excited we are right now!
Just a little background...
Brent and I have been trying to get pregnant since September of last year. Right around our first anniversary as husband and wife, something clicked with both of us. We knew we were ready to be parents, and it is strange, but true to say that we have felt very strongly that way ever since the day we had our first good conversation about it. Due to some "woman" complications, (that's all I'll say for now...) we knew we would need some assistance and went right to the doctor to get some help. After many labs, an "analysis" for Brent, and an HSG (dye injected into the uterus) for me, we were able to start the hormone process to see if we would be able to conceive. It got to the point where it seemed more and more "wrong" to not actually have children. Like something was missing in our lives. After a couple of tries with the hormones, to my amazement we actually got pregnant! It has been tough waiting and waiting, but we know that many have waited much longer than us. We are so grateful for God's will in our lives, and the tiny little miracle forming inside my body right now. It seems so impossible...
Here are my stats today: I am 4 weeks and 4 days along. I so far have not gained any weight...thankfully...and am not feeling too much "different" yet, other than being much more tired than usual. Specifically, I am going to bed 1-2 hours earlier, and though I fall asleep okay, I can't stay asleep all night. I find myself awake, thinking about the baby. :)
We have been reading through books, websites, and anything else "baby" we can get our hands on lately. My favorite thing to do now is to look at the pictures of the growth and development of the baby. I am sure this won't get old no matter how far along I get. I will be 5 weeks this Sunday, so we were taking a look at that picture. Amazing...The picture of 5 weeks (gestational age), and it's already taking a "baby" form. Though a little funny looking, and only about 1/17 of an inch long, our baby is already growing a brain, spinal cord, backbone, and lots of other pieces of the central nervous system. Here is a picture of little "Junior" now.
Pretty crazy... I told Brent it looks like I had an affair with a sea horse :) The days will never go by fast enough until I can hear the baby's heart beat on an ultrasound, or feel a little flutter or kick inside my belly. I can't wait to feel that...i have wanted this my whole life! I really want Brent to feel it too, I know he'll just be amazed..
I know that I will love being pregnant. I've dreamt of being a mom, and having a man who loved me to be the father of my baby. I can't express how lucky I am that I now have both of these things in my life. It is miraculous!
Brent: I can't believe that I'm gonna be a dad. It's a great feeling to know that in 8 months I'll get to meet my baby(s). Time can't go fast enough and every day I think "I wish I could meet him or her now." Every day seems like a lifetime when you want something so badly and can't have it yet. It's truly a miracle and I'm still in shock that it's finally happening.
Just a little background...
Brent and I have been trying to get pregnant since September of last year. Right around our first anniversary as husband and wife, something clicked with both of us. We knew we were ready to be parents, and it is strange, but true to say that we have felt very strongly that way ever since the day we had our first good conversation about it. Due to some "woman" complications, (that's all I'll say for now...) we knew we would need some assistance and went right to the doctor to get some help. After many labs, an "analysis" for Brent, and an HSG (dye injected into the uterus) for me, we were able to start the hormone process to see if we would be able to conceive. It got to the point where it seemed more and more "wrong" to not actually have children. Like something was missing in our lives. After a couple of tries with the hormones, to my amazement we actually got pregnant! It has been tough waiting and waiting, but we know that many have waited much longer than us. We are so grateful for God's will in our lives, and the tiny little miracle forming inside my body right now. It seems so impossible...
Here are my stats today: I am 4 weeks and 4 days along. I so far have not gained any weight...thankfully...and am not feeling too much "different" yet, other than being much more tired than usual. Specifically, I am going to bed 1-2 hours earlier, and though I fall asleep okay, I can't stay asleep all night. I find myself awake, thinking about the baby. :)
We have been reading through books, websites, and anything else "baby" we can get our hands on lately. My favorite thing to do now is to look at the pictures of the growth and development of the baby. I am sure this won't get old no matter how far along I get. I will be 5 weeks this Sunday, so we were taking a look at that picture. Amazing...The picture of 5 weeks (gestational age), and it's already taking a "baby" form. Though a little funny looking, and only about 1/17 of an inch long, our baby is already growing a brain, spinal cord, backbone, and lots of other pieces of the central nervous system. Here is a picture of little "Junior" now.
I know that I will love being pregnant. I've dreamt of being a mom, and having a man who loved me to be the father of my baby. I can't express how lucky I am that I now have both of these things in my life. It is miraculous!
Brent: I can't believe that I'm gonna be a dad. It's a great feeling to know that in 8 months I'll get to meet my baby(s). Time can't go fast enough and every day I think "I wish I could meet him or her now." Every day seems like a lifetime when you want something so badly and can't have it yet. It's truly a miracle and I'm still in shock that it's finally happening.
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