Adoption Update #10

Our update is that we are going to have to postpone our adoption for a while because I'm pregnant! Praise the Lord!!! So we are shocked/amazed/thrilled/excited! There really aren't words to describe our emotions the past few days while we figured this out! Out of our 10 yrs of marriage we have tried to get pregnant for 7. After all we have done, this time we got pregnant on our own. I'm just 5 or 6 weeks but we are "shout it from the rooftops" people! We feel like so many are invested in us b/c they have prayed for a baby for us for many years. So we want everyone to be praising God with us! I'm still so overwhelmed with gratitude that I can't not cry when I type this. I have prayed for many years to get pregnant but the past couple of years I've prayed mostly for adoption. A couple of months ago I think I heard Beth Moore ask (and I've heard her say this before)- Do we really trust God so that we can believe Him for the miracles? I have always believed that God can provide babies for us but I questioned whether He would. So I've been praying for the miracle again..that I could experience pregnancy one more time. I'm not sure why God has chosen now to answer this prayer but we are so incredibly thankful!!! He is so faithful to provide! Now I'm learning that others have been praying for me to get pregnant as well. Praise the Lord for this amazing miracle and blessing on our lives!

Here's the story if you haven't heard and would like to:
For about a week I keep thinking I should be starting my period but never did and just brushed it off. By last weekend I thought I really should get our a calendar and try to see how long it had been. However, for several years I have tried very hard not to track my cycles or count days so as to remove myself a little more from the emotional pain of being engrossed in that and disappointed every month...I've already done that for 3 years prior to my pregnancy with the boys. So my dates were fuzzy and I didn't know when to count from, but I did have an idea as to when we might have conceived. Over the weekend I mentioned to Cam that I might be pregnant but that's about the 100th time I've said that through the years so he didn't give me much credit...to protect us. Sunday, I stayed home from church because I've been sick and Cam took the boys. While they were gone I couldn't stand the unknowns anymore so I went to Walgreens to buy cough drops, chocolates (for Valentines Day) and pregnancy tests! I came home an promptly took the 1st test and it was positive. This is the 1st positive test I've had in 10 years of marriage! I was stunned and overwhelmed and decided I should take the other test. So I did and it was also positive! Just before my guys got home from church I got wrapped the pregnancy tests up as a present for Cameron. They came in they all opened their candies & chocolates. Then I told Cam I had one more gift. I handed it to him and somehow had the presence of mind to take a picture while he opened them (see below). He was shocked and ran over to me. We stood there in the kitchen crying and hugging and crying and hugging while the boys stared at us with wide eyes! Cam explained to them that this meant mommy has a baby in her tummy. Then we explained that we wanted to wait until the next day to do bloodwork at the doctor and confirm the pregnancy and check my levels. Monday was a long day waiting to do bloodwork at 1:30 and for the call from the nurse at 5:00. But she called with great news and said all of my levels looked really good. I have a sonogram on Thursday. I'm excited to see the baby/heartbeat, see how many babies :), and get a due date since my dates are fuzzy!
So that's our story of the past few days. We are praising God and amazed and this gift He is giving us! Thanks to you all for your many prayers for us through the years. We'd love them for a safe & healthy pregnancy. Celebrating at Carinos: