Finally, Two Lines! We're Pregnant!

The journey to discovering my first pregnancy was somewhat harrowing. After about ten days of a missed period and many other suspicious symptoms, at long last I got a positive pregnancy test! So much for "early detection" home testing... But while it was frustrating to get multiple negatives throughout the week, the evening that second line finally showed up couldn't have been more perfect. (God knew what he was doing after all...duh, Sarah!) We had just finished a painting project in preparation for putting our condo on the market. So, after a hectic week of home-improvement, we finally had a clean, non-disheveled home again.

That same evening, after a relaxing dinner and a nice walk together, I somewhat compulsively decided to use the last HPT I had on hand while Thane went upstairs to shower. Yes, I knew it would be smarter to wait until morning. But nonetheless, it seemed like the perfect window of opportunity. (And, I'd been holding it for quite a while). So, I dashed to the bathroom and said a little prayer...and voila! After a baffled week of one-liners, that ever so coveted second line showed up immediately! I'm not even sure what was going through my mind at that instant, since I had no time to waste. I rushed out of the bathroom to set up the scavenger hunt I had planned for Thane (ideally to break the news on our third anniversary, which had already come and gone a few days before). I set out sparkling cider and placed the first clue card with it. Once the other cards were in place and the positive test was in a little wrapped gift box and hidden, I called Thane downstairs.

As soon as he saw the cider and the huge grin on my face, he bellowed out "are you pregnant?!" But I couldn't give it away that easily, so all I said was "you have to follow the clues!" Haha, he pretty much knew at that point, but I couldn't let the fun of it go to waste! So, follow them he did, which led to the last card with the test, saying "You Found Me Daddy!" It was so exciting...I couldn't stop smiling!

So that's the story in a nutshell! We are so happy to be having a baby. And to think, that three or four months ago a baby was the furthest thing from our mind! I fully believe that God plants desires in us for certain things and at certain points in our life. That He gives us a readiness, and a preparedness, for anything that is good for us, and for anything that He may call us to do. Whether this baby is someone we need, or purely a blessing, I don't know...maybe it's both. Either way, praise God, because here we are, experiencing this wonderful new adventure. We hope and pray that we'll be granted wisdom and grace to raise our children to love and serve Jesus- so that they, too, can share in the abundant blessings that come only from knowing Him. Again, we thank God for this wonderful, wonderful blessing, and aim to live to honor Him by raising our baby in all of His ways.

In case I haven't said it enough, we're truly blessed!