He said YES!

September 7th

So many times Scott and I have had to change plans we make for one reason or another.  We have learned to adjust well to making those changes.  During our Celebration Cruise we began making plans for our 2011 Summer vacation.  We planned to go to Jamaica for a week.  I had even found some really cool places where we might stay.  Once again, we have to change our plans.  Our Jamaica trip will have to be postponed for the time being.  We are hoping that the friends we were going to go with have a wonderful time and bring back lots of stories and pictures for us.

Why do we have to change our plans?  Here's the story...

Earlier this year we decided it was time to do something about a house (buy or build).  We have simply outgrown our current place and quit frankly are just tired of the same old cramped space.  After some land we were looking at fell through we decided to put things off until we got back from vacation.  It wasn't until the end of August that we finally decided to put an offer in on a house.  We are still in the process of finalizing things on the house right now.  We have put in an offer, which was accepted and have been approved for financing.  Right now we're just waiting on all of the red tape to get out of the way.

We are both so very thankful that we decided to put an offer and the house.  We were excited before, but words can't express how excited we are now!  Most of our family and friends know that we went on vacation for Labor Day weekend.  What they don't know is that the morning before we left I took a home pregnancy test.  I thought I had a faulty test.  I just bought an el chepo test so I wouldn't feel bad about taking a test that was negative.  Anyway, when the result window came up there was a strong line running vertical next to the control line and a very faint line running horizontal.  According to the directions any plus sign means your pregnant, but a vertical line means the test was faulty.  The horizontal line was so light it was almost like I was just seeing it through the paper (or whatever the test is made of).  I felt like crying.  I still didn't know anything more than I did before.

Something kept telling me to buy another test, which I did.  I bought a digital test.  It seemed to be pretty dummy proof.  At the beach house that night I snuck the test into the bathroom with me and took it.  While I was in the shower Scott stuck his head in and said, "That thing says yes."  I was shocked and in disbelief.  I made him pass it into the shower for me to see. Sure enough a Yes+ was staring back at me.  You couldn't have slapped the smile off of my face that night.

This morning I scheduled an appointment to have my pregnancy verified.  They can't see us until September 13th.  We will be thrilled to give up Jamaica for this!

 September 14th
Obviously, almost everyone knows that the results from yesterday's doctor visit was positive.  We thank God for blessing us with this miracle.  After ten years of trying God said YES!  We are excited beyond words.  We hope that our blessing will demonstrate to people how truly amazing God is.

While we are excited for ourselves, we still feel the pain some of our friends are experiencing with starting a family.  We pray that they will never give up.  God loves you.  We will be praying for each of you.