We are pregnant!

Guys, we are pregnant!!! Wow. Every time I tell someone I am pregnant I have to stop and think about that. There’s a tiny life growing inside of me! Praise Jesus!!! I am constantly wondering if this is really happening, but then a wave of nausea hits me to remind me that it is indeed happening. Matt and I are becoming parents and I am so excited about it. I feel like I have waited my whole life for this. You know how there are some weird women who dream about being moms since they are like 5? I was one of them. I never in my mind questioned children. I knew I would have them, preferably more than just a couple. I created this blog a year and a half ago when Matt and I decided that it was time. We had been married for almost 4 years and though we loved our life together, we knew it was time to make an addition to our little family. To be honest, I was really naive going into it. You always hear of the people who get pregnant on their first try and I thought for sure that would be us. We were healthy and young. There was no reason to believe otherwise. However, as the months started to pass by I realized that maybe things were not going to be as easy as I thought. Around the year mark I was a mess. Every time I saw a pregnancy announcement I felt like someone had punched me in the gut. It was heartbreaking to want something so badly and realize I had so little control over it. I was surrounded by an amazing support system who would let me cry whenever I needed it, and even though I wasn’t walking alone through it, I still felt so lonely. All of my friends started to get pregnant and the sadness only grew deeper. It was a hard and dark place for me and it’s hard to understand it until you’ve walked through it. Every month I had to grieve the possibilities and dreams of a baby, and the list of “what ifs” only got longer. I tell you all of this so you can understand our excitement and joy when, after months of battling with infertility and heartbreak, we found out it was our turn to join this crazy ride. It was a hard journey filled more tears than I can count, and though I never doubted it, I am now completely aware that God had a plan and his timing is perfect. I can sincerely say I am grateful for that time because it has allowed me to have such a different perspective on this pregnancy and what’s to come. If you walked with me through this, I cannot thank you enough for allowing me to be completely broken. If you are walking through this, please know you are not alone. I pray God would comfort you through this journey and that His perfect plan would come to be in your life too. If you need to cry, I would be happy to offer my shoulder.

And with that, I leave you with these photos my good friend Lauren Guilford took of our little family in our new home!!

Did I mention we’re pregnant??

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