Suprise!!!! Are you Excited?

I was really looking forward to Christmas this year. I love this holiday. Unfortunately we have all been really sick. Stomach flu, colds, and sore throats abound in our house right now. And to make things a little more exciting, I found out that I'm pregnant. Surprise!!!

I'm still in shock actually. After three years of not preventing a pregnancy and not becoming pregnant I thought my body was caput and couldn't have anymore. I sold every baby thing I had and was mentally and emotionally ready to move on.

Apparently Heavenly Father had other plans. He truly must have a sense of humor. He's probably up there saying," They've built their house and are settled, the kids are older, she got a good job......Let's give them a baby and see what they do now!"

When I called my husband to tell him the good news I cried. He asked me if I was excited and all I could say is,"I want to be." I am excited about this baby potentially being a girl since we have 3 boys. Of course we'll be just as thrilled if it's a boy but a sweet little girl would be lovely too. Right now I'm choosing to be cautiously optimistic. I don't want to get my hopes up again just to lose another one. After 15 weeks I'll be "excited" about the whole thing. At least that way I'll know that the baby isn't going anywhere and we will be able to start preparing for it.

Another thing that I'm super excited about is the age gap between my youngest and the new baby. Their is going to be almost 7 years between them! If it's a girl that's ok because then she'll have 3 older brothers to protect her. If it's a boy that will make me a little sad because then he won't really have anyone to play with close to his own age. Oh well. A lot of play groups I guess.

So here we go. I'm so grateful and excited. What a great Christmas present. Heavenly Father is very aware of us and the desires of our hearts. Blessings always come after trials.  Merry Christmas!!!