Thursday, November 14, 2013

More about that surprise...

Back before I was a Mom and back before my Dad got sick and this blog seemed "silly" to me, I posted a lot about our struggles to become parents. Entry after entry were about it. It gives me hives to even think about it.

Since having Syd we decided we wouldn't "not try" to have kids but we wouldn't be trying an additional fertility treatments. And being told that having kids without medical intervention would be next to impossible it shot down any real dreams I had of "what if....".

Earlier this summer we spent most weekends in Castle Rock- looks at neighborhoods, looking at different builders. We made a lot of decisions on having only 1 child, only 1 daycare bill. We started to dream about our dream house. It looked like things would happen.

And than, as I do from time to time, I satisfy my pregnancy test obsession. I was heading out on a business trip and as I was grabbing things under the sink I saw a lonely test calling to me. I took it and as I turned to leave I saw it turn positive before the control line was done. I stopped dead in my tracks.  I panicked, I teared up, I laughed out loud. I physically trembled.

I was a lunatic running around the house trying to get ready and finish packing so I could find an extra 15 min to drive to Brian's work. I will never forget the look of confusion, pure confusion, on his face.  All I could do was laugh and than kick him out of the car because I had a plane to catch.

Here we are 21 weeks later and we still look at one another and say, " Really?".

All of our pregnancies have been girls- so naturally we assumed this would be too. We didn't consider the alternative. Our jaws were on the ground when they said "You are having a son!". WHAT???
But it only makes sense...that this be different from any other pregnancy...this is how it was supposed to be.

Baby Boy- who may never get a name because we only have girl names picked out- will be here in March.

I don't know what I did in this life to deserve to be the Mommy to two Miracle Babies.

Monday, November 4, 2013

Summer recap….and the shock of our lives

The blog has been neglected. I might try to catch you up on the awesome things we did this summer, like this. Our 2nd annual trip to Beer Fest in Keystone. The kids had so much fun and Syd could have lived on the water slide


 We also took a family trip up to Grandpa's meadow. It was amazing to be there again with Syd!
And than girl basically turned into a teenager over night with her insistence on shoes, bags and coats.

And than, some remodeling

And than, somewhere in the middle of all of this we got the surprise of our lives…

God is good.