OH, IT'S NOT THAT EASY?

Well, here we go! Back in May, I took a pregnancy test. Low and behold, that test showed a positive result!

 

Let's rewind, shall we?

To say that the past year has been crazy would be an understatement. I started a new job back in August 2012. It was hands down, one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. Joe also opened his insurance agency in August of 2012.

We started the whole “trying to have a baby” back in September of 2012. Our plan was to get pregnant in September and then have a summer baby. Well, much to our surprise, it didn’t happen that first month, so we kept on chugging. In October we decided to invest in some ovulation kits. Bummer, no baby that month either. Truth be told, I started freaking out.

During the next several months, I tried almost every ovulation kit on the market, started charting my temperature, and became quite acquainted with acronyms like BBT and TTC. Month after month, nothing seemed to work. I began to really freak out and the following thoughts crossed my mind: Did we wait too long? Why is this happening to us? Am I infertile?

Of course, once we received a positive result in May, we knew the answers to those questions. I’m not infertile and we didn’t wait too long.  We think it happened to us because we thought we had a plan, and we did, as previously stated. Well, looking back, we think God was laughing at our plans. You can’t plan something like this. It may happen, or it may not happen. It’s not always on your timeline.

We’re eagerly waiting to have this sweet baby join our family in mid-January. Until then, we’ll keep this as a journal to chronicle the journey that lies ahead.