Oh Baby!

Well, I said yesterday that I'd post an exciting update to our blog, but didn't even know at that time how exciting it'd be! First, as you know (or may just be finding out), we decided to adopt a child about a year and a half ago. Those of you who have been following the blog know that we've really not had many updates or exciting news in that time. It was always our contention that we would be blessed with a baby when God felt the time was right and that He would choose the right little one for us. Long story short, we found out about 6 weeks ago that Emily is pregnant! We've never had an "oopsie" in the (almost) 10 years we've been married, so we felt as though God had shown His plan for us. We were a bit scared at first (since Em had both boys premature), but know that if God can bring us to it, He can bring us through it. When I posted the "teaser" yesterday, it was my intention to let you all know about the pregnancy, but we wanted to wait until we had our appointment with the specialist before we told you. Well, we had the appointment and received confirmation that we do have a little one on the way! Emily is just over 10 weeks pregnant and is due toward the middle of November. To preface the "rest of the story", I'll let you know that the night before we had our appointment, I had a dream. In that dream, I dreamed that our baby was not just a baby, but babies, as in twins. I thought to myself "What a funny dream that was..." And now, the rest of the story... This particular specialist likes to do an ultrasound at the first appointment instead of just using doppler to hear the heartbeat. This way he can check to see if the baby is growing appropriately and to see if there are any other obstacles to know about ahead of time since Emily is a higher risk pregnancy. He started the ultrasound with "Do you see that black thing right there? That's your bladder." "OK, normal enough", I thought. Literally the next words out of his mouth were "Well, that changes everything." I was trying to think of why he would say that. What could possibly be in there that would change everything? I immediately looked closer at the screen and saw what I believed to be 2 little objects. "There's no way", I thought. "Do you know what that is?", he said. Emily had a look on her face, and I knew she was thinking what I was thinking "Are there two?" "There sure are", he said. We both let out a "Whaaaaaat?!?!?" and a "NO WAY!" before we started laughing. I'm thinking the laughing came because we literally had no idea what else to do. So, there it is. We have not one, but two little ones on the way. The adoption blog will now turn into a pregnancy update blog and we'll try and keep everyone as updated as we can with pertinent info. Feel free to call, e-mail or Facebook us with any questions you have for us. We're excited, and hope you are as well.

Update! Exciting Adoption News!

Hey Everyone! I just wanted all of you to know that we have exciting news on our adoption journey. I'll leave you with that teaser for now, but will be giving the details in the next 24 hours or so. Thanks for being a part of this journey and for all of the thoughts and prayers. -Bryan