Katy's Thoughts

So, I know that you have not heard too much from me about this whole pregnancy thing but I do think it's awesome and I am so excited. God is good isn't He? we could not have planned this more perfectly (that must be because God is perfect and He knows how everything is going to work out). That being said I was talking to Rob and I asked him what he thought I should write on the blog and he said "my thoughts on pregnancy" so here it goes. If you would have asked me a few weeks ago how I liked being pregnant (I am sorry to say) I think that I would have said "I don't think it's for me." However, I am happy to say that I am coming around. The nausea has slowed down and I am in awe that there is a person growing in my tummy. So, besides the constant need to visit the restroom, to pee, I do like being pregnant and I ALMOST come to tears when I think about this blessing.
Katy
P.S. for those of you who might be interested to know I am about halfway through my 10th week and not really showing to the public yet but I have noticed a change.

First Full Pre-Natal Exam

Well on Thursday we got the go ahead in a sense. Everything looked good. Only one baby. Saw some little nubs of arms and legs and a coned tail. Due date of around September 24th. Ummm...amazing. Simply amazing. The baby even moved! Talk about feeling close to the Lord. Anyway, I hope to write more later but I have to get to work and Katy wanted this posted ASAP and that was two days ago. Sorry for the fuzzy picture. I'll work on getting a better one up soon. Thanks for all your prayers, love, and support.

safe and ultrasound

Well, this past Friday Katy had her first ultrasound and everything looks great! That's the baby in between those two tiny pluses inside the black triangular looking thing which is Katy's uterus I guess. We didn't get to hear a heart beat, but did get to see it. Well, kind of. It was a little white blob inside a white blob going black and white, black and white, super fast. I know. What a way to describe your first baby. A white blob. Quite amazing to witness such a miracle of God in life growing inside Katy and to know that his perfect timing reigned supreme in this entire process. Oh and for those who are wondering, no tears from me, just welled up. Ok, maybe one snuck out, but it's pretty hard to cry when another man is at the receiving end of your wife and there's nothing between him and her but a thin paper sheet. AWKWARD!!!!!

GUESS WHAT???

First of all, this post is being written a few weeks before the world knows that we are pregnant! So let me tell you how it went down. Katy and I have been trying to have a baby going on a little over two years. We didn't have a decent insurance plan to cover any kind of infertility until I started working for the state. Once that started happening, Katy was able to go on Clomid (spell?) two months ago to jump start her ovulation. Well, this past month she had to get a more potent dose of it because she still didn't ovulate in December. And then, last night I came home and she was standing in the door of the garage with two sticks in her hand. She said, "I know you had a tough day but it's about to get better." And she showed me the pregnancy sticks. For those who don't know, there are different types of pregnancy tests. These just happened to show 2 lines if pregnant, one if not. Well, initially I started crying and saying, "This better not be a joke. Don't joke around with me," hugging as the tears fell. After close inspection of the sticks, one line was faint, the other quite pronounced. Now let me back track a little bit. When we first started trying we used ovulation sticks exactly like these, the two lines positive, one line negative. Well, they would always show up with a faint second line that led us to believe that she was ovulating when in fact she was not. So my immediate reaction was she might not be pregnant. Obviously to spare myself from the pain of another month of not being pregnant. We both decided that she should call the doctor in the morning and go get a blood test. Now for the grand finale. I was in the middle of my shift tonight when I got a text from Katy that said, "it's not an emergency, but call when you get a chance." I quickly seized the opportunity while we had a break at the office and called her, expecting again, always the real pessimist, for her to tell me negative news. Barely containing herself, Katy quickly told me, "I'm pregnant!" I had to ask her to repeat herself, "You are or you are not pregnant?!?!" To which she replied, "I am!" Tears quickly fell again, fortunately with all my new colleagues of my masculine based employment out of sight and I was beyond elated. She apparently had taken a digital pregnancy test that said in big bold letters: "PREGNANT" and upon calling the doctor for confirmation, he said there's no need for a blood test that the tests are pretty accurate. God answered our prayers in a way that we hoped and we give Him all glory and honor and praise. We are so unworthy, and yet He still chooses to bless us. Sadly, our faith is still lacking and we keep bracing ourselves for the news of "you're not really pregnant, it was a false alarm," or to wake up from this dream state of euphoria. What a blessing either way to feel so close to your Maker's hands. Thank you all for your prayers in this process and we'll try and keep you as updated as we can.

Love,
Rob and Katy