Your Pregnacy: 12 Weeks

Yep, Erin is pregnant! For most of you, this comes as old(er) news.

For those of you not in the loop, this pregnancy came as a surprise. Because it took us almost two years of trying and thousands of dollars to have Brevin, we figured the same would be for our second child. We were wrong. We have friends who also had trouble conceiving the first time and their second time was no different, so figured we'd have the same difficulty. We were wrong, again. Erin's "body" didn't seem to correct itself after having Brevin, so we figured we'd be in for another long and expensive haul. For a third time, we were wrong.

See a pattern?

We found out she was pregnant the middle of May (she's due January 8th) but wanted to wait to tell people until the second trimester. We unfortunately couldn't wait to tell some people because we already have had to go in for a second ultrasound as some red flags have been appearing. Thankfully, after several friends and family have lifted up the little one in prayer, God has answered in the positive and after a follow up appointment a couple of days ago, the baby is doing great!

It's been a little different this time around in notifying people of Erin's pregnancy. A relatively unknown website called "Facebook" (please note the heavy sarcasm) helped leaked the news. On second thought, the word "leaked" isn't appropriate, try Jack and Rose trying to escape the quickly sinking Titanic definition of the word "leaked". In wanting to be as sensitive to those who have been trying to conceive without success, we have tried to let the news out relatively low key but task seems about as likely as...well...the Titanic not sinking. It's not going to happen.

So now what?

Great question. God has and always will provide for our needs. (Notice I said needs and not wants.) Right now finances are a secondary concern, albeight a close second. We'll keep praying for the little one and take life one day at a time. The Lord has granted us two healthy children and we'll continue to praise Him for that. Right now our family's verse seems to be Matthew 6:34:

"So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."

So in the meantime, if you wouldn't mind lifting up our family in prayer when you think about it, we'd greatly appreciate it. We'll keep you updated whether you want us to or not. ;)

Enjoy your weekend!

—b