The waiting is over!!

After 8 years of patiently waiting on God’s promise, our little big promise has finally been fulfilled.

On October 24^th I woke up knowing I needed to take a test to see if I was pregnant, but was so worried that I would see another negative or “not pregnant” test result. The night before taking this test, I could not sleep, as I have never been able to knowing that I could possibly see a positive result, but also a negative which was always hard for me to see. 

So, I tossed and turned all night long and finally at 5am I could not sleep any longer. I got out of bed and took the test. As I sat and waited for the result (which felt like an eternity had passed) I prayed and prayed. I asked the Lord to please let it be positive and that I could not see another negative test result. 3 minutes later I read the word “pregnant.” I was SHOCKED! I immediately got up and ran out of the bathroom to Shawn and woke him up saying, “Honey, we are going to be parents!” His response as the bathroom light was beaming in his face and I was turning my lamp on was, “Really” I said, “yes, we are going to have a baby”. As I crawled back into bed I was shaking and crying because I could not believe it had finally happened to me. Shawn kept telling me that I needed to take another test, but I was all out of urine. After a few hours and a glass of water, I took another test, the result….”Pregnant.”

As we laid in bed thinking about the fact that in roughly 9 months we would have a child of our own to take care of, we realized that everything from that moment forward was going to be different. We decided that we would tell our parents and siblings and very close friends, but then wait till after we saw the Doctor to see when we could share our news with the world. So as soon as the Doctors office was open I was on the phone making our 1^st appointment. The whole day was very surreal.  We kept saying to each other through out the whole day, “Holy cow, we are going to be parents!” 

We also had an Umweo Bags get together/ Thank you party for all the people that donate their time and energy into Umweo Bags. I wanted to tell everyone so bad, but knew I had to keep it a secret for at least a few more days. Keeping this a secret I knew was going to be hard, but not that hard! Every person I saw I wanted to tell them so bad, but I didn’t… I waited just as Shawn and I had discussed.

This day was truly amazing and I felt God’s presence with us throughout the whole day. I have waited my whole life to be able to say that I am pregnant and now I can truly say…I AM PREGNANT!  Baby’s due date: June 26^th 2012.