Our Big News
Since Ashley won’t call me or give me her phone number, I can’t let her know this “in person”, so she and the rest of you will just have to read about it here.
We’re expecting #3.
I know, insert big gasp here. Or, how about a picture?
We always knew we wanted our kids to be close in age; we just didn’t know we wanted them this close! I have told many people that Kevin and I had lots of plans to do “other” things - take the trip to Hawaii this summer, train for the Houston Marathon in January (me, not Kevin), MOVE houses, etc. etc. etc… and God gently reminded us Who was in charge.
So, once again we found that our plans are not His. We are truly excited; we always wanted 3 kids (maybe 4), and we’re thrilled that there’s only one baby, at least so far as we can tell! Kennedy and this baby will be 19 months apart. We have told Colby and Kennedy the news. Kennedy is still a baby herself, and Colby thinks he has a baby in HIS tummy too. Once the pregnancy test showed positive, my tummy started pooching out, so it was a struggle to hide the baby until I got to the doctor to make sure everything was okay.
When we went to see the doctor, I had no clue when my due date would be. We got pregnant while I was still breastfeeding Kennedy, mainly due to a mix-up over my birth control pill and my doctor’s office. (Well, you know, it was all God, but if you want a scientific “reason” why we got pregnant, there you go.) While in the doctor’s office, they did an ultrasound to see how big the baby was… it’s amazing how something starts out so little and is yet still a person. The baby was only 3 cm long from his/her head to his rear end, and based on that calculation (only!), they gave me my due date and told me I was 10 weeks along… I took a pregnancy test when I was already 7-8 weeks pregnant because I was just SO darn TIRED all the time and couldn’t figure out why. Well, this was my answer!
My due date is November 19th, which puts me about 15 weeks along. I’m out of my first trimester (hooray!) and I’m nesting, which should explain the lack of posting for awhile now. Since we’re not moving, we’re making full use of the space we do have until we can move, which means lots and lots of cleaning. Good thing our church’s youth garage sale is next week!
I told our Sunday School class about the Scripture that kept flooding my mind when I found out I was pregnant. Here are a few of them.
“…My grace is sufficient for you (Jenna) because my power is made perfect in weakness…” - 2 Cor. 12:9
“The LORD is my light and my salvation - whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life - of whom shall I be afraid?” - Ps. 27:1
“‘For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways’, declares the LORD. ‘As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.’” - Isaiah 55:8-9
We find out what the baby is on June 25th, so wager your guesses now… I’ll hold off on what I think for now. For sure though, this pregnancy has been different from the other ones! I just thought Kennedy’s pregnancy was different because she was a girl, but I already have a boy and a girl and this really doesn’t feel like either one right now! I do have a little hunch, but I really couldn’t tell you for sure.
Like I said, we are really excited and we know the kids will do great with another sibling in the house. Colby and Kennedy really are playing well together and I’ll post an update on them sometime next week. Let the celebrations begin!!
7 comments May 27th, 2008