Spoke too soon about changes..

Dear Dreema,
Hello! I just wanted to let you know that Shayne and I are going to be expecting our first child. It is pretty recent news. Before we got pregnant we always discussed not mentioning it to anyone until we were at least 3 months along…. But we didn’t know the reality of it would be so exciting! We kind of slipped and told everyone rather quickly.

The doctor office told me that we will be due in October, but the due date can change. As you know, fall is my most beloved season so the thought of a fall baby thrills me. My Mom tells me I am going to be miserable being pregnant over the summer. She recommended that I keep a water bottle on me at all times because I am going to be super hot.

I was at my Study appointment today and they said everything looks good. I get to go have an ultra sound with them the first week of March. Needless to say, March can’t be here soon enough.

I am very anxious. Almost six years ago, I lost a baby when I was about 5 months pregnant. The baby actually stopped growing but my body thought it was still pregnant so the sack kept growing even though the baby wasn’t. But my life is much better now. Shayne is an amazing husband and we are happy. I am healthy now and not in a bad place in my life.

My friend Lish told me a story that sticks with me. One night she was telling her little boy a bedtime story about when she and her husband were in heaven, they were walking around picking their future children. When they came to this Earth they forgot about their children, but the second they saw them they remembered them. I hope that in heaven Shayne and I picked boys, and that we get to see our first one in the fall. ;)

A lot of changes are about it happen. I am nervous and excited. You know how impatient I am. I can’t wait to have my belly grow, to find out the sex, and to hold this little one in my arms. It has been a dream of mine to be a Mother here on Earth.

I will keep you posted. We still have A LOT more appointments to come and this little alien-squid looking fetus has a lot of growing to do. Until then, I will enjoy “baking” our little bun. Will you keep a good eye on our baby… and tell the man upstairs to let us keep this one?
I love and miss you,
Erin