On Monday, January 25, I was working on changing the lock of the house we just moved into when Kirsten came home from work. I asked her to give me a hand and when she came back from changing her clothes, I could tell she was a little aloof. I asked her if everything was ok. She started crying and walked toward me holding up a white stick with two pink lines on it. I was stunned. After all, I’m trying to change a door lock! We hugged and cried and both of us felt scared and a little overwhelmed. These were not tears of disappointment. I want to make that clear. It’s just that neither one of us exactly had “baby” at the top of our To-Do List. However, we said from the beginning of our marriage that if God were to grace us with a child unexpectedly then we’d be excited at His grace toward us and go from there.
We chose to tell very few people for the first three weeks because of the risk of miscarriage. But today we had our first appointment with the OB and we got to see the baby’s heartbeat on the sonogram (click here for picture).
So we are excited to tell everyone now that we are 8 weeks along, and are due to have our first child on September 30, 2010.
How can you pray for us?:
- Please pray for Kirsten’s Health.
- Please pray for the health of the baby.
- Please join me in praying for our baby to know and love Jesus.
- Please pray for wisdom for Kirsten and I as we have big decisions to make about a lot of things in the coming months.
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February 19th, 2010 at 1:14 pm
CONGRATULATIONS!
That’s awesome! I always tell people, if I could have done things differently, I would have done two things much sooners: 1) buy a home (for equity) and 2) have kids (for God’s blessings!).
Again, that’s fantastic! Having a baby DOES change everything…and despite our culture’s selfish view…it changes it for the BETTER! Praise God from whom all blessings flow!
We’ll be praying for you guys!
Tyler
February 20th, 2010 at 1:35 pm
just wanted to extend a congratulations to you! these types of surprises are very scary but God in his infinite love for us gives us the grace to navigate them. & speaking as a mom of two little boys i can say it’s hard work but it’s the best kind of work. my husband always says “the things that are always worth doing are never easy” & this is one of them. many blessings to you & your family!
(found you via tim seay)
February 20th, 2010 at 10:09 pm
Rob, that is awesome. I don’t have any sage advice like Tyler and Candace, but I’m happy for you and Kirsten. Kids really are blessings. I know we didn’t connect tonight, but we need to catch up.