Blessing in surprise

It is official! Josiah and I are expecting a bundle of joy in October! We are filled with many emotions these days, or maybe it is just my hormones. We are excited, surprised at how fast it happened, and anxious at all the changes that are soon to be happening to our family.

We found out two weeks ago when I took a digital home pregnancy test after work. I took the test, placed it on the counter while I waited, knowing that it would say not pregnant. I went about unwinding from work and then it was time to look at the test. All the sudden my world changed! The test read- PREGNANT- in what seemed to be big bold letters. I stared at it for what seemed to be forever. Not believing my eyes I called Josiah, who was sitting in the living room watching tv not knowing what was going on. "Josiah can you read this and tell me what it says?" I pointed to the counter and he read it several times before realization hit. He looked at me mouth wide open and we just stared at each other in disbelief. I started to cry and we hugged, ruining the moment I said, "hold that thought I have to go grab more!"

I ran to the store in a daze and grabbed two more tests. Which all came back positive. In less than an hour after our life changing experience we had to go to our Wednesday night bible study group where we lead worship. This group consists of Josiah's very close family and friends. My mouth was just ready to spill the beans, but we agreed that we wanted to tell the parents first.

When we were home that night I instantly called my mom. I asked her what her Valentine's Day plans were and she continued to tell me her plans and things going on. I then told her that we received an early Valentine's Day present, which was something that Josiah and I both were looking forward to. "We have new names....mommy and daddy!" The phone was silent...and then mom came back down to earth. Both my parents were very surprised and very excited for us.
That night and the following day continued with calling friends and family.

I would just like to thank all the great friends and family that have been a great support system during this time. We look forward to posting more about our journey to parenthood.