oh baby!
It’s true, it’s true Baby Graham is due October 2015!
Jonathan and I are very, very excited to share that we are expecting Baby Graham. I couldn’t be happier and we are truly blessed with this little heaven-sent miracle. It was quite a little surprise when we found out! But, we are very excited and cannot wait to meet this little love! We took a test Monday evening February 2nd and of course it was positive, so just to be 100% sure Jonathan went out and bought three more tests!! We were very overwhelmed with several different emotions that first week about our little appleseed. We were excited but also surprised because this wasn’t in our 1-2 year plan of living in the Mid-West away from family and friends. But, we started praying about the future. We trust God that He knows exactly what He is doing and that none of this came as a surprise to Him! He can see the big picture, where we simply have to walk by faith and believe that He will work everything out just the way it’s suppose to be.
We had only been married for almost 4 months at this point and I had only been living in this new area for about 3.5 months. It was a big adjustment from living in the South to now living in the Mid-West and I was still getting use to the weather, the people, the lifestyle, etc. So, now adding a baby to the mix seemed quite overwhelming. I worked as a Mother/Baby nurse at a rather large hospital in the South so I had a whole plan of who I wanted as my MD, who my favorite nurses were, etc and that was how it was suppose to go. Well, like I said before, God was like, “SURPRISE!” So, this has been an interesting experience since I am such a planner. I believe God is teaching me a very important lesson though: Patience and flexibility.
It’s okay to not have a plan sometimes. It’s okay to have surprises. It is simply going to be okay. Life is so full of twists and turns and beautiful unexpected blessings. If we always knew exactly what was going to happen and when it was going to happen that would take the fun and adventure out of life! We also would have no reason to trust and have faith in God, simply because we would be the author’s of our own little lives. We have to learn to let go of the pen and hand it over to God and say, “here, You write my story.”
With all that being said, Jonathan and I are so excited! I have dreamed of becoming a mommy ever since I was a little girl. I would tote baby dolls around and play house all the time. That’s one of the reasons I went into nursing, I wanted to take care of babies! I can’t wait to see what this next chapter in our lives unfolds to be! We are still deciding on where to live which is a huge decision, we really want to be close to our family and friends for their support and love. So, while we wait for God’s answer we will trust that His plan is the BEST!
Yay for new adventures and babies!!
“Children are a gift from the Lord;
they are a reward from Him.”
Psalm 27:3
“You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body
and knit me together in my mother’s womb.
Thank You for making me so wonderfully complex!
Your workmanship is marvelous- how well I know it.
You watched me as I was being formed in utter
seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark womb.
You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was
recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before
a single day had passed.”
Psalm 139: 13-16
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