Finally...

We can share the news that we've been bursting with since before Thanksgiving. The adoption has been put on hold. The reason: We're pregnant!!! I know, we can't really believe it either but it's really real. This morning we heard the baby's heartbeat for the first time. We are so thankful to God for this little miracle.

The story goes something like this: The week before Thanksgiving I started to feel really nauseous and worn down. I thought for sure it was just a mild case of the flu or even the winter blues (which is not uncommon for me). Well, on that Friday night, we were going over to a friend's house for dinner and I was planning on having a beer or two with my dinner. And then I thought to myself "what if?" And then I thought to myself "surely not." And then I thought to myself "better safe than sorry." So, I took the test. Needless to say, it was quite a shock when two little pink lines appeared. I walked upstairs to try and calmly break the news to Stuart. I was met with a blank stare at first and then a barrage of OMG's and Holy Cows and a few other choice words mixed in. We didn't blink for about 24 hours I don't think and we definitely did not sleep worth a darn that night. We were cautiously excited.

We had our first Dr. appt. a few weeks ago and saw the little bean on the screen and saw a heartbeat. Today we actually heard the heartbeat so we decided that we would share the news with all of our family and friends. We are ecstatic!!! Well, sort of. I have been about as nauseous as I can possibly be and have rendered myself housebound for the last 6 weeks. It still has showed no signs of letting up but with the help of some very good and very safe medication, I'm doing better lately. I am very much looking forward to the nausea ending (if it ever does). Other than that, everything is great, no other issues.

For the few of you that did know, thanks for being such great secret keepers. Thank you for your support and prayers. Keep them coming!!! Now, as far as the adoption goes. We have put everything on hold for now. The reason being that there are several regulations in place about age differences and big life changes etc... So, we are still planning on adopting (with as nauseous as I've been, I don't know that I ever want to do this again). We have all of our documentation collected and yes, we finally did receive the magic I171H. Everything has been tucked away into its lovely manila folder and will be updated and submitted in late '09 or early '10.

So, there's our news. This is the reason the blog has been so slow lately. Perhaps I should change the title to The Diary of a Nauseous Pregnant Woman? TTFN.