"We prayed for this child and the Lord has granted what we asked of him. - 1 Samuel 1:27"

So, I am going to get this blog started again. Kent and I have been married since August 22nd, 2009 and had already gone off birth control and I started trying to prepare my body for conception... It definitely was not as easy as I thought it would be. With pre-existing medical issues, I figured it was probably going to take a little time, but I didn't expect it to be over a year. We did a bunch of fertility meds and were diagnosed with Unexplained Infertility. After our Obgyn (whom we LOVE) told us that there was nothing else that could be done here and we would have to go up to Portland for injections to continue. These often cost over $2000 a month and of course, come with no guarantee. That's when it really hit us! Which drugs could possibly be more power than the workmanship of God's hands? It took a little bit, but we decided to leave the situation at his feet and tried to find peace with it all. After a lot of prayer, relaxing and a mini vacation, we were pleasantly surprised when we had ovulated....med free too!?!? Oh man! (For those of you that don't know, I work at the Hospital.) I was so excited I even pulled my Doctor aside in the cafeteria and told him that I had ovulated ALL ON MY OWN! lol! It was pretty funny.
I was never one to test early because the depression of seeing a negative or "Not Pregnant" come up was quite wearing.
On September 30th at 4:05 am, while Kent was eating breakfast and getting ready for work, I decided to just get up and test. My breasts were so tender and swollen that every time I rolled ever it would wake me up and the ONLY thing that would go through my head was, "I gotta buy diapers!" I took the test and sat it on the counter. I tried not to peek too early, but it came up so fast! "PREGNANT"

Really?!?! Seriously!?!?
I was shaking so bad!
The day we got home from our Honeymoon I had ordered this onsie that says our last name on it and is in Beaver colors. That was my plan all along for telling Kent when the time finally came. By this point it was wrapped and being stored on the highest shelf in the garage because seeing all the time was a constant reminder. So, I ran through the house, into the garage, jumped up on the trunk of the car and on the bottom shelf, grabbed the gift and ran back into the house. Kent had made his way back to the bathroom and I just handed him the box and pointed to the test. We just starred at eachother, speechless! We moved to the bed, just hugging and crying, but still quite stunned. Our Lord is AMAZING!

We had a little scare on October 11th and the doctor ordered an ultrasound to make sure everything was ok. Scares aren't good, but when they end alright and you get a chance to see your baby, who complaining? This is the picture from Lil Raz's first photo shoot! I know, you feel kind of like you're looking at a bean, but that's OUR bean! :D

Our first appointment with the nurse went well, just went over a lot of history and the rules of pregnancy... no skiing for me this year! I'll gladly trade in my skiis for our precious little one!

November 11th was our first appointment with Dr. Murphy... did I mention we love him!?! He tried picking up the baby's heartbeat on the doppler, but little squirmy baby wouldn't cooperate. BUT, you know what that means! Photo shoot number 2! My Grandpa said he wouldn't know what he was looking at, so i made it possible!

I added a Santa hat to Baby Raz's head for Christmas! Here it is.

Here is a picture of the mini bump from my dose of retail therapy a few days ago.

Mr. J, aka big brother, is studying up on the pregnancy himself! I took a nap on the couch and this is what I woke up to! lol! Way too funny! I don't know how he did this...