Nova Scotian on the Prairies: May 2013

March 27th was another cold, wintery day. I woke up early with a nice dark tan and tons of laundry that needed to be done. We just got home from Cuba the night before. My friend Samantha texted me early in the morning to tell me her water broke and she was going to the hospital, and I made the mistake of looking at my phone when I got up for the washroom, and then I was too excited for her to get back to sleep.

Silly me, in all my sleepiness, I forgot to do something that I was waiting a whole week in Cuba to do...find out if I was pregnant of course! In the past 2 and a half years I've probably "tested" a good 20-30 times. Some months I didn`t even bother, and some months I was certain I was pregnant, only to be disappointed. So, I forgot. Didn't think much of it, but still wanted to test later that day since there were a few indicators that I might possibly be pregnant. One being that I felt quite nauseated all week in Cuba...which I blamed on the yucky food. And Two, the fact that I was exhausted and napped everyday in Cuba...which I blamed on the sun and heat.

So I did my best to "hold it" the rest of the morning and at 11 am when my hubby finally arose from his exhausted post-travel sleep, I tested. Within seconds I was seeing 2 faint lines, and I RAN into our bedroom and just stared at Devin and said "Oh, Devin" with my hands on my head, wide eyed. Then without another word I ran back to the bathroom and saw 2 very clear lines. After 2.5 years you don't believe your own eyes, so I ran to the bedroom, stick in hand, saying something unintelligible and asking Devin "do you see it too?!" He must have said yes, and I repetitively said "Oh my goodness", or something like that, over and over as I tackled him in a hug and bawled like a baby. He had a permanent smile on his face, and after I calmed myself a bit, he said "so what do we do now?" lol He would say something like that.

After we came down from cloud 9 we prayed with thanksgiving and gratitude for this amazing gift. And we begged God to let this baby be healthy and strong. Many times over the next few weeks I would just burst into tears of awe and thanksgiving that our wait was over and we were blessed with our baby.

How do you say thank you for a new life? Your heart's greatest desire? The child that will make you a mother and father? I still haven't figured it out yet, but I'm just praising Him every day for allowing us the opportunity to be parents and raise one of His children.

So, I'm 13.5 weeks and we are due November 25th. I can hardly wait.

1 Samuel 1:27
For this child I have prayed, and the LORD has granted the desires of my heart.