answered prayers

Time to recap:

In my last blog six some odd months ago I expressed concern about two main things. One being our house and my worry that it wouldn't sell. Well, here we are six months later and it's finally under contract. It's such a relief. We close on October 31st and we'll have what became such a financial burden behind us. The second thing I mentioned was wanting to have a baby. Well, you guessed it, here we are six months later and I'm five months pregnant. Funny how that works. I do live in a society of instant gratification, so perhaps I'm just accustomed to the "I want it and I want it NOW!" philosophy.
So, alas, mine and Jameson's "journey together" continues, but we're adding one, in February. So, prepare yourself because for the next four months, this will be the pregnancy blog, and if that completely disinterests you, check back after that for the "baby blog."

I'll give you the short version. Jameson wanted to have a baby for a while and kept dropping subtle hints that became not so subtle anymore. Finally when I felt like we were at least semi-settled here in Melbourne and the thought of going to work every day in the Neonatal ICU was too much to bear because I wanted one of my own so bad, I started praying. God showed me that He was the one who placed that desire there and that He'd worked everything out for us in order to start our family. So I trusted that, and well one month later, I got a positive test. After yakking up every meal for twelve weeks, we finally found out the culprit for all this mess is a little girl. And I'm already so in love with this little girl, body snatcher or not! It makes me grin from ear to ear at each doctor's appointment when I hear the heartbeat which overshadows that big frown I bear after stepping on the scale. (I will be a size 4 again one day, right?!) She's going to be so very worth it and I can't wait to hold her in my arms for the first time. She truly is God's gift to us already. We're just going to keep trusting Him.

So now here I sit, six months after my last post, five months pregnant, so enamored with the new life within me. So blessed by each and every little kick. And so thankful of all God's many blessings, including the sale of our house in Birmingham! I promise to stay more updated. I'm going to start posting pictures of all baby's new things so you'll get excited with me. And for now, she's just "baby," her name will remain a secret until delivery in order not to ruin such a special announcement. A face with a name is always a little more exciting!

Stay tuned...



Anna (& baby)