In an earlier post called "Big Rocks" I mentioned that Jason and I had spent some time deciding on what our "big" things were going to be for the year. There was a handful of things on that list...health/nutrition, family vacation, individual time w/ each child, etc. One of them was for us to be praying about whether or not we thought a 4th child was in our future. The Lord answered that one for us....I am pregnant! Woah! Probably due sometime in November.
I think if you had asked me I would have said that yes I thought there was another child in our future...but...ummm a little further apart. Regardless we are thrilled.
Every other time we have found out Jason was with me, so this was the first time I took a pregnancy test with out Jason at home. I had to keep it to myself ALL day! Well, I told Hope, I figured she wouldn't tell anyone. Ha! Jason and I actually had a date night already on the calendar so that worked out great. I picked him up from work and we drove the restaurant. I had called ahead to get a little help telling Jason. I had asked that when we order our appetizer and they bring it out if they would bring me a bowl of ice cream with pickles on top. They did. I started eating the ice cream. Jason looked at me and said, "Did you order that? I don't see that on the menu." As he was looking at the menu I pulled out the rock from our "Big Rocks" labeled "4th Child ??" and the pregnancy test. I handed those to him and he said "Oh my goodness you are pregnant. I am so excited."
It was awesome! We then called our parents, siblings and friends...then the social media...We think we might as well tell people right off the bat so they could be praying. See...with me being Type 1 Diabetic it is a bit of a challenge to do the pregnancy thing. That said...my doctors say that I am in excellent health and they would advise me differently if they felt I shouldn't have any more children. This is not the case.
Sooo I have already made the phone calls to doctors to begin the process that I go through managing my diabetes while carrying a baby. Our prayer here moving forward is for endurance, self-control (with food), and overall health and development for the baby. It is critical in this first trimester for excellent blood sugar control. Poor management usually results in birth defects for the baby...everything from limb development, to heart, etc. First trimester with a diabetic is a big deal. We would covet your prayers too.
So that's the big scoop for today. On a parting note this is how it went this morning telling Wyatt and Caroline. At breakfast we said guys we have some exciting news to tell you. It's really great. Can you guys what it is? Caroline just smiled and looked at us. Wyatt said, "Another baby!" I love how the Holy Spirit readies their hearts. That has then led us on name discussions through out the day. If you can imagine most of them revolve around some name from Cars 2! Hilarious. Oh this ride we are on! It delights my heart!
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