once upon a time...

Brad and i were married on November 4th, 2005. yep, it's been 3 years, can you believe it?
we've been wanting to start a family for awhile now- but with Brad's analytical mind and our actual lack of time or money- we really couldn't see ourselves realistically being parents any time soon. haha well, as time went by and our situation really wasn't changing any (and Brad turning 30 last july and feeling the time crunch before he would be considered an "old dad"...) we really started praying about starting a family anyway. so, after much prayer and the wisdom we received from the people we trust for advice, we felt like it was time to just take a step of faith and see where God took us!
September 20th was my last day of birth control- December 10th we found out that we were expecting! we were so excited and in shock... i had to take two pregnancy tests before Brad would even tell anyone the news. =) it was really fun to get to talk to all the family about it over Christmas- it was such a great Christmas present for us.
it was so weird to find out- even though i knew that it would/could be coming... i just felt in shock about it for quite awhile. i had a couple of weeks right when i found out that i really felt queasy though, so that helped to convince me that i really was carrying a little miracle!