New Life...New Blog

It's been about 9 months since I have posted anything on any website except for Facebook...ALOT has changed...September 16 of last year, Pat and I found out we were going to have a baby...our "story" had a huge twist to it and we were nervous about telling our families. Of course, everyone was shocked and they each had to deal with the news in their own way. Eventually, we all got through it and everyone started to get just as excited about this new baby as we were.
Only a few weeks before we found out we were expecting, Pat's sister announced she would be having a baby in mid April. We were so excited for her. She had been praying for this baby and God answered them:) When I found out about our little bundle I was so excited to have someone to go through this new experience with and to have someone I could turn to with questions since she was about a month ahead of me.
But we had to wait before we broke the news to everyone. Parents needed time to heal and accept this shock and Pat and I had to figure out how we wanted the world to find out. Eventually, everyone knew and supported us both. We wanted to "make things right" (I honestly don't like the way that sounds) and get married, but Pat had just left to go back to base and then immediately had left for a 9 month deployment. I was so nervous he wouldnt make it back in time for the birth of our child and I spent many nights praying that this deployment would be shorter than we had originally thought and planned for...
We spent many phone conversations talking about what we were going to do. My parents offered to fly me all over the world to the different ports that Pat was at just so we could get married and "make things right". I got so frustrated because I was so excited to be pregnant (and scared and nervous and anxious) and I just wanted support from my parents in that moment. Pat was gone for the time being and I was going through all of this alone, on top of working full-time, school full-time, and an internship. My life was overwhelming and I didn't know who I could turn to. Everyone seemed to be so upset with "the situation" that they couldn't see I was desperately looking for someone to help me figure out what to do.
In walks an angel--my sister. We have a typical relationship...we love each other and prove it through harsh words sometimes. She was there for me when I needed her...she went to docter appointments with me and comforted me when I needed to cry...all while planning her own wedding. I'll never forget all that she did for me in these past months.

Doctor appointment #1 wasn't bad at all. The first ultrasound was amazing. (See posted above) I was able to hear my child's heartbeat at only 6 weeks along! We discussed diet, Diabetes, vitamins, etc and I got all the prescriptions I could stand. I talked with a nurse about all the paperwork I had to do and the foods and medicins I could/couldn't eat. All in all, it was a simple appointment that lasted about 3.5 hours. (Work was a real pain about letting me have off at for this. I was at AE as an assistant manager, and the temp. SM was not someone I would ever work for again, to say the least). Regardless, I couldn't believe that I was witnessing a miracle right in front of my eyes and that I was helping God in the creation of it. He truly is amazing in His works and His plans. To create something so amazing as a life is something only He could do...science is NOT enough to explain it...
Doctor appointment #2 and the rest of our story to come...