Finding Out

Hey everyone,

Thanks to big sister Pam Riley for suggesting we publish a blog to help keep the family updated on the exciting baby news!

We are both super stunned and stoked to be having a baby. As most of you know we started trying to conceive a year ago exactly, right after we got married. Based on my sister Sara's two pregnancies, I figured I'd be knocked up in a month, but obviously things didn't work that way for me.

We went and spoke with two fertility doctors this year, and they were both pretty convinced the process of getting pregnant was going to be difficult for us. We discussed some options and decided that we didn't want to do fertility treatments, so we started looking into adoption towards the end of 2009.

I have to admit, this past year has been very difficult for me. I think the biggest challenge came with trying to understand God's desire for my life and our marriage. Don has been absolutely amazing this year. Whenever I would express my feelings of discouragement to him, he would say, "just relax, God is in control." Don constantly encouraged me to stay committed to trusting God and his perfect timing. Furthermore, he never stopped praying for a baby. Something else that really helped me to trust in the Lord was the verse from Genesis 30:22, "Then God remembered Rachel; he listened to her and opened her womb." I cannot even tell you how many times I asked God to remember me too.

Needless to say, we are very excited and although we have no idea just how pregnant I am, we are choosing to celebrate and be thankful for life even when it's less than a millimeter big and comes in the form of morning sickness and backaches. Praise God!

We will keep you posted! Please keep us in your prayers. I have my first doctor's appointment tomorrow January 6. Hopefully we'll know a lot more after that.

Love,
The Speedie's