Real Life & New Beginnings

Wow.... I'm not sure that I know how to explain why it has been almost a year since my last post.  I can't really.  I CAN say that this year has been a wonderful one.  Since last April we have been through some trying times with heavy hearts, as well as so many beautiful and exciting times with hearts so full we can barely stand it.   

Shortly after my last post in 2013 my husband and I experienced the great joy in finding out that we were expecting our family of two to grow by one.  Several weeks later we went through the excruciatingly long process of a threatened, and ultimately full miscarriage that brought us both to our knees.  In going through this I can't tell you how many families we spoke with that had been through the same experience and how much it helped to have them there to talk to, to have our family there for us, and how much we leaned on the LORD to help us understand and heal.  Jeremiah 29:11 -- 

" 'For I know the plans that I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.'"

As we went through the healing process (both physically and mentally), we learned so much, and after a summer of working at the lodge and welcoming people from across the country, we were in for another surprise in September 2013.  :) 

On a weekend trip to a wedding we found out once again that we were expecting!  We had so many emotions, from total excitement to cautious worry about what was to come...  this brings us to present day! 

We are now almost 34 weeks pregnant with a healthy little one that is supposed to make his or her appearance on May 8th.  We truly feel so incredibly blessed to have the opportunity to experience this together and also so incredibly nervous that we are becoming parents!  I can't explain the emotions and excitement that comes with hearing the heartbeat for the first time, or feeling the little kicks (or big kicks) from Baby M.  So... it's looking like our guest room/office is turning into a nursery after all... and I can't think of any project in our home that makes me happier.  

Blessings! 

K