Our Journey to Parenthood!

When John and I first got married, everyone asked- "When are you gunna have kids?". We always said about 5 years- we want to spend some time together before we take that step. Really enjoy each other's company before we bring kids into the mix. Yadda,  Yadda.

We wanted to live life, travel some, experience as much as we could. And boy- have we lived our lives to the fullest so far. I have no regrets in our decision making. I am very happy with who John and I have become and love everything about our marriage and relationship to one another. 

Seven years later (haha!), John and I finally started talking about starting a family! I know you are never ready for kids- and trust me my freak-out meter is sky high right now! But we really didnt want to have them while I was in grad school, then we didnt want to have them while were in Miami (we really wanted to be around family), then we wanted a house first and more stable jobs. We wanted to be able to provide the best for our children when the time came. 

Due to some of my family history and my crazy cycle (I'll spare the details), we assumed it would take us quite a while to get pregnant. So we decided to go off birth control when my last pack ran out in July. Now, we did not start trying then- I was told by my doctor that we should wait a few months since my cycle is so irregular- let things try to sync back up some. We didnt try, but we also didnt prevent. Knowing what I was up against, I started tracking my cycles so I had some data for when we wanted to get more serious about babies. 

Come October, we were on our EPIC vacation (which, I know we STILL need to post about- shame), we decided that we would go ahead and start trying! It couldnt hurt! So we followed my app, and nothing happened. With my irregular (longer than normal) cycles, we "tried" in November only to actually miss the window. Since I really had no idea about this process- more than just the basics- we decided to start ovulation sticks to start trying to figure out when I was ovulating. There is actually a whole science to this process and it's actually very, very intriguing. If you ever want to talk about it- let me know!

We were able to catch the window the next month and hoped and prayed it work, but knew that it would probably take us a long awhile. We also found out our best friends were pregnant this month- AH!!!! So I REALLY wanted to be pregnant IMMEDIATELY. So much so, it probably wasnt healthy. lol. However, this lead me to research everything I could know about getting pregnant and like I said- the whole process is very interesting. We decided to start charting this month too. Just to have as much information as possible. I also read that if anything is wrong, it's good to have charting information to share with your doctor. It makes it easier to find out what exactly could be wrong. December didnt work out for us either- but at least we knew this time we had done everything we could!

Come January, I missed the window again- surprise super early period that really threw me off. So for February, we were prepared as early as we could be. lol. However, at this point I had really started praying about the entire process. I realized that it is not in my hands whatsoever and the timing will be Lord's completely. I had shared with my sweet cousin that I really wanted to be pregnant with my best friend- that was the dream!! and she told me ever so calmly- the Lord knows your heart, Anna. He can make anything happen (thanks, Christina :D). With that in mind and my new sense of peace about the process, we once again did what we could- but with me way less stressed out. We put it all in God's hands. 

And guess what?

WE ARE PREGNANT! 

WE. ARE. PREGNANT! 

Like WHAT?! It's so crazy. It happened SO fast and IT'S HAPPENING NOW! 

We are so very thankful and blessed the Lord chose us to parent this little baby growing inside of me. Most days it still doesnt seem real (minus all the symptoms!). It's still very, very surreal and I think it will be for some time. 

I cant believe we are going to have a baby!!