It has been a while since I last posted, but I promise to do better now that we are somewhat settled again in our semi-permenant home in Mississippi.
The last post announced the WONDERFUL news of the expectancy of our very own baby that God has blessed us with!!!! We officially decided not to find out the gender of this precious little child because we LOVE surprises and the THRILL of the unexpected events hat have followed us throughout our marriage. So, for now, the little growing person is called BG, short for
boy/girl.
I was working in California when I found out I was pregnant. It was the most amazing day of my life finding out I was going to be a mommy! Keeping it a secret from Caleb for 3 days was killing me, but I wanted to tell him in person.
When I got to Mississippi, I took him to his family's land at Craig Springs where we had our first date and invited him to his first born's birthday on October 17! He was literally speechless for a long time; his eyes filled with tears of excitement, amazement, and gratitude towards God that the day had finally arrived, when I could tell him he was going to be a daddy. We sat snuggled together on the swing for a while, just staring at my belly taking in that moment of realizing we are going to be parents. One of my favorite moments in life!!
Caleb drove us just a few yards down the road to the family's grave yard.He set the white flower up in front of his grandfather's grave and said: "Well Pop, you already know this, but I am going to be a daddy." Pop was the first person we told, everyone else only found out about 12 weeks later.
Since then, we sold our RV and moved back to MS to set up house for some stability in our lives. It was bitter-sweet ending my travel nursing career; sad ending this adventurous chapter in our lives, but excited to start our family! That same day Caleb sang "I just haven't met you yet" by Michael Bublé at our church's Valentine's Banquet. How appropriate singing to our "kid", having prepared this song without knowing he would be a daddy-to-be the night he performed it.
We recently celebrated our 8 year anniversary. Looking back at the years together, we feel so incredibly blessed to have been together throughout this journey called LIFE. And what better gift from God for our anniversary than this miracle baby ?! We are absolutely and utterly THRILLED!!
