Our Muggle

Shannon and I were married for 4 years before we got pregnant with our Muggle (which, by the way, is the word for human in the Harry Potter series).

It took me a long time to be okay with having babies. Shannon was ready the minute we were married to become a father, but me, not so much. I was very happy and content with our lives as is. I knew having a baby would change everything. However, as 4 years zoomed by, I finally felt ready.

We were very blessed and fortunate to get pregnant rather quickly. I am so thankful for that! I found out I was pregnant on September 22nd, my mom's birthday! I was late and felt like something was different. I took a pregnancy test before going to bed. I figured it wouldn't show anything. Imagine my surprise when the test read:

I was in utter shock and disbelief! I remember starting to cry and laugh at the same time. I felt so happy, but so shocked!! I somehow pulled myself together and numbly wandered in the kitchen and silently showed hubs. He looked at it and literally slapped it away. Not that he wasn't happy, but he was stunned and he wanted so badly to be a dad that he JUST couldn't believe it. After 5 minutes of shock, we cried tears of joy and we hugged. I then was like "now what?" I got on the phone with Kaiser, and they talked to me about the next steps.

I have been beyond fortunate that this has been a drama free pregnancy. Besides a couple bumps (ahem, round ligament), this pregnancy has been pure joy and it has been awesome to watch my body grow and accommodate my precious child. I am so thankful to the Lord for allowing us to get pregnant and for this beautiful miracle! Our sweet Muggle is set to arrive May 30th, 2014!!