Continued Miracles...

December 15th. This date has so many amazing memories attached to it... First of all it was the day I was born. The day my mom says was so special. McCall, Moonlit night, easy labor and delivery and a tiny 5 lb 15 oz baby girl. Even though I give her a really hard time about having me at Christmas time, now that I am a parent, I realize it would be an amazing gift.

The next really significant event associated with this date was the day that Chip and I went on our first blind date. We actually started the date on the 14th, but things went so well he didn't get me home until after Midnight. That was 10 years ago! 1999

The next memory associated with that day is one that doesn't bring quite as big of a smile to my face yet it is a memory that was wrapped in hope and God's love. On this day in 2005, we found out that I would be going in to surgery the very next day in order to make sure that the baby we were miscarrying would come out and not leave any infection. Although this was one of the most sad days that I have ever experience, we now knew that we could get pregnant on our own so there was a LOT of hope!

2008...I was blessed to be holding my first child! A healthy baby girl that was born on November 16th. I remember finally starting to get the hang of her schedule and knowing how to feed her correctly. God truly has blessed us with this little girl, Sydney.

Here we are 2009. What more could we ask for? Well, the only that that would even come close to those memories is that one that I am going to tell you about. When we started trying to conceive Sydney we had always wanted two children. After Sydney was born, we thought "wow, she is a Lot of work, are we sure we want two?" After some thought we decided that Sydney would absolutely love a sibling, but we had no idea how long it would take us to get pregnant again. We decided that we just wouldn't worry about it. We would just continue to work on my health, our marriage and let God have control of the fertility part. Here is the 4 memory. Last night Chip took me out to dinner for my birthday. I am never very good about keeping gifts until Christmas so I told him that I was going to give him a gift on my birthday. This is totally something I would do... After dinner, we got to the car and I decided I would give him my gift. At the bottom of all kinds of paper, there was the positive pregnancy test. I must say that I have had a few moments of realization that it is going to be completely different having 2 kids instead of just one. Maybe a little bit of nerves realizing that I am going to go through another pregnancy. I had such an awesome pregnancy with Sydney, I hope this one is the same.

Well, those memories...I'm not sure how they can be topped, but I am sure with children there will be times when memories will compete. They will all have their special place. I just can't hardly believe that God has created another miracle within us. Thank you God for the blessing of another child. I am so thankful for a God that is compassionate, loving, and all-knowing.