BIG MONTH!!

So we're pregnant =)




How the Lord surprises you when you least expect it. We were on three months of fertility drugs which was really stressful considering that both with the second pregnancy and Noah we got pregnant with the fertility drugs on the very first month of trying. So we sought out medical advice from my doctor and sister in Christ and was told that we might have to see an infertility specialist once we arrived in New Mexico. It was heart breaking news. This was told to us on a Thursday. The following Thursday, we were at home looking at the calendar at all out impending appointments that would happen between then July 14 and the following month since we are PCSing on Sept 1. I noticed that I was a few days late, not that uncommon with PCOS but because of the fertility drugs my cycle had been running every 30 days and so I just for the fun of it took a pregnancy test I had bought the previous month. I called Bo into the bathroom screaming! Two PINK lines!! Bo could just not believe it! He kept saying over and over again there is no way, the lines must have been there before you took it! LOL!! We just could not believe the fact that I was pregnant. We had taken NO fertility drugs that "fourth month" of trying and here we are pregnant all by ourselves with the help of God of course ;) So I am 10 week pregnant and saw a heartbeat at 6 weeks and 7 weeks. I go back to the doctor here in Italy next week for my final appointments since it will take so long for me to get into the doctors in NM. The Lord has chosen to show us favor once more which is more than we could ever deserve!

So this is our LAST full week in Italia (well the week coming up). Lots to do, finish last minute packing, clean the house, FMO furniture, etc. We move into TLF (hotel on base) on Thursday which is going to be so much nicer since we'll have a maid service and that maid will not be me ;)
Recently we have said goodbye to some very good friends. This part of the lifestyle will never get easier. We are so blessed to have made the friends that the Lord has brought into our lives. Tonight's going away party for Bo's flight was very special for me to see how much people respect and care for my husband. Oh I almost forgot! Bo made Staff Sergeant! Bo has been in for 3 years and 7 months and made it technically on his first time...the first time he tested was because he made BTZ (below the zone) and so he sewed on SrA 6mths early. They then told him that he could test for Staff after he got back from the desert last summer, well nine days before he leaves they say, "oh I'm sorry you will have to test in a week." He missed it by .6 of a point. So this time testing would have been the first time had he not made BTZ. Which he PASSED! So we heard the heartbeat of our baby on a Wednesday and found out the next day that he had made Staff!

The Lord has blessed us so much in the past three years. Words cannot even express how thankful we are for all the many blessings He has given us! We're excited to be coming back to the states and ready for this new chapter in our life to begin!