our |perfect| storm

April, 2014. We found out we were once again, expecting. We had been trying so it didn't come as much of a shock to us. However, we were SO excited! A chance to try this all again. Little did I know we were in for another disappointment. I had been getting my HCG levels monitored and they were going up just as they were supposed to. Everything looked great, and very promising. I had a lot of hope that everything was going to go better than ever this time around. I even bought baby clothes and blankets, even a diaper bag. (I'm a very impatient person :) ) I had made it to 7 weeks! I was feeling good, not great. I look back and wonder if I was telling myself I didn't feel good to make myself feel better that everything was going better than the last time.  I was a week away from my first ultrasound. We had decided to tell our parents early on in the pregnancy because we wanted and needed the support. It was a Sunday morning, before church, I woke up and immediately knew I had...

Life took a very dramatic turn for Troy and I on January 5, 2014 when we found out we were expecting our first child. It was a shock for both of us. We had just gotten home from vacation and I had been feeling a bit under the weather. Thinking that it was just from riding in a car for nearly 46 hours in a 2 week period, I brushed it off and tried to have fun. When we got home all I wanted to do was sleep, forever! I was so unbelievably tired. Troy looked at me and said "I think you should take a pregnancy test" I looked at him and said, "I'm not pregnant and I'll take a test just to show you I'm right." Three minutes later a big fat POSITIVE came up. I literally just buried my face in my hands and cried. It was the biggest rush of emotions I've ever experienced. I was so excited, scared, worried, happy, everything all at once. Troy hugged me and we cried together. I finally said "Now what?". I never thought of the first time finding out I...