{The Littlest Angel}

We are thrilled to share our very happy news with you...

WE ARE PREGNANT

IVF is giving us a chance at a Christmas miracle. We couldn’t be more grateful to everyone that helped us get to this point. This little babe (or babes) will be loved by so many and that makes my heart so very happy!

I’ve had some people ask me if we know if it is a single or multiple pregnancy. The answer is that we won’t know for a few weeks.

There is a LOT of waiting in this process J

We realize letting all of you know this early can be both a good and a bad thing. Hopefully this will be a strong and healthy pregnancy! We are prepared that anything can happen, and we will figure out how to deal with whatever it is if we need to, but for now we are focusing on our success and JOY!

A few experiences worth noting about this very new pregnancy are noted below:

About 2 minutes after finding out we were pregnant last Friday, I got a call from my step-mother that my dad had suffered a heart attack earlier that day. Even though he was already all set up with a stint in his heart and eating dinner by the time I found out, it added to an already emotionally packed few minutes of my life. He went home on Sunday is recovering...thankfully ANOTHER Christmas miracle J

Second, Monday I was due to go in for a blood test to confirm the pregnancy. Of course that was the day Mother Nature decided to hit us with the biggest snow storm we’ve seen in over two years. It didn’t stop me though…but it really should’ve! I drove across town and got stuck in a neighborhood only about 2 blocks from my doctor’s office. I knew I was going to get stuck and picked a street where I was hoping people were nice. I lucked out because there were THREE very nice people that helped dig my car out. Not only that, but they dug a spot in front of one of their houses so I could leave my car. One of the other guys actually took me to my appointment and insisted if I needed a ride after the appointment I could call him. I thought I’d be able to at least walk back to my car, but after about ½ a block my boots were full of snow and ended up calling my new friend Robert. He took me all the way to the train station so I could at least go to work. THEN a good friend from work, Shelisa, drove me back to my car after work. By then the snow plows had been through and I was okay to drive. Talk about eventful!

Thank you for sharing our good news with us! Merry Christmas!

Love, Ben & Kate