NYC BOUND!

SO....Michael surprised me on my birthday with a plan for a NYC trip!!! (it is also an early anniversary trip).  NYC is my (and my sister's) favorite place in the world! I am so excited to go there with Michael!  We get to stay with Michael's cousin who has an apartment right now on Park Avenue!  (sorry for all the exclamations points.  can you tell I am excited?) We have a ton of things we want to do so I will write about it when we get back.  So....I guess it is off to finish packing :) 

Hello!

I have gotten addicted to reading a few blogs lately so I thought I would start one too!  While I am pretty sure my blog will not be as entertaining as the ones that I read and I am not a great writer, I thought it would be fun to document our lives a little bit.   

I had a couple friends introduce me to blogs of woman who had lost a baby and I have been so encouraged by them.  For one of these women, she was almost 40 weeks pregnant, went in for her checkup and was told there was no heartbeat. She delivered a baby whose soul was already in heaven.  For another sweet lady, she found out around 20 weeks (I think) that her baby would not survive outside of the womb.  She courageously carried her sweet baby until time for delivery and she was very honest in her journey and struggle.  Both of these women are Christians who questioned God but did not doubt Him.  

I realize and thank God that my experience was not NEAR as traumatic as these stories mentioned.  It was, however, one of the hardest things I have been through. We were at the doctor to hear the heartbeat for the first time (13 weeks) and there was not one.  Apparently, the baby had stopped growing at 8 weeks.  Since then, I have read and heard from SO MANY people who have been through this exact same scenario and have gone on to have many other children.  This encourages me so much!  

We will continue to trust the Lord and believe Him for our heart's desires, since He placed them there in the first place.  

That is all for now.  Hope we can keep up with each other's lives through the wonderful world of blogging!  Have a happy week :)