So I'm new to the whole blogging scene, but with out first addition to the family on the way I've decided to give it a whirl. Will and I were married on October 28, 2006 after dating about 1 1/2 years, we had met about 2 years earlier at our church, Hampton Park Baptist. Will was a very quiet person which, having a large and loud family, I thought was very odd. During the summer of 2004 I went out to Oahu, HI to help Laura with her first-born, Katilyn, while Andrew was stationed in Afghanistan
. When I came back in August of '04 my friendship with Will began. I saw that he wasn't really all that odd and was impressed at how much he was actually just paying attention to what I was doing and saying.After becoming closer friends, we started dating in April of '05. And although we had our bumps and bruises along the way, we and our relationship were stronger for it. Will and I are very different people. He likes to say he's not a pessimist he's a realist, and me, well I'm the un-realist :0) But our differences are what make us so good together. Will has helped to settle me down and I've helped to bring him out of his shell. He proposed on April 25, 06 after we went to dinner to celebrate our 1 year anniversary. He had rose pettals everywhere and a poem asking me to marry him. I didn't even pick up the ring box before I was hugging him and saying yes :0) He had to ask if I wanted to put it on :) We of course called family, well I did. Apparently everyone already knew, including my mom who Will had asked the week before about marrying me. I was sure of all people she would hint at something, but she kept the secret very well. The wedding was wonderful and my Grandfather was able to fly in from AZ to give me away. I couldn't ask for anyone better to stand for my dad who has been with the Lord 11 years now.
We decided to wait a year before trying to have children, and it turned out God wanted us to wait 8 months longer. I was often angry and disappointed with God when one more of my friends would announce her pregnancy. However I was shown by God what I already knew in my heart. He has a perfect plan for Will and I which is much better than any plan I could drum up. If we had gotten pregnant at the time I wanted, we would have had the baby the same month Will was laid off from his job. He was able to find a new job but it took about 2 months and would have been much harder had we had a little one to care for. Turns out we found out 2 days after he lost the job that we were having a baby. But that has given us 9 months to prepare without the worry of how the bills were going to be paid. God provided a new job when we needed it and has provided everything we've needed along the way. There was some sifting and some emotional pain along the way, but once we accepted God's plan everything started falling into place.
Our son is due on April 27th, which isn't far away at all! And
we've decided not to tell his name until after he's born. Of course at the rate we are going he wont have a name till after he's born because we can't agree! There are a few names that we are tossing around and I'm sure we'll settle on one.....eventually.
