WOW I'M PREGNANT!!!

It has been awhile since my last Blog post. I have just been really busy and it is hard to find the time. So since my last posting two major things happened. The first Major life altering thing that occured since January was that I found out that I was pregnant. John and I were not planning to get pregnant but we weren't exactly taking measures to prevent it either. So we left in Gods hands. So I found out that I was Pregnant in April.

Its is funny how it happened, so I took a trip to New York to spend Good Friday with my fam. Aunt Trish always has a fish fry on Good Friday, so i went and had some, while i was there they kept saying how fat i had gotten. I thought it was strange cause last i checked i was loosing weight. Since I was in NYC I decided to shopping, cause there is nothing like shopping in NYC. So I went shopping trying to hit up some of my favorite stores and began noticing my clothes weren't fitting quite right and I indeed was gaining weight and I thought to myself strange.

Then Sat Night I had dream that I was in a hospital with my friend because she was having some complications with her pregnancy and all of a sudden i was in pain and i was rushed into the emergency room, and i was told i was pregnant and in labor. It was like an episode of "I didn't know i was pregnant" so then i ended up having a baby girl. In the Dream John and I were like Rushing around to get baby things cause it was so unexpected. When I woke up from this dream i was so sad that i did not have a baby because the dream felt so real. it was only a dream but i felt attacked to the baby in it.

I returned to Boston Sunday Afternoon where John informed me over dinner that he had a dream that we had a daughter. At that moment i began thinking hmm could i be pregnant? So the next day at work I had the urge to begin looking for a Doctor. For the first time John and I have really great health insurance so I wanted a check up since i haven't officially been to the doctor since high school. I told my friend Farrell i was looking for a doctor and she asked me if i was pregnant. I laughed and said no, but come to think about it my period is late, and my cycles is real regular. So we both googled to see how soon you can take a pregnancy test. That night i went to Walmart to buy a test, i made sure i Got the good kind so that i would be sure.

I was in Walmart for like 10 minutes standing in front of the pregnancy tests debating whether i should by them or not. I almost convince myself not to but finally i was just like Angie it would not hurt either way. So i bought the test and went home. John was at bible study which was perfect. So i read the directions and took the test. it came back positive right away. I couldn't believe so an hour later i took another one just to make sure i didn't do it wrong. But its pretty hard to screw-up a pregnancy test especially the good kind lol. And once again the results came back Positive. But even then i need further confirmation so the next day i planned to take off work and go to the doctor for them to confirm it. And sure enough the blood test came back positive.

After I took the home pregnancy test I did tell John when he returned home from bible study. So once I found out i was pregnant i went and set up doctors appointments and bought the prenatal vitamins. I am currently 14 weeks today. I am due December 8th. It has been a rough first trimester just trying to fight through the fatigue and headache while working full time but I'm in my second trimester now so hopefully it will be over soon.

Last week we were able to hear the babies heart beat. We have also scheduled out first ultra sound for next month we will be able to determine the babies gender then. Overall John and I are so excited and I can not wait to meet the Baby!

God's Wonderful Gifts

So this past December was big for me and my new Husband. Yesterday was our 1 month anniversary so it is only right that I reflect on how God has truly blessed my husband and I. So it started back in May When John Proposed to me and we decided that we were going to get married in December. We we both finishing up college, we didn't have any money but somehow we knew that God will make it happened. So when December came we were still short on cash, but we still knew that God had us. So Sometime between Aug. and Oct. I took a Job in Boston, leaving John behind in North Carolina. It was a hard decision because I didn't want to go to a completely new city alone, or simply be away from my fiance. I was unsure how it will all work out. I was just obedient to God who was the one who initially told me to accept the position. So all I could do then was TRUST that God would work it out. John was supportive the whole time, and he began to search for jobs in Boston. For weeks he searched for Jobs in Boston and no response, weeks turned into months. Finally in November a call from a company in Waltham, Ma that was interested. He came up for a interview, the interview went well.

So now we have entered the month of December where everything happened fairly quickly. First John gets second interview 5 day before the wedding. Second, guest list for the wedding begins to get out of control. I give the wedding venue and caterer the final number of 102 people. Still extremely worried that people were going to show that were not on the list. Third paying for the wedding, we did not have all the funding for the wedding the whole time however we trusted God and we ended up with exactly the amount of money we needed for the wedding. It all came in from Family and Friend, and my job at the last minute. Last minute being the Friday before the wedding on Sunday. the fourth event was the wedding, the wedding day went absolutely perfect. I was able to enjoy every minute of our wedding and our guest were too. it was very awesome everything that we prayed for , for our wedding came to be. And the guest list miraculously worked out perfectly I told the venue and caterer 102 people and 102 people showed up. So because we knew that we were going be moving to the Boston Area we decided not to go on a Honeymoon. So we just stayed a few nights in a nice hotel. the fifth wonderful thing that happened was Monday the day after we got married the company called John back for a third interview, but this time they were going to pay for the trip. So John flies out Thursday for the interview the following Monday they offer him the position. So at this point its great we both have jobs but we don't have anywhere to live. I was staying in a temporary place and my lease ended when I left to go back to North Carolina for the wedding. So now we had about two weeks before to secure housing before we both need to start work and we had no money Johns parents decided to kindly lend us money to get started, and as a wedding present his Omi gave us some more money, and my Job paid us a week early so that they could close out the books for the year. So no we have more than enough money to move. Christmas comes and goes we leave for Boston at 3am Dec 27th. We spend the day Tuesday Dec 28 looking for an apartment in Boston. We decided to apply to a place in Quincy. (it just so happened to be a random stop we made, we had no intention on visiting this property). I feared that we would need a co-signer, or at least I would because I have some debts from college I need to take care of. But the very next morning we left to go back to North Carolina, while on the road our application was approved. I turned on the electricity and gas and purchase renters insurance all from my cell phone in the car. We celebrated New Years. We left North Carolina Jan. 2nd at midnight. We moved into our place Jan. 2 at 6:00pm. John and I went to work Monday morning Jan. 4th.

I still shudder in pure amazement how fast everything came together. God is great all the time. when God comes through he always does exceedingly and abundantly more than you could ever expect. John and I through this whole time stood on a solid faith that it will all work out. People questioned us constantly about what we were going to do. All we could say was we were trusting God. I don't know how this is going to work out, but God will work it out for us. The measure of faith the God poured in our hearts I believe is what carried us through this time when we had no idea how it was going to work. What I learned the most I think is what it really means to Trust in the lord. This time in my life really taught me the true meaning of the word when it say to trust in the lord and he will give you the desires of your heart. everything that we wanted we got and much more because of our steadfast faith. I think what made the blessing even stronger is the fact that my now husband and I stood together, prayed together. The power that is generated when people pray together in agreement with unwavering strength, God responds in a big big way. We had many people praying for us during this time as well which i believe also helped us as well. Thank you all who prayed with us.

But my final thoughts on it all is that I am really blessed to have a very real and dynamic relationship with Jesus Christ. I am so happy to serve a loving, compassionate, power and just God. He has made me who I am today, I live for him and it has made all the difference in the world. To him I say thank you! If you do not know Jesus, please seek out for yourself who he is. He will reveal himself to you. I not talking about becoming a christian and getting to know Jesus through others and your pastor, but seeking out Jesus and being open to allow Jesus to reveal himself to you.