...and baby makes 3!!!

me at nine weeks- still no evidence but I know our baby is in there somewhere!

A pic of our college students reaction!

The invitation I gave Spencer to tell him I was pregnant!

Our baby at 8 weeks! Its actually facing us!

Spencer are are so excited to announce our newest blessing.....we are PREGNANT!! I am 9 weeks along and our due date is Nov. 24!

It has been so hard trying to keep it a secret...especially from the college students!!!

We had a suspicion I might be before we left for China. Our suspicion was correct...we found out the day after we got back!!! I broke the news to Spencer by giving him a birthday invitation to our baby's birthday in November!! I was so excited!! The week after we got back from China was probably the hardest because I was dealing with jet lag plus nausea, not a good combination. But we kept saying that it was a good sign that I was nauseous...haha. But its so amazing to think about God forming and shaping our little peanut everyday! Spencer has been so amazing, he has helped out so much around the house...the baby just zaps my energy! He has also been bringing me breakfast in bed...only toast and OJ sounds good right now. But as of lately I have not been as nauseous in the morning. Now its moved to a during the day and sometimes in the evening. I have been eating as healthy as possible, but sometimes I crave really salty stuff, like chips! (I've heard if you crave salty food that its a boy...we find out July 6)

Last Monday, April 13th we had our first sonogram!! We heard and saw the heartbeat!! We were so excited! I was a little nervous going in, but I knew either way, that God had a plan for us and that it was all in His hands!! Its heart was beating about 153 beats per min. !! It was so exciting because that day in my quite time, the scheduled reading was 127. That chapter says, 'children are a gift of the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward.' Spencer and are so humbled that God would chose us as parents for His child!

Since we got to see the heartbeat, we decided to finally tell people...it was so hard to wait!! We told our college students today! We took one picture and said 'everybody say cheese' and we took another one and said 'everybody say Shelley's pregnant' and we caught their reaction on camera!!!

Both sets of grandparents, great grandparents and aunts and uncles are extremely excited and anxiously awaiting Nov. 24th! Spencer and I have plans to move into a larger Seminary apt. that will give us more room for the baby. Hopefully we will be moving early in July.

We keep you updated with lots of pictures in the weeks to come!!

Please keep all 3 of us in your prayers. God has definitely given us such a blessing....a child. Psalm 127:3-4