The time has come...

Where our wait is over! Baby Brooks is on the way and will prayfully be here in April! These last few months have been a whirl wind for me. Fertility treatments, then waiting, school starting, finding out I'm pregnant and then trying not to worry about the pregnancy and trusting that everything will be okay. Wheww....I'm exhausted! To start from the beginning, we decided to do an IUI at the beginning of August. If you don't know what an IUI is, you can look it up, but basically it is artificial insemination. On August 16th we found out that it worked!!! We were so excited! August 16th also happened to be the day that I started back to school for in-service. It was so hard to sit in those meetings all day and not tell anyone my exciting news. I went to my fertility doctor right away for a blood test and then had to go back 36 hours later for another to make sure my levels were doubling like they should. Everything looked great! I had my first ultrasound at 6 weeks and got to hear the heartbeat! It was the most incredible thing I have ever heard or seen! Kody and I were in awe! I went back two weeks later and had another ultrasound. Kody was not able to go to this one, but it was so amazing how much the baby had grown in just two weeks! It actually looked like a baby and I could even see the babies arms. The heartbeat was strong and loud too! It was hard not to cry! My doctor told me that everything is looking great and that I was now released to my regular OB. That was such exciting news! Praise the Lord! I went to my regular OB at 10 weeks. It was so crazy actually going there for a pregnancy visit! I did not have an ultrasound but she was able to find the heartbeat using the doppler, which gave me lots of relief, just to know that our baby is okay! Right now I am 11 weeks and 3 days! Kody and I can not express how thankful we are for all of you that have been praying for us! We have felt all of your prayers and we know that God's hands have been over us the entire time. His timing is so perfect! I just think the waiting has made this time just so much sweeter for us! Please continue to pray for us and for our baby to be healthy and whole! Also please continue to pray for those that are still in a time of waiting. I have several friends that are and I know their pain! Pray that God will answer their cry and hearts desire! My dear friends, God's timing is perfect and continue to cling to Him and His truths! He has not forgotten about you! He hears you!

Thank you for sharing with us in this exciting time in our lives! We give God all of the glory!!