on may 28th, 2010 a test (well, technically 4) confirmed that Dan and I would soon be parents!! I took the test that morning before work and proceeded to leave it on the bathroom counter while I jumped in the shower. In the meantime, Dan came into the bathroom, stood perfectly still for about 2 minutes and politely asked, "...what is this?". I responded with a smirk on my face saying "..well, it says we are having a baby!". While I was extremely excited at the result on the test, I still wasn't 100% sure that it was accurate and wanted to take the chance to take another test (or a few more) to confirm. I didn't want to get either of us too excited before we knew for sure. In the next day, I took the other 3 tests to confirm - and sure enough, all of them came back the same -- we could expect a little baby in about 9 months.
the weeks that followed were filled with a secret celebration -- that just Dan and I were able to share together (which was kind of fun on its own)! I think both of us were still in shock that God's plan was for us to start adding to our family....now. The funny thing is that just a couple of months before, I had decided to go back to school to get my MBA at St. Cloud State University. I had been in communication with the Director at SCSU and she had jut alerted me of an opening in the March 2010 cohort - meaning I could complete the program by early 2012. I jumped at the chance to start, since this had always been something on my to-do list. It just goes to show that you can try to plan every second of your life -- and you still can't predict what will happen tomorrow. I have definitely been humbled by the clarity God gave me to quit school for now - knowing that I wouldn't be able to finish the program before the baby came - and focus on work and preparing for our first child. I have felt nothing but peace about that decision to hold off on my schooling and am so thankful for God's bigger plan for our family!
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