And the Lawrence Family Grows...

So, remember a while ago when I wrote about starting the adoption process? Well, we had a great meeting with a lawyer we felt confident would guide us through private domestic adoption (where we find the birth mother vs. an agency) and then settled on an organization to conduct our homestudy. We had our first meeting with Jewish Family Services and scheduled our in-home meeting for the first Friday of May. We were excited! The first part of the week I was scheduled to go to Indianapolis for a work conference. My mother-in-law was kind enough to come down to stay with M&M while I was gone, so she and M&M drove me to the airport. On the way, I had her stop at the store so I could pick up a few things. One of these items was a pregnancy test because most people take pregnancy tests at the airport, alone, right?! Well, I had to squelch a tiny part of me that thought my nausea and other no-need-to-name symptoms were more than a bug. The joke was on me - that test was POSITIVE!!!

So, here I am alone in an airport bathroom stall (on my way to go out of town for 4 days, nonetheless) with a positive pregnancy test. I could hardly believe it! I called Geoff who also couldn't believe it and insisted I get more tests when I arrived in Indy. So, I did just that, and the results were the same. Then and even a little bit now I was/am in shock. We were told by the fertility doc we'd have to come back in the next time we wanted to conceive. Boy was he wrong. I know God is laughing with joy right now. The awesome thing is we were ready to grow our family, but we thought this would be through adoption when actually it was through me - on my own - no drugs - no fretting - surprise!

So, here I am at almost 16 weeks with a beautiful Christmas present on his/her way (due date is Dec 26). We have affectionately named this little blessing "Skittle" to keep with the candy theme (thanks, Canon!). I have been nauseous longer with this one and definitely more tired. I hear that happens when you're chasing a toddler around who is quite active.

M&M has no idea what's happening, and that might be for the best. She seems to do really well with little babies, though I have to teach her while she can point at her own eyes and mouth, she cannot do that to other small children.

So, what about adoption now? Well, we put that on hold for the next go round. We will be able to pick our homestudy back up when we're ready, and we know we'll be ready at some point and that adoption will still play a role in our lives...just not right now.

Pictures and more updates coming soon. I waited to post our super exciting news so we could tell some key people - we haven't reached all of them but I couldn't not share any longer.

Please pray for us in this exciting time. And for a few short months when I have two children under 2, I will really need your prayers. What a crazy, awesome journey we're on!