June 7th

Sunday we got up early, so we could make it down to Eugene for church. It’s so much fun waking up the morning after you have recieved the best news ever! When you remember, “oh yeah, I’m getting a baby!” That was the best. My shower that morning was the first time I had been alone since recieving the news, and when I was by myself that moment, I was overwhelmed with gratitude for great blessings from God, and tears flowed freely. We drove down to Eugene, and attended services, and it was so much fun, knowing I was keeping the best news ever. My cousin April was at church, randomly, that morning, so it was nice to visit with her, I hadn’t seen her in a while. And also randomly, Kelly and Kevin and Jessica and Joey were there, and Nathanael was really excited to be able to tell her in person. He told them privately, because I didn’t want everyone at church to know yet, since we hadn’t told our family and closest friends. So we kept it under wraps (you know how good news travels). We had a brief visit with Dean and Vicky, and had a nice lunch with the Dahls and some of Nathanael’s other friends. There was a time during lunch where I got so caught up in conversation and what was happening that when we were walking out, I remembered “oh yeah! I’m getting a baby!” So that was the second time that day. It was a pretty great feeling. Thus began our 7 hour trip home. It was fun…filled with still more of the most important of conversations…what she is going to be for halloween, how much Christmas will be, our next planned trip to Disneyworld, etc. I wanted to make sure to really cherish these moments, and let my mind rest on the good news, and the joy we felt at the prosect of being parents, instead of everything that needs to be done between now and then! It wasn’t hard to do. :) We made lots of phone calls during the trip, to both Nathanael’s grandparents, to my grandparents, Rik and Koren, Dani and Brady. And before church that morning I called Val and told her. When we got close to home, we called Ben and Barbara and feigned having a gift for them, so we could stop by their house and share the news with them in person. As I expected, Barbara was exuberant. She is much fun to share good news with. Finally, we were on our way home. And here is the best part of the day. When I checked my email, I saw that Brooke had asked to be my friend on facebook. I was excited! Maybe she had pictures! I had been dying to see what her and JayC looked like. What I was NOT expecting, was ultrasound pictures. Wow! I looked at them, and it did not even sink in. Nathanael had to point out, “thats our baby!” And even now, with the ultra sound picture on our refrigerator, it still has not sunk in much. Maybe just a little bit. :) And in addition to that, there were many pictures of Brooke and JayC. I must have spent an hour looking at those pictures over and over, exploring each of their features. I don’t think I’ve ever examined pictures so closely. It was so amazing, and I was so happy to be able to see what they looked like. It is what I had wondered the most about all day long. Of course, we sent the ultrasound pictures and a couple pics of Brooke and JayC to our family. And Nathanael now has the 3D ultrasound picture on his phone. I prayed hard that night, I have so many more things to keep in my prayers now.