This is gonna be a long post!

Tanner and I found out on Thanksgiving morning that we are going to be parents! I know most people wait a while to tell everyone, which I think is great. But there was no way Tanner and I would be able to keep that secret. Neither of us are real good at not just saying what is on our minds ... and this is certainly on our minds. So we are telling everyone! I wouldn't be surprised if the mailman knows by now!

I am still overwhelmed right now. I keep telling myself I have nine months, but I want to do everything right away. I found this cool website called www.make-baby-stuff.com and I can't wait to start making some things on there. My mom says to wait three months before I really buy anything ... which is probably wise ... but I'm not sure I'll be able to restrain myself!

Debra already bought the baby's first gifts. I love the feel of baby stuff. I just want to rub that little bear on my face every time I walk past. And I bought a journal to start recording everything. I had a friend who did that, and since I journal anyway, why not make it a little keepsake.

The most comforting thing to me is knowing that God was really in charge of this. We haven't been "preventing" a baby for about 4 years now, although we haven't really been trying either. I had actually just started charting temps and stuff last month, but hadn't even gotten any patterns figured out to start trying when I realized why the pattern was so off! So, even though I'm a bit overwhelmed and scared about how this is all going to work out, I know God thinks we are ready ... so I can handle it!

OK, now for 9 months of trying not to spend every single second of my life thinking about the baby!

Oh, the due date (according to a calculator on a website, we haven't had a doctor's appointment yet) is August 3rd. That mean no Morgantown Triathlon next year, but it doesn't mean I'm going to sit on my tail either!