EXCITING NEWS!!!

So when Eric and I got married the question kept coming up "So when are you going to start having babies?" I laughed everyone off saying we would be waiting at least a couple of years before EVEN trying to have a baby. Because one: I was scared to death of having a child growing inside of me. Two: Eric I think was freaked out too. Three: I wanted to spend as much time with Eric alone before having to deal with babies. Well when we got married needless to say I was in excruciating pain. I've always had horrible periods where I have to take lortab, ibuprofen 800, and muscle relaxants to knock out the pain. Sometimes that wouldn't even work. I went to my gynecologist and learned that I had a pretty bad case of endometriosis so in January I had surgery to remove most of the endometriosis. I felt tons better but my doctor said that it would slowly grow back and it could effect my having children in the future. He said that if I planned to have children my most fertile time would be the next six to nine months. After that I would probably have to have the surgery again so that I would have a greater chance of having a baby and there was no guarantee that I would have one. Well you can guess that I FREAKED OUT! I've always wanted to be a mother my whole life and I didn't want the chance taken away to have my own child from my own body. Eric and I discussed that matter and we decided that we would wait a year and then start trying for a baby just to have better odds of having a baby. A few months down the road Eric and I both had the feeling that the Spirit was telling us that we should be trying to have a baby sooner than that. So we decided that we would wait three months and then try. A month later....and I'M PREGNANT! We are so excited. I think we are both kind of scared because we've never had that much hands on experience with babies. I know people will probably criticize us for having a baby so early but I know it's what we are meant to be doing. I am still going to continue going to school and earning my degree. Eric has already graduated so we have a steady income coming in. We are more than ready financially and emotionally to have a child. I never thought I'd be this young having a baby but if this is what the Lord wants then who am I to tell him no.

Love,
Marianne

Ungrateful...sigh...

I saw this in someone's facebook album and realized that I often am ungrateful for everything in my life. I am far more blessed than I probably should be. Hopefully I can be better in the coming year.

What has been happening...

Nothing too exciting has been happening lately. I've been staying at home and working on decorating and remodeling the house. I've been enjoying doing my own thing and not worrying about working :). Some days I wonder whether I should get a part time job to distract from the times when I get bored of working at home but I really enjoy being a house maker. It's weird of me to say that because I always wanted to work somewhat even with my dream of being a stay-at-home mom. I am so blessed to have the life that I have. I absolutely love my husband and cannot imagine my life without him. I never thought that I would be married this early in life and be so utterly blessed. I am grateful that I have a house of my own, have a husband who is supportive of my education and whatever I want to pursue in life, and that I have everything that I need in life and more. My husband is completely wonderful and even though he probably will never read this I want to thank him for everything. I love him and want him to know he is my greatest hero!