A very Bittersweet weekend!

This past weekend has been an emotional roller coaster! We went down to Mobile Friday night to see Jason, Lisa and Luke but we got a phone call from Jamie's mom saying that their uncle Joe had a brain aneurysm and we needed to come home. So we rushed back to Montgomery and stayed at the ER until 3 am. The prognosis was not good at all and after several days of fighting, Joe passed away on Tuesday at 2:19pm. He was 45 years old and leaves behind his wife of 20 years LeAnn, daughter Jessica and son Justin. The picture above is extremely symbolic to all of our family because Joe was an organ donor. The chaplin at Baptist South held a ceremony for our family where they took down the Baptist South flag and hung the "Donate Life" flag in Joe's honor. Once his organ recipients have fully recovered they will take down the flag and give it to his family to keep! Please keep out family in your prayers, ecspecially LeAnn, Jessica and Justin! The visitation is going to be this Saturday 4/25 from 5-7 and the funeral will be Sunday at 2pm at Alabama Heritage.

On the other hand....Jamie and I have gotten some amazing news. We have found out that I am pregnant! Yes, you heard that right...I am preggo. It is definitely a miracle from God alone. We tried to conceive for 2 years, we were told by doctors that we would not be able to conceive a child naturally! The one month I was put on BIRTH CONTROL I got pregnant! Now tell me that is not a miracle! God really does have a sense of humor!!! =) We are both extremely excited and are kinda still in shock! I am still at risk for a miscarriage since I have already had one previously so we are praying that this pregnancy stays healthy. I went to the dr. Mon. and Thurs. and my levels have increased which is a great sign! My progesterone went from 24.5 to 30.8 (which last time my progesterone was only an 11) and then my hcg went from 1631 to 5,000!! Praise God!! Sorry I don't have any pictures yet! We have been at the hospital all weekend and this week so we haven't had any time to take pictures yet. But once everything calms down again I will post some. I am going to Dr. Ashurst next week and I think we will probably do an ultrasound then and I will know all details about how far along I am and all that fun stuff! I will keep you posted!!!! Thank you so much for all of your prayers!!! The power of prayer is absolutely amazing!!!!

"For this child, I have prayed" - 1 Samuel 1:27