And Baby Makes THREE!!

Well, it looks like we have once again been blessed with another addition to our little family of four. AJ and I have been praying/trying for another baby since this last summer. Our prayers have been answered. We are expecting another little bundle of joy sometime around the beginning of August. We are SO EXCITED!!! People often give you mixed reactions when you tell them you are having a third child. Like maybe I've grown a second head or something, that's how crazy they must think we are. But in reality this is something I have known that would happen and that I wanted since Jordyn was 3 weeks old.

During one late night feeding, I was sitting there just loving everything about holding my new child when AJ walked out to see how everything was going and if I needed something. It was then that I told him, "AJ, we aren't done yet. We are still missing a little piece of our family." He smiled and nicely said, "Jess, you're exhausted and you don't know what you're saying." Then he kissed me and Jordyn and went back to bed. Little did we know exactly 4 weeks later our lives would be turned upside down. AJ was hit head on by a semi while he was driving to a worksite early one morning. All our future plans were put on hold as me, our 2 year old and 7 week old waited to see if he would make it through the next few days. Then began the extensive physical therapy and many continuing surgeries. But AJ is an incredibly determined, stubborn and mentally/physically strong human being. Needless to say, he worked his butt off to try become the father and husband he was before the accident. Granted, his body will never be the same but he is alive and just as fun as he was before.

To us, this baby is another way he is being healed. We are having the baby that we almost never had the chance too. Our little family almost lost AJ that March morning, but we were given a second chance and so was he. We don't take that lightly and there are many nights that I lay in bed listening to him breath knowing that I almost lost that simple pleasure. This baby proves that no matter what hardships life throws at you, as long as you stick together, love eachother and have faith that God works in VERY mysterious ways but with an important purpose behind it, you can make it through anything. His accident strengthened our marriage, our families and our belief that things happen for a reason even when it doesn't make sense at the time.
I feel truly blessed to have my husband, my two daughters and the tiny baby growing inside of me. I really feel that these last three years have finally come full circle and we are now moving forward and not looking back. 2010 is going to be an amazing year!!!!