People may think this is wild, but when David and I first started dating we immediately knew we wanted marriage and eventually kids. We were so sure of it that while we were dating we even started picking out baby names. After 3 years of friendship and 1.5 years of dating, we got engaged. And after 1.5 years of engagement, we got married. We were so excited to start our family but wanted to wait at least 2 years before bringing children into this world. And all the while our baby name list grew as we daydreamt and talked about the future of our children. David always wanted to be a dad and I always wanted to be a mom (I have a diary of 5-year-old me asking God for triplets HAHA! I’m glad God knows what’s better for us). I found out I had PCOS and Hashimoto’s disease, both of which made it seem impossible that we would ever have children. Two years turned to three, then four and then more years would pass. The more impossible it seemed with each passing year. It has now been 12 years since we made that baby name list all those years ago. And for the first time, we finally heard it. At 5 weeks, we heard their little heartbeat for the first time and it has changed our world forever. 6 years of trying, praying, and crying were met with this little heartbeat from this little body. A little life we prayed for and God knew when he would one day bless us with. At first, it seemed so unreal. We couldn’t believe it. We were even scared to share because it seemed too good to be true. But we have come to a place where all we want to do is celebrate this miracle of life with all the people we love. We first told our moms, then siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles, and closest friends. We were overwhelmed with the joy, love, and prayers we had been surrounded by all these years, part of which we weren’t fully aware of. They had all sat with us in the pain and now they all celebrate with us. We were never alone in our struggle. Now, here we are at 22 weeks excited to celebrate the life of our baby. We are blessed, we are grateful and we are honored God would choose us. And we are already in love with our little one. CONTINUED BELOW