Baby News

This post was written on July 14^th saved for October.  I can’t even begin to describe the last week but will do my best.  Before we left for Europe my first deal at work was set to close when we got back, a few folks had asked for sellers disclosures and an offer was on the horizon to sell our house.  By last Friday everything had seemed to fall apart.  Monday I traveled to Houston and got word that we needed to drop our house another $25k in order to have a chance at selling it.  Tuesday my deal started to unravel due to miscommunication on my part with the group I was working with. A learning experience would be an understatement, I am hoping when I actually publish this that the deal actually does end up closing but you never know (Yay it did! perserverance).  Regardless downhill to Friday where John also underwent a very difficult day at work.  To say the least our emotions were running high and the stress that was filling our minds was putting us over the edge.  Friday night we  joked that we would end up being pregnant.  All this past weekend John and I were consumed with thoughts of questioning the decisions we had made, and wondering what to do next.  Related to so many different parts of our life.  It was seriously one of the hardest weeks ever.  Just when we thought things were turning in our favor to be a little easier.  See we both have over the top positive attitudes and outlook on life and there aren’t many days or weeks mind you that get us to that point.

 

Sunday morning we went to church hoping for some peace and clarity.  Instead we left half way through mass with a screaming baby and just sat in the car with tears in our eyes holding each other’s hands.  Over Jack’s nap John and I continued to analyze our life and all of the pros and cons.  We pride ourselves on the team mentality to our marriage but on this day wished someone else could just tell us what we should do next.

 

With me headed out on a three day business trip the next day John headed out to the grill to cook for the week and I headed up to give Jack a bath.  While my little peanut splashed around I found a pregnancy test in the closet and decided to see if this day and our life was soon to get any crazier.  And as you know it both lines were red indicating that our joke was actually a reality.  As I looked at Jack splashing around in the tub, my eyes filled with tears and a calmness that I hadn’t felt in a week crept over me.  As well as feelings of shock and disbelief.  Without actually trying again we were being blessed with this amazing gift.  While John had the same feelings as I did when Jack handed him the pregnancy test we could not be more thrilled about this addition to our family. 

As I fly high in the clouds off to a meeting in San Diego my emotions are filled with joy and happiness that we are having another baby.  Yet nervousness as what is to come and how we will handle it all.  I have faith in Team Semmy and know we will be fine but also know we are faced with more decisions on what to do next and what is best for our family.  In the mean time I pray for a healthy baby, and am going to do everything in my power to have the healthiest, happiest pregnancy possible.