May, May Surprise you...

       Pre toddler bed days I woke to the cries of an impatient little boy screaming "Mama!" "Mama!" oh how I miss those days. Being woken with a screaming child is so much more better of a start to ones day than the now toddler bed sleeping boy who doesn't wake mommy and daddy but gets into the fridge and pulls eggs off the shelf splattering them all over the floor or decides to get the cool whip and paint the couch and the cat; or the more recent lovely wake up of pink, purple, and red nail polish flung all over the dining room table, chairs, and hard wood floors. After the initial freak out 'we have to get this off the floor or there goes our security deposit' moment Daddy and I got to work. Forty five minutes later our table and chairs are all that show signs of our dangerous toddler who would be on the verge of being an only child if I wasn't pregnant already. (Side note: Can we put him back in the crib??? hmmm.......sigh I know....)
 
     Anyways... I digress. Twelve weeks and three days ago I woke to a lovely sunny Friday morning. It was May 3rd to be exact. I had to go to the bathroom before tending to the toddler in his crib and decided on a whim to take a pregnancy test. Though mother nature was to visit the next day I thought, why not! I guess I should have listened to my instincts a little more closely. You know the ones that tell you that you are pregnant before you actually know it. My Internet history was littered with due date calculators and baby name websites weeks before confirming my motherly suspicions however in the early hours of May 3rd my 'I think I might be pregnant' vibe had disappeared and shock filled its place as the plus sign faintly appeared.
 
     You are never prepared when that plus sign appears no matter how many vibes you may have. In that moment tears of joy with a little fear mixed in sprang to the surface and rolled down my cheeks. Now what do we do? Yelled in my face however was kindly drowned out by a screaming toddler wanting mommy to get him. Wiping my face I couldn't stop smiling. With one more glance at the pregnancy test just to make sure I wasn't seeing things I walked into Rylans room with a smile. He looked at me with an odd expression as he knew something was up. "Rylan, guess what! You are going to be a big brother"! With my exclamation he showed a slight smile and then reached for me as I was his ticket out of crib jail. With a hug and good morning kiss I squeezed my little boy tight as I knew his little world was about to change. 

      May 3rd was a surprise that turned our little world upside down; its been a crazy fun ride so far and we are excited, scared, anxious, and happy to see what God has in store. Gods plan is so much better than our plans and we know his timing is better than anything we could have planned! In knowing that, we are ready for this new journey as our little family grows... by two precious feet.