The First of Many Miracles

Becky and I are so blessed to have such an amazing family. We have had our children Jackson and Alison for a while and we love our little family. We prayerfully made the decision to add to our little family over two years ago. Obviously our plan and God's plan didn't match up. (Don't you just wish he would give us what we want when we want it....) After a year went by we decided to visit fertility specialists. I was told that it would be very difficult for me to have children again due to extremely low sperm counts. I was started on some medication that we hoped would simply get us to a point where we could try a procedure like Envitro. This was something that was very emotional for us. We wanted so badly to add to our family and felt that we had received answers to prayers that we would have an addition to our family. To say we were discouraged would be an understatement. We continued praying and hoping...and believing that it would happen. We had decided to seriously look into procedures. Prior to being able to look into procedures we experienced the first miracle. I remember the day vividly. It was an early Sunday morning and I was still asleep when I heard Becky gasp in the bathroom and yell my name. I was panicked initially. I thought something was very wrong. I jumped up...went to the bathroom and saw that something was actually very right. Becky had taken a test and it came up positive! We were going to have a baby! While we were so excited...we were nervous. This was something we had wanted so bad and it was finally here. My dear sister and sister in law had just experienced miscarriages and it was very close to our minds. You could say we were on egg shells about it. While at church...Becky asked me to give her a blessing that night. I remember feeling all day that there was something that was going to be different about this pregnancy. It was somehow going to be harder than the other one's. I didn't know how or why...but I felt this feeling. Becky received a blessing that night and she was told that she would have a "special connection" with the baby. There was a peace that came at that moment that was indescribable. At that moment...I knew that our baby would be born. I can't explain it...but I knew. Becky felt a strong sensation herself that she immediately began to feel a special spirit inside of her. Our miracle had occurred. What an amazing blessing!