Timing

June 2nd... Positive
It was a normal Monday morning and I was up at 4:50am as usual to get ready for work. And I wasn't really late, but I was anxious to test. The month previous Steven had been saying things like, "We probably won't get pregnant so soon...let's not get our hopes up..." So after I did the test I kept telling myself, "Don't get your hopes up, it's probably going to be negative, just keep getting ready for work." But as I was setting the stick down, the symbol was showing positive already. I thought I was imagining things, so I ignored it for a little bit, but then of course kept taking some peeks back at it. Still positive (like it was really going to change)! My heart started racing and tears were coming to my eyes! I wanted to wake Steven up that second, but I wanted to wait till he normally woke up. Because when he woke up I was able to say, "I have a surprise for you" as I whipped out the test from out of my pocket!!!! His face was that priceless look of shock and excitement that I will never forget. We hugged, we laughed and I of course got all teary eyed again.

Now I will tell you the road to this day was not easy, it was full of many big ups and many big downs. There were many challenging moments that brought us closer to God and closer together. During this time someone very special to me shared the scripture, Philipians 4:6-7 which says, 'Don't worry about anything instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all He has done. Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.' Going back to these verses really helped me get through those hard moments and I finally learned to let go of most of my control issues (that's a toughy...as you can see I said most-not all) and learned more patience (which is another tough one).  There's a bigger plan out there for us that we can't imagine sometimes. And as the days, weeks, months or even years go by we learn of that plan and it does a lot for our growth and walk.

I've been really blessed so far with an "easy" pregnancy. There have been a handful of days where I've felt nauseous and needed to make a few runs to the bathroom and plenty of moments where anything and everything made me feel queasy. Then there's the wonderful bloating thanks to the hormones that run through your body as well as most of the other normal pregnancy symptoms. There are plenty of days I feel like I'm already 20+ weeks pregnant, haha, but I feel like I'm doing good. And every day I get to mark of the calendar I know I am blessed; I don't take this little miracle for granted.

June 20th...A little flutter

Today was our first OB appointment. It has been long awaited, even though it has only been a few weeks of wait since we saw that positive sign. I have definitely had some  anxious moments and thankfully I have an awesome husband who helps me think more positive. This is one reason I wanted him to be at the appointment with me. Finally after a bunch of information and questions they got out the ultrasound machine! The provider turned the lights down, Steven at my side with his hand on me, the ultrasound wand touched and there was the sac with a little blueberry sized baby inside! There was a faint little flutter of a heartbeat and that made me relieved. Steven and I looked at each other and exchanged some big smiles! After all that was done the provider started talking some more and that's when the full on tears came. I had been keeping some emotions toned down because I didn't know what to expect on the scan, but I was so joyful, I couldn't keep it in.

July 22nd...Appointment number 2
This was the day we were going to hopefully see a bigger baby and a more pronounced heartbeat and possibly hear it! I was even more anxious before this appointment than the last because it was more of a milestone to cross and I really wanted to be there. And now to get to the scan I'd been waiting for. There we saw our baby, 2 inches long and a strong heart beating away. Baby was looking as it should as was everything else inside. Then the Dr. got the doppler scan out so we could hear the heartbeat. At first we could just hear mine, then after a few moments came the sound that made me gasp out loud, our baby's heartbeat! 160 beats per minute was music to our ears. And this was the day/week we shared with everyone our great news.

Our announcement 

12 week photo 

Hello! I am Kaitlin (but you can call me Kait) and I am excited to start blogging!

Since my husband Steven and I are moving away from his family in Alaska and we still won’t be living in the same area as my family in Oregon, I wanted to have a place family, friends and whoever else wants to, could go and be a part of some life moments.

I decided on the name ‘Norris Lane’ because Norris is our last name and Lane because a lane is where you live, love, it’s where you are and it can be where you’re going, too. And I want people to see where we are and where we are going….follow us along our journey.