My husband and I have been married for seven years this coming October. We love each other more than anything on this planet. We like to spend time together and do things, just the two of us. Some people asked us right after we were married when we planned to have children, and others have only tried to encourage us over the past few years. It never really bothered me because that’s the typical thing to do: you get married then you have kids. So I always answered with, “we aren’t ready yet.” We decided to wait for a long time and we wouldn’t change a thing about that. We wanted to enjoy as much as we could of our life together before adding to our family. That’s not to say that having kids soon after you’re married isn’t right or a good thing. It just wasn’t what we had peace with doing.

This past year was our year. My husband came home from his second deployment and we decided that we were finally ready! And God thought so too when that positive test appeared so quickly. I knew I wanted to be a mom my whole life. My husband and I are only children so we knew from day one that we wanted to have several children of our own someday.

There are many women who struggle to get pregnant, and we knew that was always a possibility and a risk we were taking by waiting so long. However, God’s plan is the ultimate plan for our lives and He knows what we need and when we need it. To the ones who are waiting to see those two pink lines: we believe that children are a gift from God. Stay faithful! Never cease to pray for what you want in life. God is hearing your prayers and knows the perfect timing for everything you need.

“I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of Him.”
1 Samuel 1:27

This has been an awesome journey that my husband and I have been on together for the past nine months. We have struggled a little, celebrated a lot, and learned even more about each other than we knew before. And I know it’s only going to get better! We are SO excited and blessed to bring our little girl home soon to join our family!