IM EXPECTING!!!

When Garret and i got married we said we wanted to wait a year or two to have kids. well 4 months in we changed our minds. for the past 10 months we left it in God's hands and prayed that it would happen when it was the right time. of course the right time to us was right then. but over the months God granted us patience. im thankful we were not in any hurry because we would have been miserable. a few weeks ago, sis. tiffany (hammett) pelkey told me she had a dream a few weeks back that i was pregnant. i was so comforted by that, even if it didnt come to pass. so anyway, my last period was july 4th. and im about a week late, so i guess that makes me 5 weeks! that sounds so weird to me. all these months of waiting and now its here, it doesnt really feel real. i dont feel any different. i ran to the dollar store and picked up a couple tests, and saturday morning garret woke me up excitedly and asked me to take the test. instantly the line appeared. i didnt believe it. he was really happy, but still i couldnt register it in my brain. so we waiter a few more minutest and it just got darker and darker. even now im having doubts if this is all real. if you all know me, you know its hard for me to keep anything to myself. not secrets, but anything that i want to share with my loved ones, i just tell the whole world! but we tried to wait one more day and take another test the next morning to confirm. of course there is a small fear of if the pregnancy is terminated, the embarresment of telling everyone, and having to take it back. but i have read that you just have that much more support when things are hard. so here we are. day two, sunday morning and the test is positive again. wow, im going to be a mom! still its hard for me to understand. so many thoughts running through my mind. but mostly excitment! the joy to share with all my friends and family. and let nature take its course. to have my body do what God made a womans body to do. please pray that i can have a healthy pregnancy, and a healthy baby! i love you all

here is what my baby looks like right now

Your pregnancy: 5 weeks

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How your baby's growing:

Deep in your uterus your embryo is growing at a furious pace. At this point, he's about the size of a sesame seed, and he looks more like a tiny tadpole than a human. He's now made up of three layers — the ectoderm, the mesoderm, and the endoderm — which will later form all of his organs and tissues.

The neural tube — from which your baby's brain, spinal cord, nerves, and backbone will sprout — is starting to develop in the top layer, called the ectoderm. This layer will also give rise to his skin, hair, nails, mammary and sweat glands, and tooth enamel.

His heart and circulatory system begin to form in the middle layer, or mesoderm. (This week, in fact, his tiny heart begins to divide into chambers and beat and pump blood.) The mesoderm will also form your baby's muscles, cartilage, bone, and subcutaneous (under skin) tissue.

The third layer, or endoderm, will house his lungs, intestines, and rudimentary urinary system, as well as his thyroid, liver, and pancreas. In the meantime, the primitive placenta and umbilical cord, which deliver nourishment and oxygen to your baby, are already on the job