The Daily Hailey

Our lives have been so busy in the last month. I feel like we’ve been going non-stop, though I know its not true. Just busy for us. From Mother’s Day weekend busyness, to family visiting, to school events, to all the work up leading to our music set at the car show, to appointments, to makeup jobs, to our lake trip, and a whole bunch of other things in between. We have felt SO busy. Yet, on another hand, time has stood still.

About a month ago, our prayers were answered. I am SO happy and relieved and overwhelmed to share with you all that we are, once again, expecting a baby!! So many emotions have come along for the ride this time, both thanks to hormones, and also our past experience, losing Theo.

Getting my positive pregnancy test at a strange time in my cycle, amidst unusual spotting, brought on a lot of nervousness, as one would expect. We had an ultrasound shortly thereafter, and there was almost nothing to see. Even less than we were expecting to see. All that could be seen was the gestational sac, and I measured five days behind. I spent the next week and a half expecting the worst. Waiting to miscarry. Measuring small is often your first indication that things aren’t going smoothly. Not always, of course, but sometimes.

My doctor gifted me a second ultrasound soon thereafter, and God covered us in it. He knew what we needed. We were THRILLED to see that beautiful little flicker of a heartbeat in our teeeeeny tiny little baby’s body!! While we know there is no guarantee with that, it brought significant relief to our hearts. We finally believed I was ACTUALLY PREGNANT!

Guys. I’m pregnant. It feels so surreal now that I can breathe a little bit easier. I’m still nervous, but I don’t anticipate feeling 100% confident for a very long time still, and I wanted to keep you all in the loop 🙂

I used to think, as I had more kids, I’d keep my pregnancies private longer, for fear of judgement. But through our miscarriage, I learned that we have amazing people in our corner who are rooting for us, and I appreciate that SO much! I’m not sure why you’ve all taken such a loving interest in our lives, but I love that you have. I’m so thankful for the support we’ve felt and received.

I am seven weeks along today. I know. Its still very early. But I wanted to share early this time 🙂 We are praying SO hard for our baby to be comfy and sticky in my womb, and that he or she grows strong and healthy and humungous, haha! Please join us in prayer for our little papoose ❤️

And be ready for a blog series!! A very intentional pregnancy blog series, I think on Saturdays. I want so badly to focus on the positives, and I’m hoping this will remind me to expect the best ☺️ I am beyond thrilled!

PREGNAAAAANT!!! 🤰