July 24, 2004: Married
January 4, 2007: Arrived in the Middle East to begin language school. Began asking the Father to show His perfect timing in beginning a family
November 10, 2008: Began taking Folic Acid regiments
January 28, 2008: Saw doctor in the US; Open to beginning our family
February-April, 2008: Dealt with some health issues
May 18, 2008: Official day to begin counting our due date
May 26-31, 2008: Experienced 2 bouts of random evening sickness
June 15, 2008: Took Home Pregnancy Test: Result +: Happy Father’s Day Marcus!
June 16, 2008: Took Hospital Pregnancy Test: Result +
June 16-August 9, 2008: 1st Trimester of keeping the news quiet, dealing with M.E. heat, all day sickness and moving
July 10, 2008: 7-1/2 Weeks Pic and Heartbeat
August 8, 2008: Close enough to Completion of 1st Trimester (Aug 10): We Can Announce It! YEAH!!!!!
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February 22, 2009: Estimated due date
**Click on the new blog site just to the right of this post to see pics of the journey**
