Slight Change of Plans....(for now)

Today Joel and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary-wow I can't believe how time flies! Luckily Joel is off on Thursdays, so I took off as well-we had a fun day together-mostly eating:-)
Now onto other news, which most of you already know- I am almost 2 months pregnant!!!!!! I found out 2 weeks ago-the news was very shocking,exciting,etc. but also broke our hearts for our Ethiopian adoption-which will have to be delayed. We will remain at #1 on the waiting list to make sure everything progresses okay with our pregnancy. Referrals are going to those on the list behind us. We would have recieved our referral on the 29th. That was the hardest day I can remember having in a long time! I find comfort in the fact that the baby boy is going to another loving family who desperately wants him. God is always right on time though! I can't imagine having recieved a referral and then finding out I was pregnant. I know this child is a miracle from God as well. The Drs. told us that we would probably never be able to get pregnant "naturally". Therefore, it was a complete shock to us when we found out! And yes I can't even tell you the number of times we've heard "adopting is the quickest way to get pregnant!" In reality statistics show that only about 3to 5% of those with fertility issues that are adopting get pregnant during or after the process.
So far everything is going well-I had my first ultrasound on the 22nd. The baby is due on Valentines day-one week before my birthday! They were able to see the babies heartbeat, which the Dr. said greatly lowers my chances of having a miscarriage! Luckily I haven't had any morning sickness yet, although I know it is still early.
I guess our blog will be about my pregnancy now. We plan to hopefully get back on the waiting list after our baby is a little older.
Please continue to keep us in our prayers!!