One Year Ago Today....

It is amazing how one year can change so much. If a year ago you would have told me I would be living in Chicago with my husband and 4 month old son, I would think you had gone crazy! But here I am. It was a year ago today that Aaron and I found out Aiden was coming into our lives.

We had been trying to have a baby for a long time...16 months. 7 months before we found out that I had PCOS (Polycystic ovarian syndrome) and that was the reason we hadn't conceived. We started taking a medication called Clomid which was unsuccessful. It was January when we started a new medication. It required my very brave husband giving me HMG injections in the butt every day for about 10 days. I also had started seeing a chiropractor and getting acupuncture.

That day, I had gotten up early to go into the hospital and get my blood drawn. When I got home, my husband dragged me out of the house. He told me I couldn't just mope around the house until they called. So he took me to the Egg & I for breakfast. We had finished ordering when my phone rang. I was so nervous and of course convinced that I wasn't pregnant that I made Aaron answer the phone. As the nurse talked, Aaron's face was somber and his words were limited to "ok" and "uh huh." My heart sunk. As he hung up the phone he told me, "You are going to be a mom." Of course I was in shock and started crying right there in the restaurant. The rest of the day, we told our anxiously awaiting families. It was a long wait for all of us.

Aiden has brought a joy into our lives we never knew existed. He is our little miracle and a gift from God that we will never take for granted. "I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of Him," 1 Samuel 1:27