Telling My Family & Questions

Nothing like dragging out a story, huh? So sorry. I seriously don't know where time has gone... and yes, I'm pretty sure I said that on one of my more recent posts but never mind. I just have too much on my plate right now and hoooo-leeeee cooooow the tiredness is out of control! I'm not complaining, but my new bedtime of 9ish has really cut into my productivity. Not to mention Tuesdays/Thursdays when I teach a Fit Camp class at the gym...well, let's just say I'm calling it a night at 7:35....on a spunky night. So yeah, some things such as blogging and keeping my house presentable have had to take a back seat. And let me just say my back seat is getting fuullll. So I've decided to pull blogging back up front with me. Now, don't get crazy here...I'm not committing to National Blog Posting Month (30 posts in 30 days) because I'd hate to break a promise I know up front I can't keep. But I AM really close to being caught up on my reading so will try to start blogging more than once every week and a half! Because I know that's what you guys thrive on, right? Humor me. I'm emotional and hungry.

Anyway, on to a few final details of the "Big News." It was really hard to not tell my family right when I found out, but I wanted to wait and tell them in person. So, I made this shirt, which I know you probably can't see very well, but it says "Coming this May Baby Martin {I'm pregnant}".

I wore it underneath a hoodie and unzipped it when we were all standing around and said, "Do you guys like my new shirt?" And they were all like, "Oh how cute!" and I knew they hadn't read it. So they kept staring at it and it was DEAD SILENT. And my oldest sister goes, "Wait...", and I said "I'm pregnant." Silence still. For like EVER. So I said again, "Me! I'm pregnant!" and they just kept looking at me then back at the shirt, and finally they started screaming and crying...it was so funny! (Side note: I have 3 sisters, 1 brother, and an amazing mom & dad...we are all SO close & are very blessed! I love having a big family!) Somehow we didn't get any pictures, but we do have it on video, which is hysterical. Unfortunately I can't get it to upload! :( But here is a picture with my little sister right after I told her. She was the first family member to know since I saw her in person first. :)

So, what does this mean on the adoption front? At this time, we will not be adopting. Something we discovered when searching for an agency was that the majority of the agencies we talked to do not allow you to adopt while you are pregnant, understandably so. I notified our agency when I was only about 5 weeks along, and it was really hard for me to do so. 5 weeks is early, and though this is my first pregnancy and we are believing everything will be fine, the reality is anything can happen. Our mentor was very sweet and understanding and told us they'd just hold our book. In the event something happened, they would put us back in the rotation to be profiled when we were ready. So, for now, that is where we stand. However, we do feel like throughout this all, God opened our heart's to adoption, and that is something we will pursue in the very near future, Lord willing, of course. :)

And finally, it seems I'm getting a lot of emails with questions, and I've tried to get back to most of you, but I know there's still some I haven't answered. That being the case, I thought I'd open up another Q & A post. So if you have a question for me, about anything really, either email or post below and I'll post my answers on Thursday (ummm...I just gave myself a deadline...frightening. Though I didn't say which Thursday I was referring to, so I can always fall back on that if need be. Whew.) Maybe I've gotten everything covered, so there won't be any questions...but thought I'd offer it up just in case as I can't seem to remember things lately!