expect the unexpected

In the past year, we have come to expect the unexpected. One can have their life planned out, but there will always be obstacles to overcome and your plan may not be God's plan. Last year we didn't expect to have an ectopic pregnancy in April which resulted in a surgery. And a couple of months later a miscarriage. One could only hope to get pregnant again and that's what happened this past February. We found out we were pregnant again. Doctors' appointments went well and the day to find out what we were having came this past Friday. We were very anxious and had our own guesses as to what the sex was. Well we found out it was another boy, but also that he had extra spinal fluid in his brain. The doctor wanted us see a specialist which happened to have an appointment right away. We had another ultrasound and the doctor started to name a few things that concerned him and that our baby was showing signs of Down Syndrome. We could not know for sure except if we did an amneocentesis. The risk for miscarriage was minimal, but was still there. For us, the risk outweighed the agony we would we would be put through the next few months of not knowing. The worst weekend was ahead of us because we would not know the results until Monday. Monday finally arrived and we found out that the test was positive for Down Syndrome. At this point, there was a lot of sadness and crying, but relief at the same time because we knew.

We want to let each of you know that we are doing fine and are excepting the reality of the situation. We are not looking at this as a punishment, but a gift from God. For some reason, God is giving us this child and we are excepting His challenge. We don't ask for your sympathy and pity on us, but your support through these next few months and years to come. We still have questions and fears of our future and what is to come, but we are going to take it one day at a time. Thanks for taking time to read.

Garrett and Morgan