It's true what they say.....

When we first started the adoption process we were told by many people to prepare for pregnancy after we adopt because it happens so often. We NEVER believed it could happen to us especially after the years of infertility and the fertility drugs and procedures we attempted without success. When we were blessed with the miracle of Landon we were thrilled. We are still thrilled and feel so blessed to have his sweet precious spirit in our home. We adore him more and more everyday.

We have since learned that we were once again blessed with a child of God as I am pregnant with another boy due the first week of August. I can't even explain how shocked we were to learn that our family was growing once again. It has been a time full of emotions but we feel so blessed. My patriarchal blessing says that I will receive so many blessings at a time in my life that I will feel overwhelmed by them. I truly feel that this is that time. For all our prayers to be answered with two babies in one year we feel so happy (although I can't deny the feelings of inadequacy and how overwhelmed I feel at times).

The best part about our growing family is the awesome life that Landon will have. Of all the experiences it will bring the best one is that he will have a built in best friend to boss around being 9 months older. He is going to be the BEST big brother! Craig and I feel so lucky and so blessed to experience both the incredible experience of adoption and the LOVE that surrounds the child by so many people from his birth family to his adoptive family and then we also get to experience pregnancy and the wonderful experience of the birth of a child. Either way though, it makes no difference to us how our children come to our home because we know that they come from the same place and are sent by the same loving Heavenly Father. We love Landon the same as we will love our second son.

We went to Moab last weekend for the Canyonlands Half Marathon & 5-Mile Run. Originally I was registered to run the half marathon but as my pregnancy gets farther along my running just doesn't feel like it use to. So to keep my body and the baby in good health I changed my registration to run the 5-mile run. This is the shortest distance I have ever done in a race and part of my was wishing I was still doing the half marathon but as I try to focus on the miracle that is growing within me I realize it is so worth a little extra weight and less miles on the road. We had a great time and I was thrilled to finally have a child of my own to greet me at the finish line.