WE ARE HAVING A BABY!
Surprise!
First, I want to acknowledge that we’re announcing this with the utmost respect & love for those of you in the process of trying to become first time parents or those of you that are struggling to grow your family. Know that God is with you every step of the way and His plan is always perfect even though sometimes on our journey it may not always feel like it in the moment.
Speaking of His plan. That’s exactly what our baby is.
Those of you that know me REALLY well, know that it is no secret that over the past 15 years, I’ve never had the desire to become pregnant. I never thought it was part of my plan that God had for me. I loved my MANY nieces & nephews. I loved my friend’s children, but I never had that itch to have my own. I felt fulfilled with that choice because of all the blessings God had already placed in my life in other areas.
Fast forward and insert my loving husband, Kurt, into the story and that’s where our love story has a plot twist!
Kurt loved the idea of having children and starting a family. We had many, many, many talks about our different viewpoints here and it led to us both crying waterfalls at times. But that didn’t stop us from having the hard conversations over and over. We kept trying to understand each other better & each of our perspectives and we prayed about what this meant for us in the future….ALOT.
Over the summer, we made a decision that made everything so much easier. We said, if it’s God’s plan for us to have a baby then we want to do that and we aren’t going to try to prevent His plan from happening anymore. And my goodness, did that take the “hard” and the “pressure” out of it when we finally let go and just gave it to God.
THE DAY WE FOUND OUT
It was a Thursday morning the week before Thanksgiving and I had been a little concerned about not getting my period yet. Although, I was so irregular that I wasn’t overly worried. Truthfully, I was probably more frustrated with how much my face was breaking out and how much my chest was sore because in the past that would only happened when I had my period…..which I still hadn’t gotten.
I was about to order a hormone testing kit that day just to finally get some answers of what was going on with my body since I was so irregular the last 5 months.
I thought, “Well, maybe I should take a pregnancy test to at least rule that out before I purchase one of these expensive testing kits.”
I took the test that morning and within minutes it was positive. I was shocked. I cried. I smiled. I honestly didn’t know what to do or how to feel next.
I ended up taking two more tests that day just to make sure it was actually real.
HOW I TOLD KURT
My mind started spinning after that test with a million different thoughts. All I knew is that I wanted to tell Kurt asap! I had a full day of coaching, but I went online to Amazon quick to see what I could get delivered still that same day so I could tell Kurt in a special way.
I ended up finding the cutest polar bear onesie which I thought was fitting since we live in White Bear Lake – land of the beloved polar bear mascots on every doorstep. I wrapped that up with the positive pregnancy test and told Kurt that night that I had an early Christmas gift for him to open. ( I recorded the whole thing, but unfortunately it didn’t get backed up & saved on my phone so now it’s gone. ) 
He was excited, but honestly he was more concerned about how I was feeling and gave me a big hug and the tears started streaming down my face. He is so thoughtful and considerate in times like this.
BABY WEBER DUE IN JULY
Our baby is due July 15th and we are excited to find out the gender! The nieces on my side of the family
are already praying for a girl to even out the Beilke cousin boy to girl ratio.
If you want to hear more about our journey, you can read our first trimester update here.
Thank you so much for all the love, encouragement, and prayers as we navigate this new chapter and pray that this baby stays healthy every step of the way!
xoxo, Amanda
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