Sunday was a fun day!

This Sunday (2/28) started out like any usual Sunday, so Tyler thought. We got up. I made breakfast. We all got ready for church and went. First, we dropped Taryn off at the nursery to play with Miss Julie. Then we went to get our sugar and caffeine. No caffeine for me, but no one noticed since usually I put hot cocoa right into my coffee. Today it was just cocoa and I giggled inside while I thought about how the rest of the day would play out. Off to Sunday school. We learned about evangelism styles. I was very glad we picked that class to go to. The things we learned were very helpful, and will be good to put into practice. Next was church. The praise music was some of my favorite songs that I really love to sing from my heart and truly worship! After we had corporate prayer for the offering I was thinking "Poor unsuspecting Tyler. He has no idea for one of the reasons I have such joy in my heart. But soon." The sermon was very good also! To me it went right along with what I learned in the previous hour. After that we went and picked up "The Toots" (Taryn) from the nursery and headed home where she was glad to take a nap.

As I prepared lunch I tried to keep my grins to myself. Tyler and I ate and visited a little while we also watched WWII in HD. Taryn woke up and I pulled out a sweet pink t-shirt that has a cute saying on the front. I took into another room where I had markers. Flipped the t-shirt inside out and wrote in large red letters BIG SISTER! Haha! I almost could not hold in the excitement! It would only be a few minutes now and the secret would be out! I took Taryn in the other room and changed her into this pink inside out t-shirt that had my handwritten message on the front. She and I walked back into the living room and I stood back as she made her way right to her daddy's chair. He looked straight at her and said "hi baby." He hadn't read the shirt. I still held my breath knowing it wouldn't be long. She takes him her favorite Easter bunny book and they read together. Still he didn't notice, but I could see the curiosity raise in his eyes to see her tag sticking out the back of her shirt. He shook it off. So finally I come to sit down on the floor by them. I knew that he could tell I was acting a little funny. Just then he says in a half voice "Why is your shirt inside out?...." he looked at the front of her and "Big sister? what does that mean? Whose big sister?" I just smiled really big and he says "Taryn is gonna be a big sister? We are going to have a baby?! Really?" Then he lets out a laugh (the happy/nervous kind) and his smile grew from cheek to cheek! He gave me a really big hug and says "Congratulations!"

The rest of the day was full of hugs and laughs. We called our parents and then we talked about when we should expect this new baby to be due, and how was I able to hold in the secret so well? Then of course what if it is a boy or if it is a girl? Which room do we want to put the new baby in? Do we keep the toots in her own room by herself? Do we change the office /spare room into a baby nursery room?

Aaaahh the fun and excitement only begins. But the best part is we know in our hearts that this is a gift from God!