One plus One equals Three

After marriage comes the endless harassment of "When are you going to have a baby?"  "Now that your married its time to have a baby!"  I say BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.  Mike and I wanted to spend more time together.  Get to know each other.  We never lived together prior to marriage. We did not spend time with each other every day or every other day.  So we spent the first years of our marriage dukin' it out:

I'm right, your wrong
Why do i have to do it your way
What makes your way better than mine
I do not like that
I won't eat that
That's not the way to fill the dishwasher
Don't mix t-shirts with jeans
Why do you wash your dishes that way

and so on, and so on. 

The last 3 years has to be the most challenging years of my life and till this day it still is, but its pleasant.  We worked out our differences and learned to give and take.  We put the puzzle pieces of our lives together to create one big picture that works.  Every once and a while we lose a piece, but we somehow make up for it, and make it fit.

We are now ready to face a new challenge and create a new puzzle in our lives. April 23rd 2010 at 2 am my over the counter pregnancy test showed positive!!!  Yes, i cried with excitement.  I was so THANKFUL and just SURPRISED.  We both wanted this but we didn't expect it.  It is very true what people say that when you think about it constantly it will not happen. 

So lets rewind.  Mike and I agreed that after our trip to the Philippines last year, we would begin planning our future.  Well like i said, the more you think about it, it won't happen.  We tried for 6 months.  I got extremely frustrated so i told him that i didn't want to try anymore and maybe i need a new goal in life.  That new goal was to lose weight and get healthy.  By the way, love and marriage add pounds. So i worked at it.  I lost 10 lbs from mid December to mid April. (note: your body really does slow down after 25.)

So now back to April 23rd at 2am:   I'm PREGNANT!!! What a blessing.  Finally it won't just be the two of us.  I will say that we've grown a lot with each other the last three years that we can take on this new chapter in our life and share it with someone else and the "getting to know you" cycle will roll around again.

So I'm extremely excited to share that I am currently 14 weeks and 4 days.  Our lil' Leong's arrival date is December 27.  This will be the first grandchild for my parents and the second for my in-laws.  We are super thrilled and overjoyed.  Every day of this pregnancy has been a surprise and learning experience.  Thanks to all of my friends and family who are supportive and loving.  God Bless

Here is our first meet and greet with baby leong.  I was 8 weeks and 3 days.