The Oakes Family Addition...

Well.....so some of you may know already but I have bursting to tell everyone that I AM PREGNANT FINALLY!!!! This past month has been so exciting for us! Let me tell you how it happened...My doctor was only going to let me take the last cycle of Clomid because the first two times did not work AT ALL. So, I was bracing myself for the depressing news again that the Clomid did not work and I would be scheduling an appointment at the Art Program for fertility treatment to start, the hardcore medicine. But, low and behold, the day before my birthday, April 28th, I received the best news ever....the Clomid had worked and my progesterone levels were at 14.6!!! WOW!!! I was just excited that it had worked and that there was a possibility i could get pregnant some day. That Friday I went to Target at lunch to do a little shopping and decided to pick up a pregnancy test to take later on the next week. But, decided to go ahead and take it at work because I was feeling a little weird, dizzy and hot. Got back to the office, went to our restroom and took it. There it was, only one line! :( I almost threw it in the trash because i was so upset, thank god i didn't because only a second later the other line appears. I didn't know what to do. Should I scream? Who do I call? Is it true? I thought this day would never come!!!

So, here we are today, almost 8 weeks pregnant, due January 13 or 14 and we got to see the baby and the heartbeat last week....that was so amazing! Please keep Allen and me in your prayers over the next few months and your fingers crossed that everything goes okay. God has truly blessed us and we are so grateful each day that soon we will have a little addition to our family!

On another note...here are some pics from the beach this past weekend. We didn't get to do any swimming or playing on the beach because of the weather so most of the pictures were taken at dinner or some other activity: