Bittersweet

Tuesday and Wednesday are kind of a blur. The girls went to school Tuesday and Craig and I spent some time together. I couldn't really tell you exactly what we did that day. I just wanted to sleep. I think I was not 'back to normal' from the exhausting trip last week and I was emotionally drained. If I slept, I didn't have to think. I know I spent a lot of Tuesday afternoon on the couch. Dr. Tadvick called us several times after our appointment Monday to check on us and see if we had any questions. We told him Monday that we would like to know the sex of the baby now. He had been trying the rest of that afternoon and most of Tuesday to get that information for us.

On Tuesday afternoon, we got a phone call. It was Dr. Tadvick. We were expecting a little boy! A BOY!!! Such bittersweet news. We had a son! Something we had never experienced before. Yet, would we get to meet him? How long would he live inside the protection of my womb? We held each other and cried for probably an hour. So many different emotions. I laughed and cried at the same time when Craig said, "If you'll come out to the garage a minute, I want to show him how to change a tire and put together an airplane."

We have had a name picked out for a little boy for a long time. It was the first name we agreed on when we were pregnant with Adilyn. So, without question, we named our sweet boy. His name is Cade Alan. Cade, because we like it, and Alan is after his daddy.