A Happy Birthday

My last post, I shared how special my birthday is to me, not just because its’ my birthday, but because 5 years ago today-(May 13, 2005) I found out I was pregnant with my 1st born, Titito.  He was the best surprise I could have ever received!

                                        

(May 2006)

Well, on March 6th of this year, Tito & I celebrated our 6 year wedding anniversary, and for those who know us, much more than that.  We decided to take a trip 2 weeks later to celebrate and enjoy a 2nd honeymoon of sorts.  We had an amazing time together & in the same weekend found out this….

Needless to say, it was unexpected but without a doubt the hand of God.  When all was said and done, the conception date was March 6, 2010 (Our “Wedding”  night), we found out on our “honeymoon”, and the baby is estimated to be due November 27, 2010-Thanksgiving week- Again, for those who know us, they understand the true significance of what Thanksgiving means to us.

What more can I say?  God has been so gracious, and I do not know where we, or I would be without his guidance.  But THANKFUL I am that I have HIM, that He takes care of us, and that His timing is nothing less than perfect.

So, today, on my birthday day, a day that I announced God blessed us with our first Angel, I’d like to announce that He again has performed a miracle as only He can & blessed us with another.  His precious baby that we will have the honor of calling ours once again…

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you…”~ Jeremiah 1:5~

Thank you all for your love, support, & most of all your prayers.  WE thank OUR PARENTS & FAMILIES for standing by US during these past several years…and literally helping US stand & lending us strength when we had none.  

I also have to Thank them for keeping this a secret for as long as they did! I know the excitement was killing you all, but you made it! 

Looking forward to what more He has in store.

Love you All! God Bless!

In Him, 

Erica

*PS* For those of you that don’t know.. A “Rainbow baby” is one that has come after a loss.  As Gods promise has shown us a Rainbow follows after a storm…

Special Days Ahead

So much is going on, and for now it has kind of been a big secret.. Now Mother’s day has come around… and the mixed emotions still remain but with a positive change.  Tito gave me a Mothers Day card from our Lil Man Titito..It was the sweetest thing.

In it my lil man wrote to me calling me, “the best Mommy ever” (Duh… lol). But what he wrote inside in addition just changed and warmed my heart more than I can express. It is a different feeling to know that you have Angels watching over you.. to really know God has that plan perfectly in place.

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. -Jeremiah 29:11

My birthday is coming this Thursday, May 13.  Many don’t know this little fun fact, but it was on my birthday 5 years ago exactly.  I arrived at work to see a little Teddy bear holding a baby bear- a gift from my dad for my birthday.  Around lunch time all the staff was gathering to do a little celebration. (Side note: staff at the time consisted of 75% my family-sister, brother, husband, father, in law..etc. lol!)  Well I knew that the flow was supposed to be arriving, and hadn’t, and my sister insisted on taking a pregnancy test right then in the office.  So off we went.  I will spare you the details on the test taking, but lets just say my sister was screaming in the bathroom as strangers were coming in and out seeing 2 girls in a stall together! Who knows what anyone was thinking at that time!

Well we walked back with test in hand to deliver the news to Tito.  It was a surreal moment, the day I found out I was pregnant with my Titito.  I looked at the bear, and thought how crazy that my dad had never really given me a stuffed animal, but the first time he chose to, it was a bear holding a baby… almost foretelling. It has always made celebrating my birthday even that more special.

Mothers Day this year was more sweet than it has been since he left. But the card he wrote me reminded me of a lot of things…that I will one day share. But I always feel him with me.  He was the sweetest baby boy… he IS my heart – HE MADE me a MOM.. HE MADE me the “the best mommy ever”!

MAU LOA!

 

 

 

…For you were fearfully & wonderfully made…

~Psalm 139:14