Yes you are reading the card above correctly. Chad and I are expecting our miracle baby in May 24th, 2010. We are both beyond excited and thrilled to make this announcement! I have waited for this day for two years and I am extremely happy to share the news with all my blogging friends.
I am currently 13 weeks pregnant!
We have shared the news with our friends and family over the past few weeks and I have some great stories and moments to share with you over the course of the week.
So if you have been wondering why I have been so quite and have not written a whole lot this is why... I have had this exciting news and I have had to keep it a secret and it was extremely hard, but I managed. But now the news is out and I am excited for all of you to know! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all your prayers and support. I truly could not have gotten through the difficult days without your words of comfort and support!
With that said, I still have a heavy heart for those many couples that are still waiting for their miracle pregnancy or fertility treatment to give them a true blessing to become pregnant. I plan on sharing my amazing story with all of you this week in hopes that it will give you all hope, but I will continue to keep each of you in my prayers.
For Now...
I will celebrate this great news with all of you!
Yeah for the Stafford's!
Plus check out my new picture header... isn't it great? Thank you Traci @ Sweet Cheeky Designs for the mini makeover!
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart... he will direct your paths"
Proverbs 3:5-6
99 comments:
congratulations!!!!
What a wonderful blessing!
Oh Melissa...I am sitting here in tears right now!!! I know we do not really know each other but I KNOW that raw desire to be a mother and I am beyond thrilled for you. Praise the Lord, HE IS GOOD!!!!!
P.S. I was due in May with Gabriel and winter is a great time to be pregnant. Especially when you work from home. Ugh...I am just so excited for you!!!!!!!!
Oh Praise God!!! I know we have only 'known' each other in the blog world, but I think of you & Chad often & your journey with TTC. I am overjoyed for you!!! I am sending HUGE hugs from Alabama & really loud 'YIPPEES!!' My poor dog almost had a heart attack just now when I gasped so loudly, ha! Love the new pictures! Bella's going to be a big sister!!! SO thrilled for y'all!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!! Can I just say that as soon as I saw Kelly's tweet just minutes ago...I KNEW! :) I am JUMPING for JOY for you guys right now! I have been praying and praying!
I love that a special little blessing is growing inside of you. I am so looking forward to walking along side you and Chad during your pregnancy. I will continue praying for you and the baby! Again, I'm just sooooo HAPPY for you!!!!! :)
BIG HUGS!
I just love your blog header mini makeover and the card is so cute and fun!!! I am overjoyed that I am walking this journey with you and that I am going to be an aunt to your beautiful baby. Continue to take care of yourself and sending hugs to you. Love you
I've been reading your blog for a while now and I am so excited to hear this for you! I want to jump up and down for you but I'm at work! Congratulations!!!
So happy for you! I've been waiting on this post since you told me!!! WONDERFUL NEWS!!! God is good!!!
I've been reading your blog for a few months and love it! Just had to say congratulations and I'm very excited for you!
Congrats! I know what it feels like after two years of trying!!! Enjoy every min. and enjoy a spring baby!!
CONGRATULATIONS!! I just so did the happy dance when your new header popped up! YAY for ya'll!!
That baby is going to be soooo blessed!
Summer :0)
I am so happy for both of you!!!! It so awesome to see the prayer answered with a YES! What a blessing.
Julie
Congratulations!!!
Congratulation!!!
YAAAAAYYYY!!!!! Congratulations! So very happy for you both!!!!!!! :)
Congratulations!! What an awesome Thanksgiving blessing you will have this year!
Congratulations on your miracle!
Congratulations! I've been following you for a couple months now! So happy for you!
YAY! YAY! YAY!
God is Good!
Congratulations!! Many prayers headed your way for a wonderful pregnancy. So happy for you and your husband...you are very blessed!
Oh my gosh, I am so excited for y'all right now! When the new header started to load on my computer...tears welled up in my eyes! I am so excited for you both...Congratulations! Yay!!!
Yay!! Congratulations! that's SO awesome, and I'm so happy for you both! I know you've been waiting for this for a long time!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!! Prayers for you and your growing family!! What a wonderful blessing! How great is our GOD!!!
I have never posted a comment on your blog before but have been reading for a while.
Congrats on your miracle baby!
I hope that you stay healthy during your pregnancy, and rest, rest, rest!!
So excited! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!! :) :)
Shannon
i couldn't be happier for you both. i'm sitting her crying at my computer and praising God's perfect timing. i can't wait to share this journey with you via blog. you are going to be a wonderful mommy! congrats!
I saw Kelly's tweet about you...Congratulations!!! I am due May 31st, so we'll be having babies at the same time :)
I'm so excited for you! Congratulations and enjoy this time. It goes by so fast!
How exciting-you are a true insperation!!!!
Julie
OMGoodness Melissa! I am SO excited for you guys! I can't wait to make a hat for your little one! I'm due just a few weeks before you! HOW EXCITING!!!
Love the cards! You are so blessed! Congrats
wow what a miracle I am so happy for you and Im praying I have the same happy ending you are having!!
Congratulations! God is Good!
How Exciting!!!
Congratulations!!! I am so happy for you!!
Your new header is awesome!!!!
I guess I was so excited I totally missed your due date. That is MY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) It brought an EXTRA smile to my face when I re-read and actually saw that!! How incredibly awesome! :)
i came over from kellys korner...this is just awesome news!!!!! i am SO SO SO SO happy for your family!!! what a blessing! yall are going to be the best parents! we are expecting our second baby on May 3, 2010! CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am thrilled for you! You will be an amazing mommy! Enjoy every moment of being pregnant. . it goes by so quickly.
CONGRATS!!!!! That is awesome!!! I will pray for safe and healthy pregnancy and baby!!! YAY! :)
My due date was May 23! That is so exciting!!! Congrats to you both.
HOORAY! Congrats on the new addition to your family.
Now that's whay I'm talking about!!!! Congrats honey!!! Whoooo hooo!!!!!
Kami
SHUT UP!!!!!! This is sSOOOOOOO Great!!! PRAISE GOD! To Him be all the glory!!!
Congrats you two wish y'all the very best =)
I follow your blog and have been praying for you and your hubby!! Congrats that's amazing!! We are about two weeks apart, my husband and I conceived through IUI but its still amazing the way God has his own timing for things! Hope you have a wonderful pregnancy!
OMG, I am so thrilled for you! I knew it would happen!!!! I can't wait to hear the rest of the details, such fabulous news!!!
Karen
Congrats!! What an amazing and exciting time for you and your husband! I pray for a safe, healthy, and happy pregnancy for you! I can't wait to read all about this wonderful journey that s ahead of you!
OMG!!! I am sooo very excited for you two! I just saw this and my eyes filled with tears. CONGRATS!!! I don't "know" you personally but I feel that I do by following your journey. You two are going to be amazing parents!
Congratulations! I read your blog thru Kelly's Korner and so happy to see your post.. We are due in mid April with our first, and we went thru IVF.. So excited for you both and can't wait to read more!
God is SO faithful!!!!!!!!! CONGRATS, like many other's I have been following you for a while and praying for this .. He is SO good. What a wonderful early Christmas present! =) Soak this time up .. Can not wait to see this next part of your journey un-fold!
Melissa, I have been thinking about you all day and am still SO excited for you and Chad! I put the header on at 5 am- I just couldn't wait any longer- sorry! What a miracle!
SOOOO happy for you!!! We are finally expecting our first in April 2010 after a couple years of trying too! Isn't it so exciting??? :) I've been praying for you too, especially since we got pregnant and little did I know you already were!! :)
Congratulations! Good times to come.
Congratulations! I'm so happy for y'all. My husband and I have been trying for almost a year so your story has really given me hope that one day our little miracle will come too. Thanks for sharing!
What wonderful news! COngratulations!!!!!!!!!
Hi Melissa! I've never commented but have been reading your blog since you started it! Congratulations on this wonderful and amazing news!! It's so great to see you finally get to make this announcement!! Praise Jesus!
God is good!!!! :-)
Love the new blog look and I love that you get to share your good news now!!!!
So happy - you will be the BEST mom!
I just got teary eyed! CONGRATS TO Y'ALL!!!!!!! I have never comment before but I read your blog all the time. I am pregnant and due April 20th :) Congrats again!!!!
Praise the Lord for you and your hubby!!! What a wonderful Christmas blessing :)
And I LOVE the new mini-blog makeover!
HOLY COW!!! I about fell out of my chair when I saw the new blog header!!!! YYYAAAAYYYYYY!!!!! I'm so happy for you guys! Congrats!!!!
Wow that gave me chills to read this. What a wonderful blessing... I know you must be so thrilled. God is GOOD and it was in his timeing.
GOD IS GOOD and he proves it to us everyday.
WOOOHOOOO!!! I am so excited and happy for y'all! We are due in the same month :D God is soo amazing!!! PRAISE GOD!!!
I am SO excited for you! I have been reading your blog for about a year now, but have never left a comment. I cannot express how excited I am for you guys!!!! Congratulations! The verse from Proverbs is Perfect in every way!
Wow what a nice surprise when I checked your blog tonight! Congratulations. You don't know me but I check your blog every day and I have always prayed that God would bless you with a baby. So excited for you both. Love the blog header and t shirts! Precious. Take care and enjoy your pregnancy. Love, Betty
Melissa!! I am SOOOO happy for you guys! I have been praying for this day for you and Chad and yeah Bella is gonna be a big sister!!!! :)
God is so good!!! Love your new banner, get some rest mama!! ;)
Such good news. You have been in my prayers for months and will continue to be. God is good all the time.
Congrats, Congrats, Congrats!!!!
I am so unbelievably excited for you and Chad...what a wonderful miracle that you both have been given - that baby will have 2 great parents!!
I am so so excited!!!!!! Cant wait to follow your pregnancy!!! Thinking and praying always :)
I've been reading your blog for a while now and have enjoyed it. Congrats on your baby!! How exciting! After 13 years of marriage, our first child is due June 2! God is Good!!
So happy for the both of you!!
What awesome news!! Even though we do not know each other, I am sitting here with tears in my eyes because I know how hard you have tried and prayed for this little miracle! I two waited two years to get pregnant with my now three year old so I UNDERSTAND how happy you must be and HAPPY probably doesn't even describe it!!
Congratulations!! I love your new header, it is perfect!!
I've been following you for months checking back now and again waiting for this post... Congratuations!! Couldn't be happier for you and your hubby!!
Congratulations! I've been following your blog for a while, and you've been on my mind non-stop. I always check back hoping for this post. So happy for you!!
Melissa, I am so happy for you and your husband...I will be emailing you (I have your email address on my work email....) I have something to tell you too:)
I can't wait to read your updates!!!
Congrats! I came across your blog from Kelly. I wish you an easy and healthy pregnancy. SO EXCITING!!!
It is going to be wonderful... I am going to be blessed once again with a beautiful grandchild that will fill my life with Joy and Love. It will also fill your heart with Joy and love and enjoy every minute of it because it gose by much to quickly...
Oh Melissa! When Chad broke the news to us yesterday, I had tears in my eyes! Tejas and I are soooooo happy for both of u. we know you guys will make the best parents ever and have one of the most beautiful babies in the world.
Thank you for the awesome gift you sent for my baby who is due in 3 days!!!
We have to try and meet after May either in NYC or Arkansas :)All the best to you both and God Bless...
Congratulations!!!
I read Ashley's blog and I wanted to come over here and say congrats! I teared up when I read what she said. My best friend who had been trying for a long time also just found out she is pregnant. We do have an amazing god.
I have been following you for several months now without commenting, but I had to tell you congrats!! I am so happy..i have been hoping and praying that I would see this post some day!!
oh Melissa,
I nearly cried when I read your blog this morning! I have been following you for quite some time now and have spent many nights praying for you and Chad and wondering when the Lord would bless you guys! I am so incredibly happy for you! God's timing is always perfect, and what a true miracle that sweet baby is!
Congratulations,
Robin
I have been following your blog for some time now. I have read all of your post. I have prayed for you and your husband to become pregant. My heart has hurt for you two.
Prayers do work! God is amazing!!!!!! I wish you the best of luck! I will keep you in my prayers:)
You 2 will be great Parents! Congrats!!!!!
We are so happy for you! Scott and Paula
I am so very happy for you and your story is very encouraging for those of us still trying! Congrats!! Cant wait to follow your journey! :)
Melissa, I just did a blog on this! I was waiting for this post so I could do one too, I was sooo excited for you!
I can't help but have tears, lots of them everytime I think of your journey! I praise God for how our friendship has grown & how we have been able to stick close to each other... through this & when I was preggs.. I can't wait to follow your journey of being preggers! I knew that God would answer you prayers.. he says to ask, & you shall receive! HE IS SO GOOD!
I love you & I am with you EVERY step of the way!
CONGRATULATIONS!!! How exciting!!
Congrats! I have been reading your blog. I have hoping you'd be announcing something soon. I just had this feeling!! How? Because good news comes in 3's in my life. My friend Ally is due a day after you and my cousin is expecting 6 days after you.
I am so excited for you! I know how it is to try for so long and finally get pregnant! Happy and healthy 9 months!!
I love to read your blog but have never commented before. I am so happy for your exciting news. You will be fantastic parents and enjoy each moment. I also was infertile many years ago but eventually was able to have three daughters. Your joy and appreciation will be immense because of the difficulty you had. May you be blessed!
Isn't our God great??? All of the prayers have paid off! I am so excited for you two and know you will be such amazing parents!!! I will continue to pray for a safe pregnancy!!! I still cannot believe it!!!
Congratulations!
Dina
www.alexmatthewandryan.blogspot.com
Congratulations!!!! I have been following your blog for a few months. God is good!!
I know I already sent you a tweet to tell you how excited I am, but I wanted to tell you one more time!!! God really is so good! I am thrilled about your sweet little miracle! We need to go to lunch again and I want to hear all about it! :)
Melissa-
What a TRUE blessing....I have never been more excited for a person. Both you and your husband are sooo deserving and it is amazing how God works. God is great. Please keep us in the blogging world updated and CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Hi Melissa,
I have never met you, but I found your blog when I started seeing people hop off of your blog to my little card blog -polkadots&paisleys. I am so thrilled for your family and your amazing news! God is so Good!
Melissa,
My heart is sooooo happy for you. Praise the Lord for this news!
Sandy
I don't know you, but have followed your story through Kelly's Korner and Ashley Linam's blog (I don't know them, either!) :)
Anyway, I just wanted to say that "every good and perfect gift is from above..." and I am soo happy for your little miracle! What a testimony God has given you! Praying for a safe and healthy pregnancy!
Congratulations! I have been following your blog for a while now and just wanted to tell you what an inspiration you have been in my life.... a true example that God does bless those who are faithful...even when times are hard, even when we don't understand...HE always has a plan...a perfect plan! Thank you for sharing your story - what an amazing testimony! Praying for you and your precious miracle!!
CONGRATS!! I am SO SO SO happy for y'all!
Yeah, Congrats to Momma and Daddy! Sorry I'm late. I'm behind on my blogs b/c I'm almost 9 months pregnant and this baby is sucking the life force out of me!
Congratulations!! Very happy for you!! =)
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