A Wink & a Smile

Dear Friends:

To each of you out there, thank you. For every thought you spared us, for every prayer you whispered in the dark and in the stillness of your heart, for every hope you sent fluttering into the cosmos. Thank you.

Why? Because it worked. Kristen is pregnant! And we have the combination of your enthusiastic support, our fervent belief that it would happen and modern medicine to thank for it.

Words can’t describe how we feel. This is something we’ve wanted for so long that it hardly seems real. At the same time, all the months of appointments, injections and let-downs have already melted into distant memories. That part simply doesn’t matter anymore. Now, it’s all about creating the best future possible for this little person.

Or persons.

Since we conceived via IUI with Dan’s grade-A contribution and Kristen’s two mature follicles, there’s a decent chance of twins. We’ll know the answer to that little mystery in December.

We’ll continue to write throughout the pregnancy. We hope you’ll continue to read and comment, but most of all, we hope you’ll now send up prayers, thoughts, smoke signals, etc. for a healthy, full-term pregnancy for Kristen and our baby (or babies). 

Oh, one more thing: We’re not going to share potential names until he/she/they are born. It’s not that we don’t want you to know; it’s that it’s a lot harder to say “Meh, what a dumb name” when you’re looking the baby in its adorable face. Instead, we’re using a nickname for the duration of the pregnancy — Poppy. We decided on that because the embryo was the size of a poppy seed when Kristen passed the first pregnancy test with flying colors.

Thank you again for all your support through this process. This adventure is far from over, and we’re so lucky to have you all riding along with us.

- Kristen & Dan

P.S. - While we are telling some people about our good news, we’re not telling all of creation because Kristen is only about seven weeks along. We’ll open the flood gates once we’re out of the first trimester, but in the meantime, please don’t put anything about this up on Facebook or other public places just yet. Thanks!