Caution...life changes ahead!

The title speaks volumes for our life and what's ahead. 
Here's an update on what's happened from the last time I posted. Our house sold. We are living in a rental that is being placed on the market in April. (I secretly pray it doesn't sell so we don't have to move again.) Adam has been offered positions at Vanderbilt and Duke Research Centers! And the biggest update....drum roll....we are expecting!

Yep that's right! Here you see a picture of Baby Brown!  It was a complete shocker to the both of us. Some of you know that we have had a hard two almost three years dealing with this topic.  After two doctors tell you it's just not in the cards for you....well you learn to count your blessings, and move on with life. We had big plans! Many trips to take, and lots of spoiling to do to all 12 of our nieces and nephews. We were getting excited about moving this summer, and making an adventure out of it.  Just when we became content with no kids in our lives, God threw us a curve ball. I say curve ball instead of blessing due to the amount of shock we were both in.  12 weeks later some of the shock has worn off.   We now consider our new family member an answer to prayer, and a beautiful blessing. We have hit a few bumps in the road, and God has continued to be faithful and keeps our spirits up!
In the middle of the new family member on his/her way, Adam is trying to complete his dissertation, and will soon defend on April 11th.  I couldn't be more proud of him. I see what he's going through, and I'm not sure how he makes it through each day.  Needless to say, telling him he was going to be a daddy didn't lighten his load very much.  Even though he's hard pressed on all sides, I know he's excited and can't wait to find out if it will be a boy or girl.   Hopefully we will find out in April! Regardless we pray for a happy, healthy child. 
 So far the first year I will be home. We will have to see after that.  Along with the watching him/her, I take on a huge responsibility to teach my child to love Christ will all their heart. When I look back on my childhood I was surrounded by adults that sang songs about Christ with me, and taught me that his love is deep and wide.   I can't wait for my little one to be held by those same people who taught me so much. I want him/her to see me, their mom, on my knees praying, living a life of thanksgiving with a  grateful attitude. I want him/her to have a daddy that hugs them, plays with them and says I love you openly.  I want them to see that having things is great and fun, but we are suppose to value people more then our things. My list could go on and on and on! I know there will be days that I just want to crawl in a corner and cry myself away, I know there will be days when people are looking at me because I have the screaming child in the store, I know there will be days when it seems like all day long I'm cleaning up spit up ,and calling the doctor for help, but I also know there will be days when I go to hold my little one, and he's too big, or it's not cool anymore.  This is why I want to stay home.  I don't want to miss anything.  To see the smiles, hear the giggles, and to hold them when they sleep. This is priceless to me. There is no life style I would take over getting the opportunity to see all these things.  For now, I am grateful that God is going to give me that opportunity for a little while.  Soon we will have a new baby, new home, new job, and one big totally new life!