The Skousens

I know we haven't officially announced on our blog that we were expecting, but most people knew from one source or another. We were waiting for the midway ultrasound so we could tell everyone the gender, but circumstances have changed. On Monday we found out I miscarried, probably about a week previous. Monday night I had a D&C (if you don't know what that is, just know it is a surgical procedure that just makes the entire experience that much harder to deal with) and I have been recovering well, physically. It is hard to know what to say. We thought the Lord had agreed with us that now was the right time to begin trying again, but now I am not so sure. The reasonable part of me says that these things just happen and we should go at it again and not be deterred. Yet the heartbroken mother inside feels so lost and devastated. So please keep us in your prayers as we struggle with this new challenge. We want to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers and meals and flowers that have been sent - they are such a joy to look at and are a reminder of how many people love and are thinking of us.

But even through all the pain, I find myself being able to smile and even laugh at times thanks to my little man, who is so adorable despite the terrible two's!