It was around this time last year that I found out I was pregnant. Wow. I can’t believe it’s been a year already. I feel so emotional about it. I keep wanting to just burst into tears about what God has done in the past year. I am just so incredibly blessed.

October 13, 2012 I took a pregnancy test and completely expected it to be negative, and it wasn’t. One day later and one more test and I was telling my husband he was going to be a dad. (You can read that story here).  My pregnancy was amazing. I wasn’t incredibly sick all the time, I wasn’t completely uncomfortable through it all, it had it’s moments but for the most part I was really blessed. My labor didn’t go the way I had expected it to, but it didn’t matter at that point in time because I was so ready to meet my sweet baby boy I didn’t care how he got here as long as he was healthy.

I have been reminiscing all day about the past year. God has done so much in my life in just a year.

I mean He always works in my life, and I always want to be different today then I was a year ago. But today I just feel extra different. My life doesn’t look at all like it did a year ago, I’m a mom now. How crazy is that? My husband and I are leading a ministry. Whoa! Can you say dream come true?

All the while God created a little miracle inside of me, He created a miracle within our life. He took two unworthy, messed up people and said “I am calling you to be parents. I am calling you to lead a ministry. I am calling the two of you because I have great things for you.” It’s incredible.

A year ago, I never would have saw myself sitting where I am right now. I could never have dreamed of the plan that unfolded in our lives. I feel closer to my husband than I ever have before. We have a sweet little boy who has brought us so much joy. We are leading a ministry TOGETHER which is something we only dreamed of doing.

It’s so encouraging to sit back and look at all that God has done in your life over the past year. It’s proof that God is changing you inside and out, creating you to be who He has called you to be and fulfill all He has called you to do. God just asked for us to trust Him every step of the way, even when we didn’t know what tomorrow was going to bring we embraced all that He was doing in our lives. When being a parent scared us, when praying about a decision to move scared us, when the unknown scared us – we just needed to trust Him.

Today I sit back and remember the precious memories that filled this past year. I remember finding out I was pregnant, that I was going to be a mom and never imagining that it could feel as amazing as it does. I remember the journey my husband and I went through in deciding to move, what a faith walk. And I remember everything in between, every seemingly small moment that shaped us and molded us to be where we are today. Remembering how those seemingly every day moments played a huge part in where I am today.