Now You Know

1. Camden got to play with his cousin this morning, they have so much fun together!
2. The weather is absolutely perfect.
3. My migraine from last night went away, seriously that makes me happier than anything.

Well, the word is out. We're pregnant!

Like I had mentioned in my announcement post, the reason why Chase and I chose to wait so long to announce our pregnancy is because we were told that Bliss's heart could stop beating at any time. We were so fortunate to find out when we did, at 14 weeks, because only our immediate family knew that we were pregnant. I was so glad that I hadn't announced we were pregnant around the 12 week mark, only to have to announce our sad news a few weeks later. When we first found out, we felt the initial shock and sadness. (You can read the story of us finding out on my first blog post found here.) After that, I was able to come to an understanding and an acceptance of everything that was happening, and I owe that to the strength my Savior has blessed me with. 

I decided to start a blog, not with the intent to post all my writing publicly, but to be able to record all the spiritual growth I was experiencing. In those first few weeks, I felt the love of my Savior stronger than I ever had before. I relied on that love, and clung to the feeling of hope it gave me. My blog URL is, "The Story of Bliss," because this is her life story in my words. But it's also my story of happiness, and how I can choose to be happy every day. I begin each blog post with a list of three things that made me happy that day. Sometimes, like today, its something as simple as the weather. But by making these lists, it has helped me realize how many things in my life truly do make me happy, whether they be monumental or extremely simple. Similar to my URL, the title of my blog is, "Blissful Thinking." This blog is all my thoughts generated from baby Bliss. But it's also my "happy thinking." 

Basically, my blog is one that is focused around happiness, and how we can choose to be happy each day. One of my personal favorites of my previous posts, is all about how we can turn the lemons of life into lemonade. You can read that post, here. But, I am human. Naturally, I have experienced a different kind of sadness than I have ever felt before. I definitely have my down days, but I learn so much on those down days. This post goes into detail about just that.

I feel better now that the people around me know what is going on. I was honestly terrified to tell "the world." I didn't want people to look at me and think, "Oh she's the girl whose baby is gonna die." Because honest and truly, that's what I thought. I realize now how silly that was. I have felt so much love from so many people. I am so blessed! So if you're reading this, I'm thankful for you. And welcome to my story of Bliss.