It comes in threes.

So, this is a secret post that I'll share with everyone as soon as the time is "right".


Derrick and I have finally come to an agreement to try to get pregnant. However, this time around, we wanted our "trying" to be a surprise. I want you all to know that this has been very difficult for me to keep a secret.


In mid October 2009 I came off birth control. But we weren't really planning or tracking, let's just call it "practicing". I was hoping that we would get pregnant right around Christmas time and we could break the news to everyone as sort of a unique Christmas Gift! However, things didn't pan out like that for us. On Christmas Eve, I got my monthly visit from Aunt Flow.


On December 27, 2009 we got the news that Derrick's sister, Jenny and her husband, Tim were pregnant and are expecting in August of 2010. We didn't even know they were trying! But congrats were definitely in order.


Maybe Jenny had the same mindset that I did, when contemplating having another child. I don't want to be over the age of thirty and trying to have another child. Not only do your chances of multiples increase the older you are, not to mention, the fact that our bodies lose elasticity the older we get, making it less easy to bounce back to our pregnancy body over the age of thirty. I think my reasoning is pretty justifiable!


On January 14, 2009 we found out that Derrick's brother, Chad and his wife, Rebecca are also expecting their third child due September of 2010. Yet, another surprise pregnancy in the Decker family! And another congrats was in order.


It always comes in threes, so I thought for sure that this was the month I was going to be pregnant. My monthly cycle was set to start on January 21st and I was all set to take a test. I wanted to take the test on Saturday, January 16th, but Derrick insisted that I wait. "Pregnancy tests are expensive, there's no sense in taking it before you actually miss your period." I hesitated, but decided not take the test and at least wait until it got closer to the date my cycle was supposed to start. We enjoyed our extended weekend together and when I woke up Monday morning, my period had started. I'll be completely honest; I was upset, heart-broke, and disappointed. I just wanted to be sharing our joy of pregnancy news with everyone else also. But it just didn't happen this month.


In the mean time I'm sharing in the joys and blessings of all those who have recently become pregnant and those who have recently had babies! Congrats!

Things that come in threes:
• The floating cords used to play EVERY AC/DC song
• Three Blind Mice
• Captain Kirks ears: a left ear, right ear and a final front ear
• Monkeys: Hear no evil, See no evil, Speak no evil
• The Chipmunks
• Number of wheels on a tricycle
• Sides to a triangle
• Three Musketeers
• Power Puff Girls
• The Wonder Pets
• Guitar chords in punk music
• Reduce, reuse and recycle!
• The Dixie Chicks
• Celebrity deaths
• Three Little Pigs
• The Three Wise Men
• The Three Stooges
• Three Men and a Baby
• Rub-a-dub-dub THREE men in a tub
• Hockey forwards
• Crappy Hollywood sequels
• Tennis Balls Trilogies
• 3 Dog Night
• Three Days Grace
• Rings in a binder
• Faith, Hope and Love
• The Holy Trinity: The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit
• Neptune's Rings
• Amigos
• Donald Duck's nephews - Huey, Louie and Dewey
• Primary colors