Then there were 3..

November 4, 2013November 16, 2016

For those who haven’t heard the news!

After two + years of marriage, nearly two years of trying to conceive and numerous failed fertility treatments later, we are sooooo excited to announce that our family is growing by two feet! Baby Jones is expected March 2014! We are beyond excited, nervous, happy,scared, overwhelmed…the descriptive words could go on forever, but regardless of the emotions we are feeling at any given time, we know we are truly blessed to be having this child. We conceived without the help of fertility treatment! How crazy is that? Things surely happen for a reason as we were clearly discouraged by our problems starting a family, but after taking two months off of treatment, we conceived naturally! Crazy how things work out, right?! We found out we were pregnant on July 26 ^th (two days after celebrating FIVE years together), and we also listed our house the same day (which we sold in only FOUR days). The past two months have been truly surreal! We found out we were pregnant, sold our house and then bought a house and now we wait (not so patiently) for the arrival of our first child. We are so excited to start this next journey and we absolutely cannot wait to be parents and meet the newest Jones! Stay tuned for more details on this VERY exciting adventure!

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