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Girls – you are NOT going to believe this!!! Susan is pregnant too! Yes – and maybe only a few weeks behind me! She will have an ultrasound in two weeks to see how far along she is.

Oh my!

Now to understand the shock of this – you must understand that babies don’t come that easily to Susan or me. Susan tried for three years to get pregnant with Julia and I have tried for the last two years to have a second baby. And now – we are pregnant within weeks of each other!

Yes – we are excited and praying that both of our pregnancies will be full term and we will both get to hold healthy babies in the fall.

But we are a little overwhelmed too. Susan and I often joke that together we make up one healthy person. We share our work load. With my health problems, Susan has been a lifesaver for me, helping me out with Jackson so that I can get enough rest etc. And as work-at-home moms, we raise our kids together so that at least one of us can try to get some work done during the day.

And now we have two babies (we are praying that there is only one in Sue’s belly!!!) coming in the Christmas rush season. Yes – it will be crazy!!! (We will have to hire someone to help our mom, Joan, with the stores. Last Christmas season was crazy enough – I can’t even imagine how we will do it with two newborns!)

But on the wonderful side – how fun it will be to have our babies the same age! We wanted to have kids together when we started trying six years ago, and now it might actually be happening!

So, while we sit stunned and scared, we are also super excited. And now we are just praying for her baby to “stick” too!!!

And now – on a completely different subject – Faith Lifts is revealing the new Faith Lifts site today. Make sure you had over and check out all the exciting changes. Heather, Laura and our contributors (including lots of new contributors!) have worked so hard to make it happen. Thanks so much ladies!!! You rock! 🙂

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  2. I am SO very happy for you both! I have NO idea how I missed it, had hockey on the brain this last week! CONGRATS to you both!! I just can’t even tell you how happy this made me tonight! I so needed a lift!

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  3. oh my goodness! How did I miss this!??

    Wonderful news!

    Praying for you both!

    Blessings,
    Karla

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  6. Holy wow!!!
    CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    You ladies BOTH just enjoy your pregnancies as much as you can, and if you need to slack off here you do it… the babies are much more important than a little networking and link juicing for a day or two.
    Wow wow wow… I am so vicariously happy for your whole extended family. 🙂 🙂 🙂

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  7. I am just getting back from camping and reading this….WOW! How awesome, I’ll be praying for you both. I would have loved for my sister and I to have babies together. Now that we are adopting Violet, we will have have two kids only 4 months apart though, but not babies, two year olds. Trouble! Ha,ha!

    Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Lord has perfect planning!

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  8. Congratulations!! I am the mom of three beautiful girls and I know the joy children bring to your life. I also know that I am trying to start a business, get my website together, do a blog, love my husband well, maintain my house, and on and on it goes. I will be praying for both of you. I love your site. Blessings on you.

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  9. As an adoptive mom of 3½ children (we’re in the process of adopting the 2 month old in our care, Mr. #4), and as one who knows the heartache of infertility firsthand, I truly understand how MAJORLY AWESOME this news is for the two of your and your husbands. So I say,……..WHOOHOO! Congratulations, Susan. I’ll pray for the details of both pregnancies and I’ll look forward to letting the two of you take over the night shift (so *I* can get some sleep, lol).
    Blessings,
    ~Toni (In The Midst Of This Season)~

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  11. Congrats to you both! How wonderful… there is nothing better than to share pregnancies with a close friend. 🙂

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  12. OMGosh! How wonderful! How exciting! How thrilling! And to be able to be pregnant with a friend, you lucky duck!

    Best, best wishes to you both,

    Sarah
    Ultimate Blog Party
    CDN 1, INTL 1, INTL 2

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  13. Congratulations! I had two mid-December babies. It’s crazy, but very special and you get lots of attention in the hospital because I think that’s a slower than usual time in the maternity ward!

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  14. Congratulations! I’m thrilled for your entire family — what a blessing. A double one! 🙂

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  18. Wow! God bless both of your babies! Exodus 23:25-26 is what I prayed over my baby. Cousins make the best friends.

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  19. I whooped!!!! I just finished telling Hubs about you and that you have a twin sister and all about your blog here and about your miscarriage and about your pregnancy and on and on and on and blog party, etc. Then I read this! CONGRATULATIONS SUSAN!!!!

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  20. What an amazing blessing for you both and yet I’m sure so overwhelming. Will definitely be praying for you both. Please pass along my congrats!

    Laura

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  21. That is WONDERFUL news! Congratulations Susan!!! I was lucky enough to overlap a pregnancy with my sister (she was about 5 months behind me) and it was so much fun. Enjoy, and I’ll be praying for happy and healthy pregnancies for you both.

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  22. Congrats! That is so awesome! You’ll have a lot to juggle around the Christmas season but thankfully you have quite a bit of time to prepare too. :0)

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  24. Congratulations Susan!! How exciting for your families 🙂 Praying that you both are healthy and praying for both little ones.

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  26. CONGRATULATIONS to Susan
    Praying for you both.
    My oldest nephew is just 6 weeks older than my son Billy. We were surprised too when my sister and I got pregnant like that too

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  37. Exciting news! And if I can homeschool, run several blogs and write with FOUR kids, you guys can do it with a newborn. Piece of cake, right?

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  41. Wow! How exciting!!! You both are in my prayers daily and I agree with others that you are a rich blessing to the blog world. Congrats and many more blessings to you both!!!!

    (BTW thanks for letting me know that my email didn’t work, I changed it a couple weeks ago and sometimes forget to change it places where I comment. Should be good now! )

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  43. I’ll keep you both in my prayers. Congratulations! I had twins in September, and have a two-year-old. Life will be crazy for a while!

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  44. Congratulations!! How fun to be pregnant at the same time. You both are so lucky to have each other to lean on!

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  45. Congratulations to both of you! My brother’s wife had their first son 8 months after our triplets and it is going to be really fun watching them grow up together. You will have so much fun! God Bless.

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  47. oh. my. gosh!!!!!!!! that is the most wonderful news ever!!! i cannot get over it!!! congrats congrats congrats!!!!!!

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  51. Doesn’t sound like it could get any better for the pair of you!!

    Congratulations and Best Wishes for easy and enjoyable pregnancies … for both of you!

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  53. GET OUT OF TOWN!!!! WOW!!!
    that is such super duper news! and i am soooooo excited for you both and for your families!!! this is the season of BABIES! i know SO MANY people that are expecting right now.

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  54. Oh my gosh this is such an amazing blessing!

    I am so excited for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I feel so blessed to know you two in blog-land and to be able to pray for you both and your healthy pregnancies and births!!!! WOW!

    Steph

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  56. Wow!! How incredible is our God Almighty! Prayers starting right now to add Susan and her precious little baby on my list. Take it one task at a time, and rest as you can. I am so thrilled for all of you. God will take care of the rest! He is GOOD all the time.

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  57. Congratulations! That is wonderful news. And as resourceful as you two are, I am sure you will figure out a way to take care of these babies =). God bless you.

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  58. Ok so all this baby stuff is getting catchy.. I have two that are fourteen months apart and if I were to get pregnant now my youngest and the nest would be 17 months apart. I laughed when people said it could be like this!! I think I am crazy!! Anyway I am so very very happy for you. I can’t imagine the stress of two co-working sisters are having!! Have fun!
    Note I have two very close friends who are also pregnant. The seminary my husband attends can be a breeding ground for such problems…yes pun intended!)

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  60. CONGRATULATIONS!!! How exciting!!! I will be lifting you up to the Father who grants life in amazing ways! Much love to you both!
    I Peter 5: 6-7 “Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time, casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.”

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  61. Wow, this is so exciting for both of you. Me and two of my sisters were all pregnant at the same time. We had three summer babies (July, August and Sept – mine was last and the biggest and the only one that was late!), all boys. It was a lot of fun getting together and sharing before and after. Enjoy this special time together!

    God Bless!

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  62. That is so wonderful. Congrats for both of you. They could be your little twin cousins from twin mommies.

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  63. Yay!! It was so great hearing the news from you last night! I am sorry I couldnt talk long, but it was great talking to you!

    Tell Susan that Heather (not Heather who) says Congrats! I am so excited for the both of you!

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  66. Oh, I am so excited for the both of you! Congratulations!
    The last time I was pregnant my sister in law was as well, our boys are 3 weeks apart. If i was to do it again, i would chose to do it the same way, its so much fun!
    Im praying for the both of you!

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  67. Wow, that’s amazing!! And how neat that these two little cousins will have each other like Jackson and Julia do. I pray all goes well.

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  68. So I’m thinking….you TWO should have won the “2 peas in a pod” award!!!!!!! Congratulations! What fun! How exciting!

    Diane

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  73. HOW FUN IS THAT!! Congrats! OK – I know all the things to do can seem very stressful when you list them all … but you know things will take care of themselves – they always seem to :). ENJOY this time – especially the fact that you’re sharing it together!! CONGRATS YOU GUYS! 🙂

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