Letters

During the first part of training in the military, the only way to communicate with someone is to write a letter. Scott and I have both become quite efficient in letter writing, including planning the wedding, normal everyday talk, and planning the future. So when I found out that I am pregnant, the only way to tell my husband to be was to write him a letter.

Can you imagine how frustrating that is?! At first, I decided to wait until I get to see him in person, which is now a little over a week, but I realized that I couldn't write him and not tell him. Not saying something so huge was like that felt like a lie by omission. So I wrote a letter, a short letter telling him that I'm pregnant and how much I love him. Since then I have received letters from him, but they are all before I sent this one. In fact, every letter I have received are all before I even found out I was pregnant.

The day before I found out, I was able to speak with him on the phone. It was such a gift, to be able to hear his voice, and I decided to tell him that I was late. When I told him this, he told me, "Well, if you're pregnant then I guess we're starting our family faster than I thought!" Today I received a letter in the mail that was the same day that we spoke on the phone.

It said, (and I quote), "I really liked talking to you on the phone, your voice sounded so sweet and it just put the biggest smile on my face. I love you so much babe, and I'm so happy we're getting married soon. I'm also excited that you might be pregnant. Sounds strange for me to say but I really hope that we may be..."

The letter also said that he is in the field until the 7th, which explains why he hasn't figured out a way to call me because he hasn't even gotten the letter telling him I'm pregnant yet! But my worries about how he will react have melted away.

:D