A Humbling Week (17 Weeks)

This week was filled with many ups and downs. I went to my first "San Francisco Parents of Multiples" meeting on Tuesday night. The topic was "toddler nutrition". A little bit ahead of where I am right now, but I thought it would be fun to meet some of the other moms. There were 35 other people there and every single one was a parent of twins. Where are all the triplet moms? Do they exist? That was my first thought. Being that the topic was "toddler nutrition", the room was full of frustrated moms who kept complaining about how hard it was to feed 2 babies! 2 babies? If they are having a hard time with 2 babies, how in the world am I going to manage 3 babies? So, I left the meeting in tears telling God, "I can't do this! I can't take care of 3 babies! Why can't I just be a normal person and have 1 baby at a time?"
The next day I went to Babys R Us (for the first time ever) to buy a baby shower gift for a friend of mine. I walked around the store with wide eyes and opened mouth thinking, "Wow! You sure do need a lot of stuff! I can't believe how much you need and how expensive everything is for 1 baby, how in the world are we going to be able to afford 3 babies?" Once again, I left in tears!
Yesterday, I was in Target with my mom looking at the double strollers when a guy walked up behind me and says, "Wow! Twins?" I said, "Hah! Try triplets!" His wife walked over and said "Oh my gosh! Triplets?" The guy asked, "In vitro?" I said, "Nope, completely spontaneous and unexpected!" He says, "Wow! That's amazing! My wife and I have tried in vitro 3 times and it hasn't worked, so now we are in the process of adopting!" I immediately was humbled and felt God say, "See, I am giving you an incredible gift! You keep feeling like you are being punished, but I am giving you an amazing blessing!"
I still don't know how this is going to work, but I do know that God is Faithful! I know that this is an amazing gift that He is giving us and that He will provide all of the help and support that we need. I am so thankful for friends and family who have already offered so much!