1 year ago

One year ago today we found out we were expecting! It was such an exciting day for us both. We had been trying for a few months and were anxiously waiting for that magic moment. It all started early that morning. I woke up super early that day, for some reason I just couldn't stay asleep. It was about 5am and I just had this gut feeling that this was it! I was finally going to be pregnant. So I got up, took a home pregnancy test and tried to go back to sleep. I kept telling myself "you can check it later...just get some sleep, today is field trip day." Of course I couldn't sleep at all, so after about 10 minutes of laying in bed, I got up to check. I tried not to be too excited and remind myself that whatever the test says is what is in God's plan. I was soooo excited and shocked to see that second little pink line. Even after I saw the test I still had some doubts and was a bit nervous. After that there was no sleeping for me. It took everything I had not to call Brent (who was at work) immediately and tell him. After I saw the results, I crawled back in bed and tried to stay calm until Brent got home at 6am. The minutes crawled by but finally it was time for Brent to get home. I felt like I was going to explode if I didn't tell him right away. I met him at the door with a hug and told him there was something in the bathroom he needed to go look at. Of course, Brent being a boy, walked in and didn't see anything at first. I told him to look at the shelf and tell me what he thought. A few seconds later, he came back out and asked "so what does this mean?" I told him it was positive and that we were pregnant. Because we had been trying for a while, Brent didn't want to get too excited until we knew 100% for sure. So we both made a deal not to say anything to anyone until we were certain. This was going to be tough! I went ahead and got ready for school then headed out. It was our first field trip of the year that day and I knew the kids would be crazy! My class was going to see Suessical the Musical and I had to be mentally prepared for 22 wild 6 year olds. It was so hard that day to think of anything else, all that kept going through my mind was "I have to take another test!" I barely made it though the day and left school as soon as the bell rang. I rushed to Walgreen's to buy another pregnancy test and then rushed to the house. After taking another test that night and another the next morning, I was pretty sure this was the real deal. The next day I called the doctor to schedule an appointment to find out for sure. I couldn't get in to see the doctor until I was 8 weeks pregnant, so that left us to wait for 3 1/2 weeks. Those were the longest weeks of my life having to wait to get the official confirmation. Finally the appointment came on November 11th. I sped home from school to meet Brent and go the doctor's appointment. We met Dr. Manning that day and got to see the first picture of our little guy. He was so tiny and did not resemble a baby yet, but that was it, we were in love! Both Brent and I were so excited to see our baby and were eager to embark on the journey of pregnancy. Brent and I had already discussed that we would not tell anyone until Christmas just to be on the safe side. That proved to be very difficult since we left for the Bahamas the very next week with Brent's parents, brother and soon to be sister-in-law. But we did it, neither one of us said a word and they never caught on even though I didn't drink the entire trip and was sick more than once. Luckily they were all very distracted with the wedding and didn't pay too much attention to us! I can't believe it has been a year since we found out about our baby, but what an exciting year it has been!