On Saturday, January 5th, I woke up before my alarm went off and I just relaxed in bed and looked at Facebook on my phone. I realized I had to pee but didnt want to get out of our warm bed. I laid there for a few more minutes and I just got the idea to take a pregnancy test. I hadnt had any symptoms or anything so I knew it would come back negative.
As I watched the results, there was a faint second line showing up and then it got darker. Holy Guacamole, that's a positive pregnancy test! At this point, all these thoughts are racing around in my head. I had been working on trying to find a great way to tell Ryan but the cute bib I had ordered online hadnt come in the mail yet so I raised around the house (quietly because Ryan is still sleeping) and find nothing that I can pull together really quickly. Besides, I am just way to excited at this point to get my mind clear enough to be creative. So, I just go into our bedroom and Ryan is still dead asleep. I get down on my knees on his side of the bed with the test in my hand. I nudge him with my other hand and he starts to wake up. I never wake him up unless it is an emergency so he is startled and has the face of concern. I pull one of his ear plugs out and tell him that I am going to turn on the light.
"What's wrong? Are you okay?" Ryan said.
"Oh yes, perfectly fine!" I said.
I turn on the light and its bright so he is doing that really squinty eyes look.
I pull the pregnancy test up and point it towards him so he can see the results screen. His eyes still squinty get quite a bit bigger.
"Is that a good thing or a bad thing?" Ryan said.
"Thats a very good thing!" I said.
We were both pretty excited. Ryan isnt a morning person at all so he was trying really hard to be excited but he was still kinda cranky. I dont think it has hit us even today so we havent really cried. Ryan said he got a little emotional when ready from his new daddy book I got him. We decided that morning that we wanted to tell our parents before anyone else so we both selected few people to tell that day that we are exceptionally close with.
We had work that day so we both got ready for our day and left for work. When I got to work, my coworker (who has 3 kids of her own) that has been an amazing friend and answering alot of questions for me, she was already in the office and I asked her to come over because I had something to show her. I had take a picture of the test and when she came over I showed it to her. She started to cry and we both did a quick happy dance but had to quiet down because my other coworker was coming in. Her and I enjoyed the day just talking about different things and what to expect. She even had me take another one during the day just to make sure. The second one came back positive as well.
Ryan would text or call throughout the day and ask if I was still pregnant. It was funny! He kept telling me to drink water and eat something! It was really cute!
Needless to say, I felt very unproductive at work. I was thinking about ways to tell our parents and how to tell everyone else. Ryan and I decided to tell our parents first thing. Ryan at first wanted to wait until after my first doctors appointment but, I was on cloud 50 and new that I just wasnt going to be able to keep it in.
That night when we got home from work we called my mom and told her to get on skype. As soon as she got on skype and we started talking, I sent her a text with the picture of the test. She grabbed her phone while we watched her look at the picture. Her eyes got big, her jaw dropped and then the tears started coming. She was very excited and we talked for a few minutes before we had to go to call the other parentals.
Then we called Ryan's parents and told them to get on skype. Before I could even send the picture, his mom goes, "So are you pregnant?" It was funny! I guess she kinda guessed! :)
They were happy too! We chatted for a couple minutes and then had to go again to make more calls.
I emailed the picture to my dad and tried calling him. He is always home at 6pm so didnt think there would be any exception tonight. He didnt answer. Oh crap, I just sent him a picture and he is going to see it and not have heard it directly from me.
I called my sister Carrie and talked to her in the meantime... She is really excited for us! It was a good conversation. I call my sister Cheri but she doesnt answer. I fell bad about leaving a message but I really wanted her to know. Sometimes we do phone tag for weeks!
Ryan and I leave to go to dinner to celebrate and when we get to Longhorn Steakhouse we have to wait for about 30 minutes so during that time I go outside and try to call him again. He answers. Phew!
I ask him to go downstairs and check his email. He complained that the Vikings/Packers game was on. I told him that I was sorry but he needed to go downstairs and check his email. He ended up doing it, but the email hadnt come through. His computer is a little ancient I think. So he keeps refreshing it and emails are slowly coming but not mine! He finally just asks me to tell him what is going on so I tell him that I am pregnant. He said congratulations! Being the protective father that he is, he starts asking me all these questions... Do you have baby sitters figured out? Do you know how itll workout with work? It was kinda funny! He was just being dad. He congratulated me again and we hung up so I could go eat dinner!
After dinner, we went to Target and got some things for our big reveal and came home and started working on it!
This is what we posted online last night, January 6th.
We got so much love and support last night! It was wonderful! We know it is still early and hope everything goes smoothly but know it is all part of God's will for us!
I had made an annual physical exam before I found out that we were pregnant. It was scheduled for Friday, January 25th @ 3:45pm. I just called my doctors office to tell them that I am pregnant and they said they would keep the same appointment just switch to an OB appointment! So, we will know more on January 25th!
As a personal update: Still dont feel anything. The only thing weird has been that when we went to the Longhorn Steakhouse for dinner. I went in thinking I wanted a steak but once we sat down... I had absolutely no desire to have a steak. I had a salad instead! Never do I miss out on a steak! So that was kinda funky. Other than that, nothing really different.
If someone reads this, I know it gives alot of detail... I am writing this more as a journal to keep for the baby! If people read it, great! If not, not a big deal either!
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