I would like to apologize in advance if I ever get behind on this. Try as I might to keep up with things such as these, I am a procrastinator at heart. However, I do promise to do my best with this blog.
On June 26, 2011, I found out the single most life changing information that one could ever learn. I am pregnant! This day did not start well...it was bad actually. Jonathan and I started the day in an argument. I can't even remember what it was about. All I remember was I got so mad, I left the house. While driving around, I was shocked at how mad I got so fast. That along with some other symptoms made me give that thought that had been in the back of my head more serious thought. Could I really be pregnant? We had been together nearly 8 years with no mishaps. Really, is this a possibility?
Once the thought came to light, I couldn't ignore it. So I went to Wal-Mart and bought a test, took it in the McDonald's bathroom, and stared in disbelief at the results. This couldn't be right...so I bought another one at CVS, and took it in the Wendy's bathroom. Guess what? Same results!
Now I had to think of how I was going to tell Jonathan. I didn't even allow myself to process what I thought about the news. I bought him a card and gave it to him. While he read it, I just sat there crying and waiting. After he read it, he just looked at me and told me everything would be okay. Even though I did not believe him, it felt good to hear. The rest of that day was a bit of a blur...
June 29, 2011 - First doctor's appointment! I needed this way more than Jonathan. I needed the confirmation, to be told that I didn't misread the tests. Jonathan was already super excited, I was more hesitant. All went well after they took a million viles of blood. They were unable to determine the due date at this appointment so they scheduled us for a confirmation ultrasound. We left there with tons of stuff to read which just served to remind me that I may not have any idea of what I am getting myself into.
July 2-4, 2011 - 1st trip with our little secret! We went to visit Joesph and Ashley in Pensacola, FL. It was fun creating mini lies to take the attention away from my lack of drinking, or why I couldn't ski or go too fast on the tube.
July 19, 2011 - This is the first day we got to see our little munchkin! We had our confirmation ultrasound on this day. They confirmed that I was about 10 weeks pregnant and set our due date at February 10, 2012!
July 22 - 24, 2011 - This is the weekend that we told our parents. I am sure Jonathan was ready for this to happen as I would not allow us to tell anyone before our parents. For my parents, I decided to give all of them gifts. I got my dad a grandpa shirt, my brother a shirt that said "I'm the cool uncle", and gave my mom a copy of the ultrasound picture in a frame. I called them all into the living room and gave them the gifts at the same time. My mom was so excited and tickled to death. My dad was a bit surprised and said he wished I had been married but I was 30 years old. My brother was the most shocked. He said I wasn't old enough (in his mind) to have a kid. My family and I told the rest of my family, mostly by telephone.
Jonathan went out with his mom for her birthday and part of her gift was the ultrasound picture. His parents were shocked as well.
July 27, 2011 - On this day, Jonathan and I met Dave and Amanda for dinner at Fabiano's. Jonathan had worked it our with the staff beforehand that a laminated picture of the ultrasound would be placed underneath the pizza so more would be revealed as slices of pizza were removed. It was a great idea, but it didn't actually work out that way. When Amanda grabbed the first piece, she saw the plastic and was a bit freaked out that there was plastic underneath our pizza. So they pulled it out and stared at it for a moment before it made sense to them what it was. The idea was great in Jonathan's head...
July 30, 2011 - This is the weekend that we told Erin, Dustin, Tessa, & Nick. We were all gathering at Erin's for a nite of swimming and food. We wanted to tell this group at the same time.
August 12, 2011 - Doctor's Appointment. All is well. The babies heartbeat was at 160. The doctor told me that we will be able to find out the sex at 22 weeks. So excited for that!
August 22, 2011 - I finally told my job that I was expecting. They took it very well and all seem to be excited for me. Now to just figure out the benefits portion...
Now this brings us to today. Jonathan and I will each be posting as the mood strikes us. Hopefully with more pictures in the future as well.
~Candi
Picture of it folded up.
