We're Pregnant! :-) Its such a planned and hoped for event, yet still so surprising and unreal. The past month I had been tracking my hormone levels with the Clear Blue fertility monitor. We hadn't been using birth control for the past 13 months in hopes of starting a family, but with everything my ankle injury brought this past year, our baby plans were sort of in the back of our minds. But at the same time, since we hadn't been doing anything to avoid getting pregnant for 13 months and hadn't yet, we decided to go ahead and invest in a fertility monitor. While it was a bit expensive, I loved it right away and will definitely use it for any future additions to our family. :-) I'm fascinated by how the human body works and all the intricate details that work together to function on a daily basis, and so seeing the varying hormone levels on the monitor over the past month was really neat.
Thanksgiving Day morning, I woke up at 5am and knew that I was supposed to be getting my period at some point that day. So while Josh was still sleeping, I went into the bathroom and figured I would go ahead and do a pregnancy test and then restart my monitor to track for the next month. I had no idea I was pregnant. Josh had told me the week before that he thought I was pregnant because I was acting a bit different. I shrugged it off as pms symptoms. (Thinking about it now, its pretty funny that he knew I was pregnant before I even did, lol) So I did the test and decided to wash my face and brush my teeth while waiting for the results. When the test beeped and I saw the words "pregnant" I let out such a loud gasp/squeal that it woke Josh up. I rushed out of our bathroom with the pregnancy test in my hand and Josh knew before I could even get the words out. We were both SO excited. After hugs, checking/rechecking the test, excited "Oh my gosh we're pregnant!" I said to Josh, "I have to call your mom!" He laughed at me and pointed out that it was 5am our time and 4am their time (Josh's parents live in the panhandle of Florida and so are an hour behind us) But I was SO excited, I had no idea how I was going to keep that news in. I managed to wait until 6am (making it 5am for them) before I sent a picture text message to Josh's parents and sister, Salena. I sent the picture posted above of the positive pregnancy test saying "Happy Thanksgiving Grandpa, Nana, and Aunt Salena!" And seconds later we were on the phone with Josh's parents, lol. They were both so excited at the news and we all couldn't believe it. Salena excitedly called us and has been so much fun talking to about it. She's been through this twice before having had our nephew and niece, making her an expert as far as we're concerned. :-) So her tips and advice has been fun and helpful and I'm sure will be greatly needed with the coming months. We then sent the same text picture to my grandmother saying "Happy Thanksgiving Great Grandma!" She had tears of joy and was thrilled for us. :-) It was so much fun to get to tell family such exciting news on Thanksgiving Day. We were able to call and tell Josh's grandparents later that afternoon. Grandpa's response was "Praise God, what a day of Thanksgiving!" I've loved each and every response and its been such a fun few days. I know its often advised to wait until farther along to announce the news, but once I saw the positive result, I just knew it was going to be impossible for me to hold in such exciting news. :-)
Its been overwhelmingly heart warming to see such an excited responses from friends and family about our good news. My two very best friends, Beverly Paul and Kelly Medlin, who are most accurately described as my sisters at heart, have both made me tear up with their reactions at our news. I'm wonderfully blessed to be surrounded by a community of love and support. And can't wait to see how God directs our steps on this new path of parenthood.
"Delight yourself in the Lord; and He will give you the desires of your heart." Psalm 37:4
