Lots to Catch Up On!

The biggest news of the year...

Yep! That's our little pumpkin right there! Baby's ETA is October 25th! Maybe I should back up....

In February, I began feeling kind of weird...just not feeling good and I dropped 3 Rt. 44 Diet Cherry Cokes (made with real cherry syrup) from Sonic on 3 different days - totally not me! A few days later I was feeling fine again, but still felt...well...just off! So I decided to take a test on a Friday morning when I couldn't go back to sleep - and sure enough - it was positive! I wish I could say that I told William in some sort of cute way, but...nope...didn't happen like that! LOL! I pretty much woke him up by me screaming his name and then just plainly saying "I'm pregnant!" Normally, he wakes up pretty quick, but he didn't this time. He seemed a little groggy and then it finally hit him and he was completely excited! There was lots of hugging and crying (...not him - me!) When I realized I wasn't going to be able to sleep anymore, I got up and got ready for work and continued about my day.

We decided we wanted to tell my parents first, but since we live apart...it had to be creative. So while William was out of town - I did a little shopping and found this number...

When William got back in town, we invited his parents over for dinner and called mine on Skype. We were making dinner in the kitchen talking to them and I told them I got a new outfit this weekend and wanted to show it to them so I held the shirt up to the screen and mom asked if this was a hint. We both just smiled and they started screaming! They were sooo excited! I started crying seeing how happy they were. It was just an awesome moment! When William's parents got there, we let mine go and told them we'd call them later!

We started eating dinner with them and I told them the same thing about the outfit. I brought it out and Gwynn started screaming and crying she was so excited. Kirby was thrilled as well to have another grand baby coming in the family! It was just a nice day to be able to tell them all!

After dinner, I sent my brother a picture of his birthday card (because his birthday was that coming week). On the outside it said, "If every kid had an uncle like you..." with "The world would be a better place!" on the inside. And I signed it - Your future niece or nephew. He immediately called and said that was the best birthday present!

We slowly let a few other people know over the next weeks and everyone was ecstatic!

Alrighty...now that I've written a novel...I'll come back later and tell you more about the rest of my first trimester - which wasn't that bad, but still...not fun! :-)