So I had started a blog a year or so ago, thought it would be fun to do but then I realized I had absolutely nothing to say so I stopped. Recently some news has caused a stir and everyone told me I should blog about it so here it goes :
Having children was something I really never thought about, and neither did my husband. About 2 years ago the conversation came up and we decided to talk about it. No decisions were made and we didn't talk about it again. February of this year came along and we had the conversation again, we decided that we were both getting older and decided that IF it was going to happen it needed to happen soon. So we began trying.
So advance to December 1, 2010. I had been feeling "off" so I got up that morning and took a test. And HOLY CRAP it was positive!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I thought I was dreaming. It was the kind that has the words NOT the lines. I kept waiting for the NOT to show up on the test........it never did. I immediately called a friend who knew we had been trying and told her. She was thrilled. But I knew I didn't want to text or call my husband at work so I tried to keep myself busy ALL day until he came home from work. I told him something exciting happened that day and when he asked what I showed him the test. He was shocked and asked me if this was real. We both decided that we wouldn't tell anyone else until I had been to the doctor. What a crazy experience this was going to be.
Keeping the secret was very difficult. I continued to work, not saying a word about it to anyone. I saw family and other friends and kept quiet. Was this really happening??????? December 20, 2010 we went to the dr. and much to our surprise they did a sonogram, so baby had it's first picture. We saw the hear fluttering and that's when it hit us.....this was REAL!!!!!!!!
We continued to keep the secret from most for a little while longer. We wanted to surprise family with our news on Christmas. We bought 2 frames and put a copy of the sonogram in the frames for each set of grandparents. They never saw it comin'. Everyone was shocked, happy, excited, elated. There were tears (lots and lots of 'em), a lot of "are you serious" and I even think my mom might have stopped breathing. We only told a few other people after Christmas, trying to keep it quiet until I could tell work. I was very nervous to tell my boss and office managers. I really didn't know how they would react, especially because I was never one to talk about having kids. So the Monday after Christmas I told my boss and office manager, they were both shocked but seemed happy and congratulated me. After work I decided it was time the rest of the world knew our secret so I posted about it on Facebook. WOW, what a shock. All the comments and good thoughts were such a surprise.
So join me as we go thru this CRAZY journey making a little human (our little Boilermaker).
