Sharing the News

On my way home from work on Monday, the 21st, I stopped at Rite Aid and hoped to God that I wouldn't know anyone in the store, as I was stopping in solely for a pregnancy test - that could be awkward!

I bought a digital test and went right to testing when I got home from work. Within a minute, the test was reading PREGNANT! So I made my final decision on how to tell my husband the news.

We were planning to go shopping that night, so I wanted to change the baby into a warmer outfit than he was wearing around the house during the day. I grabbed the pants and "Big Brother" hoodie I bought a few weeks prior just IN CASE I needed it and made sure Caleb couldn't read the sweater when I handed him the clothes and asked him to get the baby dressed.
While he worked to dress the baby, he was telling me all about what he had fed B for dinner before I got home. I stood behind him listening and recorded a video on my phone - unbeknownst to him. I wanted to catch the look of shock on his face that I didn't get to record when I wore the same look that morning! :)
His reaction:

"Big Brother?? He's not a big brother....(insert me saying that he is)...what?...... WHAT?!"
(Caleb thought the shirt was a hand-me-down from someone else that I didn't realize I couldn't put on B since he didn't think he was qualified to wear a big brother shirt!).
hahhahaha It was priceless!
We are both overjoyed, just amazed at the timing and wondering how we are going to handle 2 kids in 19 months! Guess we will find out quickly!

"Woohoo! Mom just told me the news!!"

First picture as a family of 4! Doesn't B look thrilled!?

Oops we did It Again?!?

Caleb and I decided a long time ago that for our second baby, unless we got to a point where we needed help, we would not "try" to get pregnant. Our plan was to just let God provide whenever He wanted to...
Well, today, Monday, October 21, 2013, I found out I AM PREGNANT! I am in shock. I thought for sure the test would be negative. I really only took the test to prove to myself that it IS negative. I don't feel pregnant. I don't have pregnancy symptoms (though I'm tired - I attributed it to getting up in the middle of the night with a teething 11 month old!). The few things that made me know I was pregnant last time either didn't hit me at all this time, or came a week ago and went away since last Wednesday or Thursday. I'm grateful for the lack of cramps, but GEEZE was I surprised!! I even said out loud to myself when I saw the positive test, "No way... no. freaking. way."
I had laid the in-process test on the counter, planning to get in the shower and check the result when I got out, so as to ensure the test had at least 5 whole minutes to process.... but before I could even jump in the shower, I happened to glance down and see a FAINT second line. I thought I was seeing things. Come on! SERIOUSLY?! I could not believe it!
I made myself get in the shower and wait to look again until after I was out. The whole time in the shower I was thinking about when to tell Caleb, how to tell our families, how many weeks pregnant I'll be on vacation next year, etc. Every few minutes I'd remind myself that the test wasn't even done processing and it is PROBABLY going to be negative because I do NOT feel pregnant, so STOP MAKING PLANS.

Well... upon further review, and after PLENTY of processing minutes passed, it seems we have a positive test, folks!

It may be faint, but there is a line for sure! I'm planning to stop at the store tonight to pick up a digital test just for fun/validation! Who doesn't like to see the word "Pregnant" glowing back at them from a pee stick?!? ;)

YAY!!!! After that, I'm on to telling the hubby and baby!!! A million thoughts are going through my mind. So excited! And nervous! And excited! :)