We're havin' a baby!

Well, the time has come to tell.  I am sorry if you would have rather have been told in person but we couldn't visit everyone and to be honest it would have been 10 times a million to tell you in person.  It is fun to see people's reactions and such.

To get the big question out of the way first... 12 weeks along and I am due June 2, 2013.  I have been keeping it secret just in case something went wrong in the fist few weeks, but the time has come we feel like we can share!

We haven't been "trying" to get pregnant but because my sisters all seem to get pregnant pretty quickly.  But after a few months of not getting pregnant I was beginning to worry.  I tried doing the thermometer tracking thing but hated that.  Then Mel was telling me about the ovulation tests that can really help.  Jenn, my sister-in-law, gave me a box of them that she had gotten before getting pregnant with Quincy.  So I tried that.  It was the month of September (my birthday month) and I asked Nick if he wouldn't mind taking not so hot of showers (I read online that the hot water can kill the sperm) so we could have a better chance.

Normally with a 30 cycle you ovulate around day 15 and it lasts for about 3 days.  This test said I ovulate on day 17 and for only 1 day.  Kind of a small window.  Then by the first week in October I knew I was pregnant :)  I did the pregnancy test and sure enough it said "PREGNANT".  It was a fun idea and it was great looking at Nick and calling him "Daddy".

I wanted to wait until Christmas to tell people but by the middle of October I realized that wouldn't do and Thanksgiving would have to do.  I lied a lot to my mother and told her my period started.  A few days later I was talking to Mel and she said she had heard that I still wasn't pregnant and gave some comfort.  That night Nick and I went over and told her the truth.  I had to talk to someone about it and felt Mel would be the hardest to lie to and the easiest to talk to.

So for the next two months I haven't been too bad.  I have felt car sick  mostly all day and don't feel like eating the food I fix for dinner.  I am afraid I like eating out more than anything and crave that food.  I haven't gained weight yet but I don't expect that to last.

We got to tell Nick's parents on Nov 21, Wednesday night.  We showed them a movie Nick put together of our first year together.  The very last frame was of us with the pregnancy stick.  They were so surprised! Tony couldn't stop smiling and Betty, thought it was all a joke, but was super excited when she realized we were being for-realzy.  We gave Tony a picture frame of the ultrasound and Betty a "best grandma ever" sweat shirt (we searched many hours for it).

The next day we went Christmas tree hunting and when we were leaving Tony said, "this is the first tree hunt with a grandbaby!" and again was smiling from ear to ear.  Ha ha ha!  That night we put the frame on the dinning room table to see if people would notice.  Melissa and Noel came that night and Melissa notice very quickly and was so excited.

Friday we had our Thanksgiving meal with many relatives.  Betty wore her sweater and it took people quite a while to notice but it was fun when they did.  Joey and Steph came around 9:30 and we timed it 1.24 minutes.  Pretty good Steph!

Saturday we were in Provo with my family and while getting ready I couldn't hold in it any longer and I had to tell Carla!  She would be able to help me get the surprise ready for my parents.  To tell my family we wrapped the ultrasound picture and wrote #19 (that's how many grandkids are on my side) June 2, 2013.  We have Santa come and give out presents and mine was going to be last but I didn't know how to give it to him, so Carla took it and said she would take care of it.

Finally all the presents were given and Santa had the last one.  Brought mom and dad over, he gave a little speech on how wonderful they are and what a wonderful family they had raised together. By that time I was crying and then mom opened the gift look straight at me and started crying and dad was cry and Nick even wiped a tear.  Cynthia came over and gave me a big hug and was crying.  It was a lot of fun and certainly a moment to cherish.  Nick taped the whole thing so maybe I can post the video....

We are so excited to become parents and know it will be such a blessing to us!  I'll update in January when we know the gender!