2 reasons I'm doing this... 1. I'm sure everyone is going to want to know the story and the details along the way so I figured I would do a blog so people could keep up and 2. I also thought it would be neat to give our child a copy of all the posts at some point in their life.
Here is my first attempt at blogging, I'm sorry it is so long but there is so much to tell right now...
The BIG news!! WE ARE HAVING A BABY!!!
Here is the story up to this point...
Josh and I got married Oct 7, 2011 and within a few months I started asking Josh when we were going to start trying for a baby and he always responded with "Not right now". So I would just ask him again every so often and it was always the same response... Until one day... July 9, 2012, Josh came home on lunch and when we finish lunch early we usually lay on the living room floor and play with Ranger for a little bit before Josh goes back to work. Josh laid down on the floor and then looks at me and says "I'm ready for a baby." I almost peed my pants I was so excited!!! I told Josh to take a few more days to think about it and the next day he told me that he was for sure ready. So I called and made a doctor's appt to go off birth control and started taking prenatal vitamins the same day. The next day I found out that I was getting a pretty good raise and I'm sure that was just God's way of reassuring us that we were doing His will. July 25th was my doctor's appointment, I was officially off birth control and we were officially trying! For those of you that care... Here is TMI, I was on Paragard so there were no hormones (birth control hormones give me migraines) so we were really ready that same day to start trying for a baby.
So July, August and two weeks of September pass and no baby. Well I took a pregnancy test on September 19th because I was a few days late and there was a faint second line saying that I was pregnant and the next day the same thing and then I started my period. I called my doctor, who is in Olathe, and they sent me to the hospital in Emporia to get a blood draw. I went once and they didn't test my blood for the right thing so I had to go back and get a second blood draw. I was NOT a happy lady! The weekend came and passed and when my doctor's office called me back with the results they said it was either a false positive or a very early miscarriage. So, we went on with life.
October 3rd was THE day... if you know what I mean...
Josh and I left that evening to go to Kansas City so that we could catch our flight to Philadelphia for our one year anniversary trip. We had an amazing time in Philly and NYC with my cousins!!
I was scheduled to start my period on Oct 17th and that day came and went, so did the 18th and then on the 19th the women in our church left for Women's retreat for the weekend. So then Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Women's retreat came and went and no monthly visitor. During Saturday morning's service Janie Horst stood up and said that she felt God was telling her that someone was trying to get pregnant with no luck and that God was going to give that person a baby... At that point I knew I was pregnant. We got home Sunday night and Monday morning I took a pregnancy test and then a second and then a third and they were all clearer than day that I was pregnant!!!!
So, I know that I'm pregnant and now I'm trying to figure out how to tell my husband... Well I did a picture slideshow with pictures from our wedding and then pictures from the last year and then at the very end I put a couple of slides with text...
- I LOVE YOU and I can't wait for the next stage in our lives....
- What is the next stage for Josh and Dorothy???
- WE ARE GOING TO BE PARENTS!!!!
- Baby Stevenson is due June 2013!!!!
When the "WE ARE GOING TO BE PARENTS!!!!" part came up on the screen, he snapped his head towards me and said "WHAT? ARE YOU SERIOUS?"
It was super great and the best part is that I hid our flip video camera and recorded the whole thing so I have his response on video!!!
That's all for now....
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