We Are Pregnant!

Big news...Blaine and I are pregnant! We decided to get off birth control in December and apparently got pregnant two weeks after getting off of the pill! Here is the story: I was exactly one week late on January 20th. Since I had the day off of work, I went to the store early in the morning and bought not just one, but two pregnancy tests (just in case). When Blaine came home from work for lunch we decided it was time to take the first test. The package said the results would show up within 2-10 minutes. However, once we dipped the stick in my urine cup, the positive sign showed up within seconds! We both could not believe our eyes! I was shaking so bad and kept thinking, "no, this has to be a false positive, there is no way we could have gotten pregnant this fast!" So, I instantly opened up the second pregnancy test and dipped that one into the cup too. And, again, the positive sign showed up within seconds, instead of minutes. After taking the second test I felt excited and scared at the same time. I was both excited to have a baby growing inside me and scared realizing that I would be a PARENT in nine months...yikes!

After the initial shock we called the doctor and set up our 8 week appointment. We had originally decided not to tell our parents until the first ultrasound at the 8 week appointment, but could not last that long. I wanted to tell both sides of parents in a creative way, not just over the phone. I bought two cute little magnetic picture frames that said "Baby" on them and put a little insert where the picture should go. You can see what the picture frames look like in the picture below.

Our 8 week appointment was on February 17th, where we found out we were 9 weeks along! Listening to our little baby's heart beat and seeing it beat on the monitor was amazing! I remember looking up at Blaine and seeing water in his eyes as he watched the monitor screen. It was so cute! We posted a picture of our baby's first ultrasound below.