February 16, 2012 -
After about 3 months of “not trying” for a little blessing the day finally came. I remember February 16th
I woke up at 8am I
decided this was the day I should probably take a test, "let's just see". Not really paying attention to the fact
that I was probably at this point about a week late on my menstrual cycle, my
sleepy eyes glanced down at the pregnancy test and to my shocking surprise
there where two little lines indicating that indeed we were officially
“expecting”.
Immediately upon finding this out, I decided I needed a deep
thinking, good soaking in the warm bath. Constantly looking at the test...just to
be sure it hadn’t changed :o) After the bath I call my OB/GYN and
told them the news to find out where to go from here. She determined that I was
roughly 5 weeks along and they do not schedule appointments until at least 8
weeks. She set me up for March 14th at 10:00 am. That entire morning
I held out and did an awesome job not spilling the beans to Brad, though it
was extremely hard, I carried on my sealed lips the whole day. I
didn’t tell a sole. Its hard for a hair dresser to not gossip!! LOL...It was only respectful for the father-to-be to know second
(I was the first obviously). A clever
plan was brewing in my mind on how I was to tell him all day long. Since
Valentines was earlier that week and since we didn’t do anything special this
year, I decided that I would make him a
mock invitation to his baby’s first photo shoot. The invitation border was
filled with baby novelties, strollers, bottles, pacifiers, etc. and it read:
Brad,
You have been invited
to your
BABY’S FIRST PHOTO SHOOT
When: March 14, 2012
At 10:00 am
Where: Dr. Joan
Bergstroms Office
Arlington, TX
I put it in a photo frame and wrapped it in tissue paper
tied off with a bow. Later that evening when he came home, thankfully on time,
I had the present sitting there next to me. Standing above me Brad was upset that
I had gotten him a gift even though we agreed not too this year. I told him “this
was something I thought he might want”. He opens the tissue paper and for about
what seemed like 20 seconds, he just stands there looking at the photo frame.
In the meantime, I have the test in a plastic baggie just waiting for
the right moment to pull it out. He looks at me and his first words, which I do
not remember exactly, but somewhere along the lines of “No way” or
“Seriously?”. I think he was confused at first. At that time I pulled out
the test and dangled it in front of him and said he could see for himself. He
was ecstatic and that moment will be one that neither of us will ever forget.
The day we found out…
