The Nuggets - Part II

Pregnancy is a very strange thing. Those of you who have been there know, and I don't have to tell you. For those of you haven't been there...it is weird! The body is amazing. That is for sure! But it is incredible how much impact something the size of a poppy seed can make on a person. 

Honestly, I have SO much to be grateful for in this pregnancy. I have had zero morning sickness! Not so much as a tummy rumble. 

I do get queasy a little more easily these days. Things that have never bothered me before now make me cringe just a little - like brushing my teeth, or watching gory TV shows - but other than that no actual "sickness".

 I am a bit more picky about food - not because of cravings, but just because if it doesn't actually sound good or is something I want to eat, chewing it just sorta makes me gag!

Most of all I am TIRED a lot. 

Like a really lot. And I have started waking up a lot throughout the night. 

I've been told that's just my body getting used to no sleep and having to wake up in the middle of the night - see, pregnancy is strange! Amazing, but still...a little strange.

But enough about my strangeness! On to the good stuff. Telling the world about our happy news!

If any of you know me at all, you know I am terrible with secrets! I literally get sick around Birthdays and Christmas because I hate them. I am getting better, it is true...but mostly, I'm just still terrible with secrets.

How I was going to keep this a secret for at least a month until our doctor's appointment was beyond me! I wanted to tell everyone - shout it from the rooftops - talk about it to anyone and everyone who would listen. 

BUT, miscarriages run in my family - majorly! So we decided we would only tell those people we would tell if we miscarried. So of course, being terrible with secrets, I called my sister and my parents almost immediately! 

Tadd on the other hand, is great with secrets - and he really wanted to be able to tell his parents in person. (Sorry Mom and Dad Dutton, I just couldn't keep it in long enough!) 

Mom and Dad Ormond invited us to a Jazz game conference weekend - the perfect time to tell them! So, we got our thinking caps on and tried to come up with some fun way of giving them the news. 

This is what we came up with.

In case you can't read the text on the picture, this is what it says:

Photo Paper - $1, Envelope - $.05, Gas to Deliver - $10. 

The looks on your faces when you realize there are three of us in this picture...PRICELESS!! 

Arriving November 2012

Tadd printed the picture off at work put it in an envelope, and on to Salt Lake we went. We got there a little later than planned due to traffic, so we met up with Mom and Dad O and hurried off to the game. The picture was burning a hole in my pocket...I couldn't wait the whole game to give it to them. I'd already waited a couple of weeks to tell! So we decided at half time, we would pass the picture along. 

Luckily, we were at the game, and having my camera out was no big signal something was up. So we got their reaction on video!

Priceless indeed! Unfortunately my camera cut off right as the real reactions hit. There was screaming and hugs, tears and more hugs. I'm sure people all around us thought we were nuts, but who cares! We're having a baby!!!

As the weeks have gone by, we have filled in most of the immediate families. Still, we didn't want to tell everyone since there was still a risk of miscarrying. And to be honest, there still is a risk, which terrifies me! But, we just keep praying and doing everything we possibly can to make sure things go smoothly.

And p.s. See how I am doing so good at actually updating the blog with details?? Don't worry, much more info to come! We still have the REALLY big news to get to.

The Nuggets - Part I

Knowing we have some very BIG changes coming into our lives...I'm trying to do better now at creating habits before the chaos hits. Hoping that by making habits now, they will stick at least a little bit after our lives explode. One of those habits is updating our blog. We now have LOTS of people who want to know what's going on with the pregnancy, how we are doing - and when the munchkins get here, there will be even more news and pictures to share! So here goes...

Well, the secret is officially out of the bag! We are expecting in November. While we have actually known for a few weeks now, we were waiting until after our first doctor's appointment to officially spill the beans. Little did we know that the first doctor's appointment was going to give us DOUBLE the beans to spill! But I'm getting ahead of myself...For the first part of this story, let's share how we found out!

 (Sorry in advance it is a little wordy...apparently I like telling stories! Plus, there are lots of people who don't know the story yet, so enjoy! For those of you that do...well, read it anyway - cause it is just awesome!)

We had planned a weekend with some of the greatest friends on the planet - the weekend was already destined for EPICness. 

But first, a little bit of back story:

The week or so leading up to that weekend, I had been sorta tired and slightly moody perhaps (although Tadd would tell you it was a LOT more than slightly) but I didn't think too much of it. I had been having allergy issues and was unable to take allergy meds for a couple of weeks while waiting to go to the allergist for testing, so I just didn't put a whole lot of stock into the tired bit. And let's be honest, moody and hormonal are just sort of a norm around here. And yes, a little bit too much info for some, but we were late...by about 5 days. But no, I was not getting my hopes up this time. There have been many times before I was COMPLETELY convinced I had to be pregnant, to only take a test, have it be negative, have a meltdown, and start the next day. 

SO anyway, we made the journey down to the big city to visit our great pals. Yes, the weekend was of EPIC proportions. Not only for the news we got, but because we love those friends so much! It had been too long since we'd seen them. We did nothing terribly exciting. To be honest, we stayed in our pajamas and cozies the whole weekend. Showering was optional. Great conversation and tons of laughs were mandatory. 

One of those conversations brought up the fact I had been getting up at 4 am for the last week and a half to go to the bathroom. Something that was NOT okay in my book. I'm a good sleeper - and to be interrupted for the trivial bathroom break was so not nice!! Our friends joked about "You must be pregnant"...and "We have an extra pregnancy test if you wanna see". We all kind of laughed about it. Later that afternoon, us gals went to do some shopping (yes, in our cozies and unshowered - don't judge!) the conversation naturally turned to all of the symptoms I was having that indicated we could be pregnant. I just wouldn't let myself get my hopes up.

Sunday came around, and of course, pregnancy was on my brain. I couldn't stop thinking about it. So I asked Tadd if he thought we should take one or just wait until we got home and see what happened. But by now, I was a full week late. Tadd's response was, "Well, if you can take it and be okay with the result. I don't want a negative result to ruin our weekend." Such a helpful husband! haha (truly he is, that just was not the definitive answer I was hoping for) 

So we went for it. The friends brought us their extra test (Yep, we are that close of friends, we give out pregnancy tests to each other and take them at their house...No big deal) I went upstairs. To be honest I was a little nervous. I'd taken them before, but #1, never with an audience. #2, never someplace other than my own bathroom. And #3, I was a week late...a girl always worries.

After taking the test, I was......CONFUSED!!! What the heck did it mean? 

Yes it tells you one line-NOT pregnant. Two lines=pregnant...

But what kind of lines? Thick lines? Thin lines? Dark lines? Light lines? In case any of you wondered, all lines are not created equal. 

I cleaned off the test, walked down the stairs to expecting faces. I simply said, "I don't know what this means".

 I walked over and showed my friend. Her smile grew and grew, she looked at me and said,

 "YOU'RE PREGNANT! That's exactly what mine looked like." 

I walked over to Tadd who was sitting on the couch. Crawled up in his lap and showed him the test. He'd already heard the news, but I told him again anyway. 

"We are pregnant."

And that's when the laughter started. The tears strolling down both of our cheeks, Tadd said something about being a dad, but mostly he just laughed. A deep big belly laugh. It was a laugh I will never forget. One that lasted at least 10 minutes - without stopping even a little bit. He really did not expect that test to be positive. There had been lots of others. All negative. But not this one...it was absolutely most definitely positive.

We were PREGNANT!

After the laughter stopped, Tadd stared at the wall for a good 45 minutes! I kept asking if he was okay. He simply responded with "Uh-huh" and a blank stare.

The rest of the weekend flew by much too quickly. But it's one we will never forget. Who could forget these awesome faces?!

No, but really, these are the greatest friends we could ask for. Who else lets you come stay at their house and doesn't care that you don't shower or get dressed? Who else gives you a pregnancy test and insists you take it? We could think of no better way to find out! 

Whew, so there you have it! There is that story. We have lots more to go. How we told people, pregnancy tidbits, and of course...the doctor's appointment!! All in good time. I really do promise this time to keep up and deliver on that this time!