Monday, November 29, 2010

Finally!

This has been a week of "finally" for Christopher and I!

I finally figured out blogspot so that we could share our good news... that after 2 1/2 years of trying and failing, we are FINALLY PREGNANT!!

We've been waiting for that little plus sign for so long, we were beginning to think it would never happen. But on Saturday, November 27th, we snuck into my parent's bathroom and I peed on a stick. The tests say to allow up to 3 minutes for results, but our plus sign showed up within seconds! We were completely dumbfounded.

We were both thinking "is this for real???"

On Thanksgiving, I had been given an extra pregnancy test by a friend, and needless to say, my mind was plagued by that little stick all day. I was only a week late, but taking that test was all I could think about. Christopher and I had decided we'd wait until Tuesday to take a test since we'd gotten so many negatives previously. He definitely didn't want to rush anything and I, grudgingly, agreed to wait.

Saturday morning, we were going to the Christmas tree farm with my family, and then watching Ghost Town with Christopher's family later. When we woke up, Christopher deciced it would be a good day to take a test since we'd be spending time with both of our families. Unfortunately, he didn't tell me until after I had gone to bathroom. So we decided to wait... again.

On the way to the farm, I was so sick to my stomach. We thought it was just car-sickness, but we little did we know, there was more to it than that.

When we got back to mom & dad's house, we snuck away while they were setting the tree up. While we were in the bathroom, mom knocked on the door wondering what we were doing. When we got our results, we KNEW it was a positive by the sheer fact that we had never gotten that result before. I left the bathroom and asked if someone would do me a favor and do a google search for e.p.t. pregnancy test instructions. My family was so thrilled. My dad didn't want to react too early for fear that our hearts would break if we read the results wrong. My mom just kept looking at image results of positive tests and comparing mine. Our plus was a little faint, but it was most definitely a plus! Ali couldn't stop smiling.

When we left my family, we couldn't get to Cathy and Gordon's house fast enough. Renee and Joel were out walking Buddy (their sheltie) when we arrived, so we broke the news twice. When Christopher said "we've got some news" I barely had time to pull the test out of my pocket before Cathy was hugging me, jumping up and down, crying and telling us how faithful God has been. What a God moment it was! Renee and Joel were just as thrilled when we told them.



We are approximately in week 5 of our pregnancy, and right now our baby is the size of an orange seed! Our first ultrasound is scheduled for December 20th, and I can't wait to hear the beating of his or her heart!

Please keep us in your prayers over the next months as it will be the most rewarding and difficult time we will ever go through!

Our first night as parents.