It was a Saturday; weather was nice, so I headed out the barn in the morning. I didn't feel like riding, so I took the girls out for a walk off of the property. There wasn't anything terribly unusual about the day except I just kept feeling 'weird'...restless, I guess, is a better word for it.
I didn't feel like being at the barn anymore...which, if anyone knows me, that's a very rare feeling :) Something just wasn't right, but I couldn't figure out what it was.
I do remember during the week I felt restless and I never knew what I wanted to eat. I figured I was just getting adjusted to my new job/schedule. I, obviously, hadn't started my period yet but that wasn't totally rare for me to not be exactly on time every month.
Let me back up a bit. Roger and I had started to talk more seriously about having a family. We had been going to the chiropractor and learning a lot of about diet/nutrition and exercise. I knew that when I finally did get pregnant, I wanted to be in the best 'shape' I could be. Looking back now, this was one of the breadcrumbs that God had given us in preparation for being pregnant. We sat down with our chiropractor back in Dec/January just to see what I needed to start doing or getting prepared for, so when we did get preggo, I was ready to go. We were 'planning' on starting to conceive in the Fall of that year (2012).
So, here I am....haven't started my period yet, feeling very restless and just....weird. I had the thought on Thurs/Fri of that week to go get a pregnancy test. But I thought 'no, this has happened before, it's no different.' :)
So, back to that day. I put the girls away and rushed home. When I got there, Roger was asleep; we were planning on going to a BBQ and then head to church. I always knew that if I thought I was pregnant, I wasn't going to take the test with Roger...I wanted to surprise him! So, without him knowing, I ran off to the store to go get me a test. Man, how many different options are there! Sheesh :)
He called me on my way home and was very confused about where I was. I told him I just ran out to the store, I had to get something (kinda odd for me to be doing, figured he would have thought something was up, but not so much). I told him I was going to get in the shower so we could get to the BBQ.
I'll never forget....I took the test, set it on the counter, turned and got the water running and by the time I looked back around (about 20 seconds), the test showed positive. My reaction? "You've gotta be kidding me"...with a huge smile on my face! It was soooo crazy!! So my next thought was "Okay, I'm going to see Elisha at the BBQ, I'll ask her. There are false positives, right?"
We get to the BBQ and I search out Elisha (she had just had her baby about 9 months earlier). I told her I needed to talk to her and gave her a 'look.' She knew right away :) Needless to say, she didn't buy my false positive 'hope' and told me that I was for sure pregnant. I thought she would tell me to go home and take another test tomorrow!! Boy was I way off! So, I guess, it was really at that moment that I realized I really was pregnant! Now, I had to figure out how to tell Roger (and keep Elisha's mouth shut too since we were all hanging out!!). We were trying to think of ways I could tell him, without him knowing what we were talking about! It was interesting, and fun, to say the least.
So we left the BBQ and headed to church....one of the longest services ever!! All I could think about was how I was going to surprise him. I thought about waiting until the next day and taking him to dinner...but I was getting too excited and wanted to tell him right away!
We went to Target after church and I told Roger I wanted to look at clothes..blah blah so that forced him to go off on his own. He was in a weird mood too...it seemed like he was in a bad mood, which is not at all normal for him. So as he was walking around, I ran over to the baby section to see if I could find a 'daddy' bib or something....I couldn't find anything! So I started freaking out a little bit. But then I decided I would just buy some newborn onesies, so that's what I did. I ran up to the front and paid and then met him back where he was trying on clothes. It probably looked like I was trying to steal something because I kept looking over my shoulder to see if he was coming! :)
We went home and it was about 9:30 at that point. I went and took another test (yes, I had to make sure....even thought about taking the third!! Buy 2 get 1 free). So, when that one came back positive, I figured I should tell him finally.
I set out the onesies on the bed (they were soooo tiny!!) and then put my tests on one of them. I told him he needed to come here, I wanted to show him something (once again, he was in a 'bad' mood...probably wondering what the heck I wanted now). He walked in and saw the onesies lying on the bed and his exact words were "what is this?" and I said "it's for you." The wheels were turning and then it finally clicked! He was in a much better mood after that :)
We called my brother in Arizona...figured he was the only one we could tell over the phone since I didn't know when I was going to see him next. He was helping us think of ideas to tell everybody. That was my favorite part, figuring out creative ways to tell everybody. Especially since everyone knew my 'feelings' about having kids at that point...no one was expecting it!!
We were going to wait and tell his parents until later in the week, but we just more and more excited about it. So we ran to the store the next day and got a bib, a onesie, some pink and blue ribbon and some fabric paint. We decorated the onesie to say "Surprise" and we then used our cat, Mitz, as the decoy. We put the onesie on him, a bib around his neck and tied ribbon in his tail. We lured him with treats into the kitchen...we told his parents that we taught him a new trick. It took them a few minutes, but his mom got it...as she slowly read 'sur-pri-se' and then freaked out when she put it together! It was awesome. And we got it on video.
We went down to Westminster and told my Dad and Roberta that next week. And then went up to Nebraska to tell my mom on Mother's Day weekend. It was really hard to not tell everybody...the people we did tell had to keep it hush hush until my mom knew...the last thing I wanted was my mom to find out via Facebook! We decorated my horses and took pics to show her. Got that one on video too :)
It's just crazy how a year ago today our lives changed...forever! And to realize how much God was involved and how He had His hand on the situation the whole time....still leaves me speechless. We were not trying to get pregnant...its still amazing to us.
My pregnancy was everything I wanted. I was healthy and had all of the support that I needed/wanted, with my chiropractor and midwife. I worked full time for the first 6 months, then worked part-time the last trimester. Once again, ridiculous perfect timing. God is so good.
