We're Having a Baby!

I know that everyone already knows about our very most exciting news, but I thought I would journal a little about the whole story. Probably more for my remembrance than for anyone else's.

But anyway, I have to start the month before we found out that I was pregnant, which was probably the end of August, beginning of September. We were trying to get pregnant and I was really ready and wanting it. And that month, I started having some pregnancy symptoms. I had some really bad cramps about a week or more before that time of the month, which was certainly not normal for me. I seemed to be hungrier than usual. And I was tired (but I'm always tired, so I didn't really count this one). So I was starting to think that I might really be pregnant. Then, my period started so I was pretty sad about that. I realized how hard it would be for couples who struggle getting pregnant. Of course, I only went through it a couple of months, I can't imagine how hard that would be to have that happen month after month.

So the beginning of October comes along and I start having some different pregnancy symptoms. I didn't have the cramping this time, I was definitely tired and hungry again, and I was definitely emotional. But I didn't get my hopes up this time. To show how emotional I was, I got a gift card and some money from my parents and in-laws for my birthday so we decided to go shoe shopping because I really needed some nice brown shoes to replace some that are beginning to fall apart. We went to a couple of shoe stores and went all over the mall and there wasn't anything I liked. I was getting really frustrated and practically crying. Nate suggested I get a shirt instead so I could at least get something. So we went to Macey's and I found some cute shirts, but when I went to try them on, they just looked bad on me. At this point, I did break down and cried in Nate's arms. Which is a really strange thing for me to do. I hardly ever cry, especially in a public place! I was really wondering what was wrong with me. Well, Nate comforted me and talked me into looking again. I finally found a cute shirt that looked good on me and we went home and I was happy.  Anyway, I continued to have pregnancy symptoms and I was late, but I still didn't want to get my hopes up since I was so disappointed the time before. Finally, we decided it would be best to do a pregnancy test to know for sure so I bought one on my way home from work on October 13 (this was also the day that my little sister found out she was having a girl!). I had Nate come into the bathroom as we waited to see the results. Right from the beginning, it was showing positive, but it said to wait the 3 minutes or the results could be wrong. So we waited and nothing changed! We were having a baby! Of course we were both really excited about this and couldn't stop smiling.  Basically immediately we went to the internet to figure out the due date, which was June 18th. And when we went to the doctor about a month later, they said the same thing. Suddenly my crazy emotions made sense!

So there it is, I'm finally having a baby at 26!