This adorable little guy.. my firstborn, my BABY.. will be 3 in a few days?! Where has the time gone? I have no idea, but I wanted to tell his birth story before his birthday because I think if I write it down and archive it somehow.. it will help me when I have all 3 kids around me and I can easily read it to him while my memory is good! Let me add that I borrowed this idea from a fellow blogger who recently told her firstborn's story as well..Krystyn Hall is a cool writer who is much more consistent with her blog than I am : ) I am hoping to become more consistent.. lets see how it goes!
As I tell this story (which I will tell in 2 parts).. I hope no one is squirmy with details about babies, birth, pregnancy.. just to let you know its not too detailed, but you never know?! Thought I'd warn the faint of heart, thanks to Krystyn for that warning, I just wanted to do the same.
I first have to tell the pregnancy test story.. its humorous, at least I think it is!
My hubby, Dwayne, was working at Publix at the time while we had decided to start trying for a baby.. we didn't know how long it would take or if it would happen at all, so to say we were sticker shocked at tools to help you figure out pregnancy is an understatement. I say sticker shocked only because I can't imagine having to purchase dozens of pregnancy tests, predictors, etc. when you're emotionally involved in the process. With this in mind.. my sweet man called me and told me to come up to his store and check out the clearance stand because I may need to purchase some things. I asked what he was talking about and he said, "I just think you need to come up and see for yourself." I was intrigued.. but smiling becasue he has a fun sense of humor so there was no telling what he was talking about!
I go to Publix and shop around.. find him and chat before I go over to the stand. When I DO get there, I almost fall over.. about 10-12 pregnancy tests for $0.50!! Yes...fifty cents! I start to think.. huh? Usually the minimum is $7 (or more)/pop...whats wrong with them? Well, it was February and they were all expiring at the end of March. Well, I still thought that they were a cool deal.. I bought 4.. just a drop in the bucket compared to the normal cost.
Fast forward to March.. I am close to the time where I'd need to test and we have one left. I had taken the others earlier in the month to no avail and was down to one left. I knew what it was going to be.. negative, as the other two were earlier that week. Well... its funny.. there was a wee little shadow that started to emerge on the "window" teller part (I don't know what they're officially called)... and the second line appeared! I was dumbfounded.. estatic, but, was very surprised at how I felt?! Overwhelmed and shocked.. happy.."is this happening" feeling.. all the feelings I didn't expect. Nevertheless.. I ran into the living room and told Dwayne.. to his, "What is that?!" response while he was on the phone. He was over the moon, obviously, when he finally knew what it meant. He is an awesome man that I am SO blessed to be married to.. we both just sat there and thought, "Wow!"
We had decided to go for a walk earlier in the afternoon, so we went ahead and chilled out on the Silver Comet Trail while we talked about what we wanted to do next. We decided to buy a non-almost expiring pregnancy test.. and of course, go to my doctor. That evening.. another test confirmed what the $0.50 test had showed us earlier. We were having a baby!
We were over the moon after the tests and Dr's visit.. we knew we didn't want to tell everyone, for fear of things that could happen early on, but we told a few people..parents and our siblings. All of them were SO excited. For our parents, we printed out little signs that said someone special was arriving in November (11/14/08) and framed it for each set of folks. We gave them the gifts individually and they all had great reactions! My own dad, Ernie, didn't quite read all of the info in the frame at first.. he was happy with a pretty frame and then saw there was something in it, his face was priceless! For Dwayne's side.. his mother was a little curious and figured something was up when we flew up for the weekend as a surprise. His parents were both very excited, obviously, and his mom was even MORE excited because she had already purchased a bassinet for our first born?! She was laughing when she showed us because she said she just wanted to be prepared for any announcements we may have.. I thought it was awesome!
We slowly told more people as time passed.. to happy greetings, and great advice, too. That was the one thing that I have to say never overwhelmed me. People say that random strangers would give you all the advice in the world and they want to touch your belly, etc. I was ok with the belly touching by my friends.. only one person who I DID NOT know was about to touch my belly and I asked her not to, she was approaching me at a restaurant?! Who does that?! Random, I know.. but otherwise, everyone was cool around me. I had very sweet advice from ladies at my church and cards from friends. I guess I just absorbed it all and just enjoyed it?! I had a pregnant buddy at work and we both had fun picking on each other and sharing advice.. its always nice to have a preggers buddy!!
All this to say.. the discovery of the next big event in your life is definitely one to remember and hopefully share it with others, especially the little one you're growing inside of you. I am glad I am writing this all down because as I type I start to remember things that I had momentarily forgotten, so I hope I get it all down!
In my next blog.. I will tell how we prepared and made our way to a family of three. I hope this post brings you back for the sequeal!
See you next time!
DM
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