We're Pregnant!!

On March 1, 2011, our worlds were turned upside down. We had anticipated the window of time when we'd be able to test, and the day had finally come. We had been gaurdedly optimistic about some early pregnancy symptoms, but certainly didn't want to get our hopes up too high or too soon. I couldn't sleep, but T.J. made me promise I wouldn't wake up in the middle of the night just to test! (ahem-this has happened once before). So, we set the alarm for 6:00 a.m. and popped out of bed right away.

The two minutes wait was nothing like the "two-week-wait" we'd experienced up until that moment, but time seemed to stand still as we waited. We had played several scenarios in our mind before, in order to prepare ourselves. I couldn't stand the anticipation of T.J. seeing the test and then having to pass along the news to me, so we tried to look at it at the same time. Once I saw the test, I immediately started crying and screaming. T.J. says that for a split second he couldn't tell what the result was because apparently I was blocking his view from the test. Once he saw it we both cried and thanked God over and over and over again for this blessing. I couldn't wait to confirm it at the doctor's office, so I went right in that morning. Later that day, the nurse called and her words "oh yes, you're definitely pregnant" rang sweetly in my ears. :)

Our journey to parenthood has begun!