A Wonderful Blessing!

Jarrett & I are so excited to share that we are expecting our very first little bundle of joy!

WE'RE PREGNANT!!!

Jarrett and I thought after I graduated from Pepperdine's program that would be right about the time to start a family... and just 4 days after Graduation Day, we were blessed by God to find out June 24th that we're expecting! I hadn't been feeling so good for a couple of weeks -- I thought I was coming down with the flu or just completely exhausted for the 7am -9pm routine, that I really wasn't that worried about it. Jarrett told me (very nonchalant) that I should take a pregnancy test. I told him no way....but the next morning I did, and it was (surprise) positive! I was in shock for a few minutes, began pacing our small apartment, cried, then called the OBGYN immediately to make sure it was true. Our doctor is so great, and told me to come right down before class that afternoon to take a blood test to ease my mind... I wasn't going to get really excited until I knew for sure! I waited on pins and needles until Jarrett got home on Wednesday -- doing everything in my power not to say a word, because I already had something special planned in how I'd give him the news!!

I got the blood test results back the following day, and all Hg levels are normal and healthy. They estimated that I am approximately 8-9 weeks pregnant, scheduling my first OB appointment was July 1 so they could perform an ultrasound and I could get a due date. Right now, it is looking like late January, early February! Katie's 27th Birthday or our Valentine's Baby? Updates to follow.......


Telling Jarrett....

I ran to Barnes & Nobles and Babies R' Us to get some books as well as a cute outfit to hide in Jarrett's closet before he got home. I strategically put the baby items in the drawer with his comfy clothes -- this is where he beelines it to, straight after work, as soon as he gets home.

I waited patiently in the kitchen... I was making tacos for dinner (one of his favorites). All I could hear from the bedroom was "WHAT IS THIS? WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? REALLY!?! ARE YOU SURE? WHAT IS THIS?" He ran to the kitchen with his baby gear and tears in his eyes and said, "ARE WE PREGNANT? REALLY!?!" Of course, in true form, I started crying and we just hugged and said a little prayer to God to thank Him for our amazing blessing.

We immediately began planning on how to tell our families, and I was "forbidden" from going to Bakersfield that upcoming weekend, as originally planned, because it's always been really, Really, REALLY hard for me to keep secrets!!! So, we made a pact that we'd think of cute and clever ways on how to tell the Grandmas, Grandpas, and Great-Grandma Rose during the 4th of July Weekend.