1 year ago today...

 This is what I woke up to...

Today this is what I woke up to...

December 2008, we decided that we would no longer stop trying to get pregnant. I called my OBGYN and told her that I was going to stop taking the pill and asked how long we should wait. They told me 3 months. January was my last month on the pill. We waited 3 months before trying just like the dr said. We did this by charting my ovulation, but doing the opposite of everybody else. At exactly 3 months, we quit doing that and just decided to see what happened. We were very suprised and thankful at how fast we got pregnant because it seems like everybody we know was either having a hard time, or had had a hard time.

It is amazing how much has changed this past year. Last year, the week before June 20, I had been talking to a few of my coworkers about the possibility of being pregnant. I kinda laughed it off since we weren't really trying, we just weren't doing anything to stop it. On Friday June 19, we were making plans for the weekend. There were talks about going to OnTap. When I thought about this, I got this bad feeling that it wouldn't be a good idea to enjoy a glass of wine that weekend. I contemplated about taking a test the rest of the night. That night Robert had talked to his mom and she was really excited about a family wedding in Hawaii. She said it was going to be in February and that she wanted everybody to go; she would even pay for our airfare and hotel. We were so excited because we both really wanted to go to Hawaii.  So later that night, Robert went out with his friends, and I went and bought a pregnancy test. I don't think he had any idea that I was going to take one that next day. Since Robert works on Saturdays, he would usually get up before me, but that morning I had to get up early for Martha's baby shower. On Saturday, June 20, I decided to take the test before he left. I was shocked when it came up positive. We were both excited but agreed to not tell anybody because we wanted to suprise them. So I sat through Martha's entire baby shower, being the only person there that knew I was pregnant. That was so hard to do because I was so excited about our news. So after the shower was over and it was time to go home, I was about to bust. I had to tell somebody so I had Martha walk me out and I told her before I left. It felt so good to tell somebody, but we didn't tell anybody else until the next day, which just so happened to be Father's Day. We had all went in together to get my dad race tickets and Robbie and Martha had bought his card from all of us. Even though he already had a card from us, we gave him another Father's Day card and signed it "Amy, Robert, and baby to be (due February 2010)". My dad then said, " Does this mean what I think it means?" and gave us this expression...

I'm so glad we got that on camera because his face was priceless. My mom was so curious about what the card said so we then handed it to her and this is the expression we got, follwed my a ton of screaming and jumping and almost choking me to death...

We then went to my Aunt Evelyn's house and shared the news with her. That night we had dinner with Robert's family and we decided to share the news then. We were all sitting around and talking about the trip to Hawaii and Robert said, "I don't think me and Amy can go." and Robert's mom asked why. He then said, "Because I don't think it would be a good idea for Amy to fly in her thrid trimester." Everybody then freaked out. I wish we could have gotten that on camera. It was so exciting to share this news with our family on such a special day. We decided to wait and tell everybody else later. Some we told after my 8 week appointment and other's we waited until I was out of my first trimester. I am so lucky to have such an amazing little guy.

Since today was Robert's first Father's Day, celebrating the anniversary of when we found out we were pregnant on the same day made it extra special. I will do a separate Father's Day post soon.  I hope everybody had a great Father's Day because we did!