It's Official...Our Life has now Changed

June 29^th, 2012 – mine and Honey’s 10 year dating anniversary…and a huge day in our marriage. This morning we woke up and found out that Marriedhood would be turning into Parenthood in about 9 months! Our reaction…a huge slew of mixed emotions; but at the end of it: ecstatic and scared.

We obviously called the doctor that day, but she couldn’t see us until I was 8 weeks, this meant waiting another 4 weeks to find out that everything’s okay. So the waiting game began. The next week was the 4^th of July, so naturally, we head on over to Honey’s parents. D & L, and little 6-month old M (Honey’s brother, sister-in-law, and niece) decide to join us as well. L just knew something was up…I guess you can say it’s a new mother’s instinct. We wanted to tell Mom & Dad in a fun way, but trying to get Mom’s attention off of little Miss M was a difficult task.

When L was pregnant, Mom had a little count down trinket “X weeks until I’m a Grandma”. I sniffed through her cabinets and found it! At the right time, we set it to 35 weeks and placed it on the counter… Honey and I were on our toes the whole time, nervous as ever, just waiting for her to see it; only an hour later, Mom never saw it! We were all in the living room, with Mom on the floor feeding M, when Honey and I walked into the living room, holding the count down on my belly. Everyone screamed, all of us girls were crying, and there was Mom, stuck on the floor feeding M in tears because she couldn’t get up to celebrate!

Over the next three weeks, we only told 3 friends (to be exact, I told 1 and Mr. Honey told 2!). It was killing us to keep quiet. It’s such great news, but we couldn't share it! Then finally, week 7 ½ came, and we went to see Dr. D. The baby measured correctly, and the heart beat was perfect. She told us chances of losing it go down to 5%, so we were free to tell whoever we wanted to.

Pre-Natal Visit #1 Stats

7.5 weeks along

Pregnancy – Confirmed!

First Ultrasound – didn’t look like much, but there’s a baby baking inside of me!

Weight Gain – 0

Honey Bee’s Size – 7.5 weeks

Honey Bee’s Heart Rate – 155 – 158 (I’ll remember the exact rate next time)

So it is now official, Honey and I are going to be parents and we get to bring Mom and Dad their 2nd grandchild, and my mom and the Collins' side of the family their 6th grandchild!