I know. I haven't posted in FOREVER. Long story short... I don't have internet at my house and whenever I'm somewhere I can access blogs I spend my time reading others' instead of updating my own. But, the time has come. I'm finally posting on my own. Hopefully I still have readers. :)
First of all, how do you like the changes to my blog? I came across a way fun site called the cutest blog on the block that has some super cute templates and had too much fun changing things up a bit. I'm still wanting to put together a really awesome header, so look for that to come.
And secondly... we have some news! Most of you have probably heard already, but here is the "official" announcement. I'm pregnant! We found out on March 24th. My family had come to visit for the weekend, and it was in the morning just before they left that we found out and were able to send them home with the happy news. My mom is so excited to be a grandma! We had been trying for about 3 1/2 years to get pregnant. I can't even count how many pregnancy tests we went through hoping it would be "the one." I finally got to a point where I just stopped obsessing over it and felt, if it's going to happen, it'll happen. And I knew it would happen sometime. So it had been about three weeks that I had been feeling symptoms of my period coming on without anything showing up. That was the longest that's ever happened and so with a little wonder I suggested we get a pregnancy test. John woke up before anyone on Monday morning and went to the store to buy one. He came home and put it next to me in bed and then went back to sleep. From the time he put it there until I got up I was having a crazy dream about me taking a pregnancy test and that it came out positive. I say "crazy" because the test itself was completely bizarre. So when I woke up and was ready to take it, I was filled with anticipation of it being positive because of my dream. However, there was also a healthy dose of skepticism because of all the negatives in the past. I took the test and placed it on the floor and watched the lines move across the screen and the first words out of my mouth when I saw this:
was "shut up!!!" A few seconds later John slipped into the bathroom to see what the result was and began shaking when he heard the news. We exchanged a tear filled hug together before we ran out to tell the news. It was such a joyous moment! After my family left we took pictures together with the timer on my camera. I like the first one best and John likes the second one better. So, I'm sharing both!
Around 12 weeks we had our first ultrasound to hear the baby's heartbeat. It was the neatest experience to see that little life inside of me! We loved it! The technician printed out a picture for us, but we were disappointed because it didn't look nearly anything like what we got to see on the screen. It just looks like a little blob. It reminded me of a potato, and so we nicknamed the baby "our little potato." Right after the ultrasound John and I began referring to the baby as a "he" for some reason. We laughed and said, it'll be a "he" until he comes out and he's a "she!"
Then for some reason, in between 12 weeks and 20 weeks when we had our second ultrasound, we both became fairly sure that we were really having a girl. So it came as quite a surprise to us when we found out that "without a doubt"... it's a BOY! I had tears of gratitude streaming down my face as I laid there. It was such a special moment. And one that I fought for, I must say, since John wanted to wait until we had the baby to find out what we were having. I told him I'd like to have one of each first, and then after that they can come as surprises. :)
We are thrilled to become parents and looking forward to the beginning of November when our little Joseph Allen Humphries will enter our arms and become a permanent part of our family!
