So I decided a blog would be fun to have as we prepare, await, fret, dream, and instantly love this little baby that is now growing inside of me. But where do you start the blog story?? Well, we decided to start trying for a family this summer, I guess that is a place to start.
We have only been married a few months at that point but we have waited to find each other longer that expected and had no doubts that a family was what we hoped for so we took the leap of faith. And the idea of possibly having a truly international baby while on our trip to Italy this summer didn't hurt. We knew things would probably not happen quite that quickly but you never know. I had plenty of fears, knowing I'm 38 and watching other close friends struggle at different points in the road to a family, I was prepared and expected challenges.
Nonetheless, we started our journey this summer and were blessed in September to find out it was our time. I thought it might be time to take a test and deliberated doing it in secret and surprising Ben but I didn't seeing it playing out very well if a) I was disappointed by the test results or b) if the results were positive, how I would possibly keep quiet about it for more than two seconds. So, we sat side by side on the couch watching the minutes click by until the little stick said PREGNANT! Wow, talk about excitement and joy and shock!! I quickly drank another glass of water, took the other test in the box and then we called all of our parents that night. I took a blood test the next day and we got confirmation the following day. We thought next up we would be in the doctor's office talking do's and don't's and listening to the heartbeat. No, they politely told me; we will see you in a month. What??
