Breaking the News!

...I've waited to share this news, but I think it's time...

Okay, so Danny and I had an early Christmas present arrive on December 17th. We found out we are expecting our first child in August 2010! I said stay tuned, big things were coming this year, didn't I? :) I had been feeling really hungry all day and a little tired. Danny says I'm always tired, but I felt that something was different, plus I was two days late. So it was 10 o'clock Thursday night and Danny is in the basement playing WoW, I was sitting watching TV and decided that I would take a test. I knew that I would be utterly disappointed if the results came back negative, but I figured I would take that chance. A few minutes later I carry the test down to Danny, a little in denial of what I had seen. I showed him the two lines and asked "is there really two lines there?!" He said, yeah, what does that mean? I said, well, that means I'm pregnant! He was apparently in denial too because he asked me to bring him the box the test came in so he could take a scientific look at the instructions. Sure enough, it passed his test and we stood there in shock for a few minutes of the news. He asked me if I was happy and gave me a big hug. Are you kidding? Of course I was happy, I was ecstatic, speechless and in a complete awe of what my husband and I have created.

Once we celebrated for a few minutes I decided it was time for bed. HA! That was a joke! Seriously, who decides to take a pregnancy test at 10 o'clock at night and expect to sleep afterwards? So I tossed and turned and thought of all the changes that are ahead of us. The next morning I decided I better take one more test just to make sure that the night before wasn't a dream. Low and behold, I got another big fat positive!

I called my doctor Friday morning to set up an appointment to confirm the at home test. We went Monday afternoon and the doctor confirmed that I was exactly 5 weeks along. I had already calculated my due date, but they confirmed that as well. August 23rd, 2010! At this point it still doesn't feel 100% real. We scheduled my first sonogram/ultrasound for January 12th. I will be 8 weeks and 1 day along when we go to our appointment. It's so scary because I have friends who have gone through a miscarriage and that is the scariest thing to think of. We've been cautious on who we tell and I always sum the conversation up with "it's still really early; we are just praying everything turns out okay." Most miscarriages occur within the first 6 weeks but you can still miscarry up to the 12th week. I have prayed every night that we are blessed with a healthy and happy 10 months. I hope to hear the "swoosh, swoosh" to confirm the heartbeat at our first appointment. But, if God forbid something should happen, I hope he at least gives Danny and I the strength to move on and accept what has happened.

So, I mentioned before that we found out on December 17th, a week before Christmas! Danny and I wanted to surprise our families with the big news. Christmas is kind of our thing, we got engaged on Christmas so we thought it would be perfect to announce we are having a little one on Christmas. We picked out a Christmas ornament for each of our families that you are supposed to put a picture in. Since we didn't have an ultrasound picture yet I put "Baby Mudd Coming this August!" The look on our families faces was priceless! All my mom could say was "OH MY GOD, NUH UH!"

We are excited and nervous for the journey ahead of us. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers!