Pregnant. For Real.

So, rewind to June of 2010.

My last post was June 13, 2010, which was the posting about getting our baby... baby puppy that is. :) At that same time, I was in denial that we would be getting a real baby. A human baby. One that we created, and didn't buy from someone else.

At the beginning of June, Ammon kept telling me "Ali. You are pregnant."

"No, I'm not. I'm just late, but I've been late every month."

In my head and in my heart I knew that wasn't the case this time. I was in denial. Plain and simple. It wasn't that I didn't want a baby but I wasn't, WE weren't, planning on one just yet. I finally went to the store and bought a stinkin' test. It took all my courage to pull that thing out of the package and do what you do with a pregnancy test. Those two minutes were long. I finally looked and sure enough. Two lines. Pregnant. I only took one test because I knew. I had been feeling a little tired, and a little yucky. Nothing bad, I just figured I had a "bug". Nope. Pregnant.

Ammon's brother Evan, and his wife Savannah had just announced that she was pregnant. I think my face maybe went red when they told us. How exciting! NONE of us were expecting these little curve-balls life was throwing.

I called the Dr. and went in for my first visit June 22, 2010. Sure enough, it was confirmed once again. Pregnant. :) Due February 1, 2011. I was excited by this point, and nervous, and all the other emotions you feel when you don't know what to expect. It didn't seem real.

We were planning to announce when I was past my first trimester and out of the danger zone. I was too anxious for lots of reasons, so we announced over the 4th of July weekend, so I was 9 1/2 weeks at that point. Our families were excited and so were we.

Back to the Dr. at 12 weeks, (July 20). First he let me hear my own heartbeat, then we got to hear the baby's. It seemed like it took forever for him to find it. He had the Doppler on and kept moving it around and around… we waited, nothing. Then all of a sudden we heard a swoosh-swoosh-swoosh. It was so fast! And so exciting! There IS something in there after all. For Real.