Our Pregnacy Journey, Thus Far

So, since we spilled the beans about our little one, I figured it would be fun to go ahead and tell everyone our journey up to this point. It will also be nice to have it saved to look back on later. My pregnancy journal, of sorts.

Found Out We Were Pregnant: May 26th

I found out I was pregnant on May 26th at around 4 a.m. Jarrod and I had been trying for a few months, so there wasn't any "surprise" in that regards. I was about a day late, so we decided I would take a test the next morning. However, I kept waking up in the middle of the night to go to the restroom (from anticipation, mostly) and decided that I should just go ahead and take it. Might as well, right?! I can remember so clearly turning the test over and seeing the perfectly clear plus sign. I sat there in shock. In excitement. In pure joy.

I crawled back in bed, peeking over on Jarrod's side to see if he was awake. He stirred a bit, and then looked over at me and asked "So...?" I cuddled up next to him and just whispered "You're going to be a Daddy!"

Told Our Families: June 3rd

It was ridiculously hard not to tell our families right away. I wanted to tell Jarrod's family in person, but the next time we were going to see them was during his sister's graduation...which I was told explicitly by her not to announce that I was pregnant during that time. She is the youngest of four and wanted that day to be HER day. I totally understood, but at the time she told me we weren't even trying. We decided to tell everyone the day after her graduation. It was so hard not to just come out with it, especially when we got questions about when we were going to have kids. But, we kept our mouths shut so we wouldn't steal the focus from his sister's day.

His parents and all of his siblings came over to eat lunch together on Sunday afternoon. As we all gathered around the table, Jarrod stated that he needed to go grab the professional pictures from his MBA graduation (he had graduated just a couple of weeks prior). When he handed the envelope of pictures to his mom, she didn't see Jarrod in a cap and gown, but rather this:

It took her a second to process what she was seeing. She just looked up at us and asked "Is this for real?"

Later that same Sunday we flew back to Houston and drove to my parent's house that night. We did the same routine - Jarrod pretending to have MBA graduation photos. It took my mom a little longer to process it. Actually, she didn't get it at all. After a couple of minutes of trying to subtly explain what the picture really was, she finally got it. It was pretty humorous.

First Doctor Appointment: June 15th

I had my first ultrasound on the 15th at 7 weeks. We weren't able to hear the heartbeat (didn't have the Doppler machine set up), but we definitely saw it flickering on the screen. It was amazing. I cried. It made it so real.

First Time to Hear Baby's Heartbeat: July 6th

We heard the heartbeat at my next doctor's appointment when I was 10 weeks. It was 163.

That is pretty much it. I am now in my second trimester. Besides the occasional nausea, my first trimester was very easy. I am very lucky. I am now 15 weeks (about to be 16 weeks on Wednesday) and have heard the baby's heartbeat two more times - once was 159 and the other 152. We find out the gender at the end of this month and cannot wait. Definitely more updates to come!