It's no secret that I want to be a mom.
It's all I've EVER talked about.
EVER.
When I was a preschooler and my parent's asked me what I wanted to be, my response was,"the first person pregnant in high school." Really it's all I've ever dreamed about.
Every part of it. From conception until my wonderful children gather around my coffin to say goodbye. I have always dreamed of the day I would tell my husband that our lives would forever be changed and we are going to be parents! I thought it would go something like this:
Anyone else a Lucy fan and remember this episode? Lucy tried and tried to tell Ricky that she was pregnant but Ricky was too busy so she went to his club to surprise him. What really surprises me is that he didn't know she was pregnant because it's not like maternity wear was all that discrete in the 50's!
My husband works for the BSA (Boy Scouts of America) and we were trying for parenthood in the most stressful month for a District Scout Executive. The month of September is when they have School Night for Scouting and recruit kids by the hundreds to join the awesomeness that is BSA! In fact, my husband was opposed to the idea to try in the month of September because he was so busy. That was until I pointed out the fact that I only needed him a few times for like 5 minutes and if we indeed were to get pregnant the baby would be due in June, which is his slowest month, where I would need him for days! Well much to my shock, we had in fact achieved the almost impossible. (If you want to check out my journey to get pregnant click the link). When I couldn't get a hold of my busy husband I opted for a modern day Lucy style telling.
I texted him!
Here is the transcript:
(Shortly after I had privately taken a digital test at work)
9/22 8:02AM ME: Today is my early day. Wanna have lunch?
9/22 8:35AM HUSBAND: Sure
9/22 8:58AM ME: Cool. I get off at 1. Where do you want to go?
9/22 9:19 AM HUSBAND: Can we go about 1:30 I have a boy talk that starts at 1:15
9/22 9:47AM ME: Cool. Where?
9/22 9:49 AM HUSBAND: Cotton Patch?
9/22 10:08 AM ME: Sounds good. I have a gift card.
9/22 10:57 AM HUSBAND: Hey can't go to lunch have a united way lunch that I have to go to
9/22 10:58 AM ME: :( Will I see you at all tonight?
9/22 10:59 AM HUSBAND: Don't know
9/22 11:50 AM ME: Well I have something to tell you...do you want me to text you?
9/22 11:51 AM HUSBAND: Yes in a meeting.
9/22 11:54 AM ME:
9/22 12:02 PM ME: Your boys work. (In case he didn't get the picture)
9/22 12:27 PM ME: Are you at Home Depot yet? (sorry, inside joke)
9/22 12:29 HUSBAND: No I am at franks wishing I could pound beers.
9/22 12:35 PM ME: Are you freaked out! I wanted to tell you over lunch or tonight!
9/22 12:35 PM ME: ?
9/22 12:38 PM HUSBAND: I am trying to block it out by listening about the texas state budget
9/22 2:11 PM ME: Are you running away?
And that is how I told Carl we were expecting. For the record. He didn't run away. Very much the opposite. He has stuck by me more than ever before and I am so excited to see what kind of dad he is going to be! I would just like to point out that I asked him if he was running away at 2:00 PM because you would think that as soon as the meeting was over that he would have called me!!!!! Nope. Not Carl, my mild mannered husband, went about his day like normal. In fact the next time I saw/talked to him was later in the evening!
So now I blog. I am going to try and back it up and do a week by week sort of a journal for my own personal records. If you know me, you know I am kinda blunt and I don't hold back. I apologize in advance if some posts are too graphic. There are things about pregnancy that NO BOOK will ever tell you! I promise I will give fair warning to the posts about poop. Yes, there is a poop post in the works! Carl and I appreciate any prayers or good thoughts you may have for our family and I hope you join us on our newest journey!
