When the laundry is done, the house is clean, and the dishes have been put away...
I guess I'll blog about how I told Kaleb and our parents that I was pregnant.
So, you have to know, in October 2013(yes, two months after we got married) I told Kaleb I wanted to have a baby. This came as a shock to him because before we got married we were both very much on the same page about when we would start our family (after we were both done with school, so about two years). I was extremely baby hungry in October and it even caused a rift in our relationship because I thought it was because he didn't want a baby or start a family with me (ugh dramatic Deanna is NOT my favorite). We finally came up with a compromise - lets pray about it and go to the temple to find out if starting our family was meant to happen this soon. After weeks of praying and attending the temple, we had a very sweet moment together at the temple where we both received a very clear answer - our time would come in August. It was so comforting to know that the Lord was so mindful of us and we were both satisfied with the answer we received. So with that, here's how we found out we were pregnant!
Kaleb
So, I found out I was pregnant on September 9th. It was a Tuesday and I was supposed to start my period that previous weekend.
Thursday the 4th rolls around (the day I'm supposed to have my period) and I bought a pregnancy test from the dollar store, just in case. Nighttime comes around and no period so I took the test and it was.....negative. The next morning I told Kaleb that I had taken a test and that it was negative and how sad I was. He told me not to worry and that it might just be too early to tell and to try again after the weekend. Well, I am super impatient, so I bought another dollar store test and tried again only to get another negative. It was at that point that I totally broke down and was mad/sad that I wasn't pregnant. All weekend I was a mess and feeling really down so I texted my friend Ali to ask if she had success with a dollar store test (and she had...which made me a little mad and a lot jealous that I wasn't receiving the same results) but she was great at just reassuring me that it might be too early and wait a couple days and try again. So I did.
Tuesday, I went to Smith's and bought the expensive kind (ugh pregnancy tests are expensive!!) on my way to the rink. My friends/coworkers were already there at the rink because we had planned on skating together before we had to begin teaching the college skating classes that day. I ran to the bathroom and quickly took the test, praying SO HARD that I would see a little + sign. After the longest 3 minutes of my life, I looked down to see the test was POSITIVE!!!
Yeah you bet I took a picture. I was in shock it was such a clear positive!!
I could hardly focus after, but I went on the ice and skated...but I was careful, only doing stroking and a few easy spins. Definitely didn't jump! I was already starting to feel paranoid ;) All day while teaching, I was thinking of ways to tell Kaleb when he texted me that he had tickets to go to a Real Salt Lake meet and greet and how we were going to that.
It was the longest event EVER. I wanted to wait and tell him when it was just us so I waited for us to get home. But, on the way home I casually mentioned that lemon poppyseed muffins sounded really good for breakfast and asked to stop at the store. He's so kind and without hesitation said "oh sure!" So, we get home from the store and I open up the muffins and sit on the couch, asking him to sit with me. I took a bite and then asked him to hold out his hand. I placed a poppyseed in his hand and he promptly threw it into his mouth. Silly kid. I placed another one in his palm and held it open and told him, "this is the size of your child right now".
He kinda smiled while looking at the poppyseed but I saw the light go off as his eyes snapped up to meet mine and asked if I was serious.
After I told him "uh, yeah!!" he immediately pulled me in for the biggest hug I think he's ever given me and we both started crying. In that moment, my heart grew and I felt a deeper love for my husband and future father of our children than I ever thought was even possible.
Telling the In-Laws
We decided that we wanted to tell my in-laws that next Sunday, the 14th. It was really soon to start telling people but I'm horrible at keeping secrets and if anything were to happen, I would rather my family know rather than tell them after the fact.
The night before, we bought two books - "Guess How Much I Love You" and wrote in each of them "Please read to me May 2015!" as the method of how we would tell our parents.
Sunday, we went to my in-laws for breakfast and had a gift for them as a way to say thank you for putting together our new apartment for us while we were in Europe for a couple weeks.
Ahhh it is so fun to let people we love in on our little secret!!
Telling my parents
My parents came into town on the 18th for one of my good friend's Elise's wedding that weekend. That night, we gave them their gifts that we brought back from Europe....and one extra ;)
Next doctor's appointment is tomorrow morning!! I'm so excited to see if I have progressed anymore!!
