Big News!!!

Surprise!

We're having a little baby Allen! For some of you, this may not be a surprise as you have been doing some of your own detective work. We found out the day before Mother's Day and being the sweet husband that he is, Bryan bought me flowers for my first ever Mother's Day! I "did my business" on the stick and left it and Bryan in the bathroom while I changed my clothes. About ten seconds later, an exclamation of, "Holy [swear word]! It's pregnant!" broke out from the bathroom. Yay!!!

Chandi's Reaction - "Wow. I can't believe it!"

Bryan's Reaction - "Wow. I can't believe it!"
Later that day, we were both still a little bit in shock, so after a little bit of encouragement, we bought another test from the Dollar Store so we could confirm. Not even ten seconds this time. Pee, two lines. Immediate.

Not even shocked any more! Happy first Mother's Day to me and happy baby day to us!!
We kept the secret between only us for a whole month! It was a fun time for us and neat to have the secret just between us for a while. We told both of our immediate families on Father's Day! We sent Bryan's parents a picture text of the test and a message that said, "Happy FATHER'S/grandfather's day!!" After an excited phone call from them, we called Bryan's brother and sister-in-law. After another excited and fun phone call with them, we headed to my parents' house. We wrapped up all three pee tests (yes, I took three) for my dad's Father's Day present. He opened it and thought that we had given him a rectal thermometer.

"Uh. . .thank you. I don't have one of these."
After my mom poked her head in to see what the gift really was and did some explaining there was tears and jumping off the couch and hugs! So exciting! This will be the first grandbaby on both mine and Bryan's side of the family!

Of course my dad had to have his fun and try to wipe the "remnants" from the stick on Mandy.

We had our very first doctor's appointment last Tuesday where we got a party bag full of fun goodies!

Bryan got my some beautiful flowers for "Baby Day!" He was so sweet at the appointment and held my hand through the entire exam and while they took all of my blood. All of it. It was in the doctor's room that we got the best goody of all. . .we got to hear the heartbeat! It was so awesome for both of us and definitely stopped our talking.

And, finally, we told our extended families and friends for the 4th of July! We showed up to the party in these shirts (homemade by us):

Of course, everyone was thrilled! This will be the first great-grandbaby on my mom's side of the family! We are so excited!!! Our due date is January 15, 2009! We feel very blessed to have been given this special priviledge to be parents to a special baby. We can't wait for Ziggy the Zygote's - - Zig for short (as we have affectionately named it) arrival!!!