How did that happen??!!

No one will be as shocked as we were!  I can hardly believe we are going to have another baby.  Yes, it's true.  March 3, 2013, is the due date.  Tj came home June 4!  We found out right after we came home from our Germany trip.  The kids weren't home yet and I took a couple of tests.  The dollar test was negative and I thought that it was wrong, so we bought a more expensive one and took it just a few hours after the dollar test - and yep - we got a positive.  Moving was soooo hard for me.  I think it must have had something to do with the hormones.  I cried all the time, I slept all the time, and I felt sick all the time.  I'm sure the kids wondered what in the world was wrong with me.  We had to wait for what seemed like forever to be able to go to the doctor.  We had to wait for insurance to get switched over, wait for a referral to an OB (which seems crazy that I had to do that!), and then wait for an available appointment with the OB.  FINALLY we got to go to the doctor on August 22.  When you find out your pregnant on June 22, having to wait until August 21, to go to the doctor seems like a lifetime!  We told the kids the night of August 23.  We video taped it and I'm so glad we did!  Their reactions were just priceless!  We had ultrasound pictures of the baby with one saying "hi Tyler" and the other "hi Brenalee."  We gave them those pictures and asked if they knew what it was.  At first they thought it was themselves.  We said no, guess again.  Then they got all excited and said "Aunt Steph is having a baby!!!"  Ummmm, no - that would be bad seeing as how she's not married quite yet!  Finally we just had to tell them it was their baby brother or sister.  Brenalee was so excited - she was jumping up and down, squealing.  It was great.  Tyler just sat there and told us we were making this up.  He honestly didn't believe us until the next day! 

Then, Friday August 24, we told my parents.  It was their 40th wedding anniversary (the Ruby anniversary) so Steph made red velvet cupcakes with ruby rings on top - and a plastic baby in the middle!  We all were on Skype and they bit into their cupcakes and were very surprised to see a baby there!  They knew it was me since Kim isn't able to have any more kids and I guess they knew it wasn't Steph.  It was so much fun.   Except when my dad said "Tj did you count the days on that due date???!!!"  Uhhh, thanks dad!  Yes, we know it happened the day Tj came home!

So, now with everyone knowing and being excited, seeing my baby opening and closing it's little mouth, kicking and moving on the ultrasound, how can I not be excited??  The fear is gone, and I just feel happy and I can't wait to meet this special little person!

 12 weeks - August 19, 2012, I was, as usual, having a hard time keeping my eyes open for the camera!  I think Tj took this picture 20 times and this was the best I could do...I get it from my mom!  Not a lot of change, but things do feel quite a bit tighter around my waist now!