So... about a month ago, Super Bowl weekend to be exact, Chris and I made a little trip down to Vancouver/Portland to visit the fam. Ana and Paul invited us to go to an open house at the venue where they're getting married and Ana and I planned to go dress shopping! Chris and I also had plans to go to the Shane Co. to get my ring fixed for the 4th time! We lost faith in the Lynnwood store after they screwed it up twice! Anyway, so we headed out there early Saturday morning to drop off the ring and then headed to Camas to meet up with Ana and Paul. But on the way there, we made a little pit stop at Fred Meyer's to pick something up. You see, I had this feeling...
And come to find out, the feeling was "positive"!!! :-) I've never been to regular, so I wasn't too surprised to be a little late, but with me shopping for a bridesmaid dress later that afternoon, I wanted to be 100% positive so I could pick out an appropriate dress!!! So Chris and I picked up the test on the way to Camas, feeling like complete dorks because we were walking through the store with a pregnancy test, and neither one of us had our rings on because they were at the Shane Co. getting beautified!! So we left the test in the truck while we checked out the open house, and the whole time my mind was flooded with what might be to come!
After the open house, I went straight into the bathroom, while Chris suffered in the bedroom, waiting for the outcome. It went to positive almost immediately, and I had to check the directions several times to make sure I was really seeing a positive. My mind was blown! I went out and got Chris and made him come in the bathroom and immediately started crying tears of joy!!! It's still pretty surreal even now!! So we collected ourselves and went outside to tell the fam, and Chris pretty much busted out "Stacie's pregnant!" in the most blunt way possible!! I, of course, started crying again, but it was pretty darn hilarious!!! So Ana, Jayden and I now had the task of finding a bridesmaid dress that would fit a 5 mos. pregnant chick!! And I think we did pretty darn good, if I don't say so myself!! The belly will fit fine... now if the chest area fits, that's got me a little more concerned! Ha!!!
That evening Chris and I headed into Portland to meet up with the Craft family at the bowling alley, and then back to the house for a little bit where I spilled the news to them!! I was pretty proud of the way I dropped it on Violet. I was showing her a picture online of the dress that I picked out for the wedding and explained that it was tough to pick out, because I didn't know how big I was going to be in May. She slowly shut her computer and looked up and was like, are you serious!? hehe! Yep!!!
Telling my mom was pretty fun, too. She loves the Willow Tree figurines and Chris and I gother one for Christmas, and we were joking about getting her the one of the pregnant lady. Well, we ended up sending her a picture of the pregnant Willow Tree figurine to her cell phone with no explanation. It wasn't long before I got a call, asking if I was trying to tell her something!? Again... yep! And immediately the tears flowed on both sides of the phone!! :-) I wish I could have been there to see her face!!!
When we got back to PA on Sunday evening, we headed straight to Jack & Barbara's to pick up Gracie, so of course, Chris and I had it all planned how we would tell them, too! At one point, Chris thanked them and said he was glad they enjoyed taking care of Gracie, because they'd have another one to take care to babysit pretty soon!!! Barbara's mouth dropped and the hugs began!! Telling folks was so much fun!! :-) But we purposely kept it to just family and our pastor and his wife for quite awhile.
Our first doctor's appt. was on March 5th and we wanted to hear it from the doctor that everything was okay before we got too vocal about our news! The appointment went really well! I hadn't established a doctor in PA yet, so it was my first time meeting Dr. Hennessey and Chris and I both really liked her!! They said I was about 10 weeks, so there was a slight chance that we would be able to hear the heartbeat, but it wasn't guaranteed. To our surprise, we heard it loud and clear!! It was SO strong... and fast!!! Baby C was beating about 160 beats a minute!!! So of course, the predictions started... fast heartbeats mean boys... yada, yada, yada. That would make Chris super happy!!! I'm pulling for a girl, but truth is... Chris and I are going to so excited for whatever we have, and that baby is going to be loved SO incredibly much!!!!!
So here goes nothing! Life is never going to be the same!!! My dreams are finally coming true!!!!
The Craft girls came up for a visit during their spring break! It didn't take long before the house was taken over by pink frills, artwork (for sale, of course!) and stuffed animals galore, which was a little tough for Gracie to understand they weren't for her! I had to work during the days, so they explored the marine center and the pottery place, and then in the evenings we hung out, shopped for curtain fabric and watched movies! It was so great having them here!!! They absolutely LOVE "Crazy Uncle Chris" as they've lovingly named him! And he was such a trooper, he's probably never watched so many girly cartoons in his life!! Haha!!! :-)
