Announcing

I found out I'm pregnant on Friday, November 21.  I guess I had imagined myself coming up with a cute way to tell Robert I was pregnant whenever the day should arrive, but when it actually came I couldn't wait to do something cute and had to tell him right away.  He didn't know I had purchased a pregnancy test let alone that I had taken one, so I came out right away and just asked, "Does this mean I'm pregnant?"  It wasn't cutesy, but it was totally us.  We hugged, and he got a little teary eyed.  It was a sweet moment, and then 30 minutes later we left to fly to Texas. haha  It was a bit surreal to say the least.  We came back after a weekend away, and I called the doctor on Monday to set up an appointment.  Then we just waited and waited until the appointment day came.  I told two girl friends before the appointment - MaryBeth and Andrea.  It was sweet to share it with them.  Robert told a co-worker.  I kind of didn't let myself believe that it was real until we had the appointment.  Although, the frequent sickness did indeed remind me that it was real all too often.

When I called to make the appointment the secretary recommended December 12, but I pleaded with her to make it December 10 so we could tell our family when they came to town for R's graduation.  She thought that sounded perfect and managed to squeeze me in.  When our family arrive on December 11 it was so hard not to blurt it out right away, but we managed to keep our lips sealed until lunch after graduation.  I guess this tells it all:

After we told R's graduation guests we made several phone calls, Skype calls, and FaceTime calls to Jim, R's sister Bethany, Pepaw, Grandma and Grandpa, and Robert's grandparents.  They were all so excited!  We waited a couple of weeks and called my aunts.  Apparently I'm a better secret keeper because I didn't find it too terribly hard to keep it secret once we had told our parents.  Of course I'm excited, but I guess I just set my mind to it that we wouldn't share until the first trimester was over.  We decided to tell our Sunday School class before we moved because we wanted to celebrate with them in person.  I also told my supervisor and co-workers about baby when I was giving my two weeks notice.

At SDC this Christmas.  What's your guess?  Boy or Girl?

Mom put together this photo yesterday.  The picture shows Mom's baby quilt, the cradle Pepaw made for Jim and me, the quilt Memaw made for me, and the rabbit Grandma made for me.  I love sentimental family stuff!