I contemplated should I take a pregnancy test? As I lay in bed I thought about how I would feel if it was negative. Then I considered how the past few months I have not even gotten to take the test before I knew I was definitely not pregnant.
I got out of bed and peed on a stick. I put the test down and looked at Facebook until the 3 minutes were up. I cautiously picked it up and there it was two blazing pink lines. I started to cry and shake a little in excitement and slight disbelief. I was supposed to be out this month because I traveled for work during prime time for conception, but nonetheless we hit the window.
As I stood up I realized it was true and said "Yes!" and gave a fist pump. I am a Jersey girl after all. Opened the bathroom door and then came the fun part.
Shaking my husband awake I exclaimed, "There is something crazy in the bathroom." Startled and groggy he proceeded to the bathroom and saw the positive test on the counter and turned and smiled at me. I was giggling with excitement. We embraced! We did it! Baby #2 is on the way!
I felt like those children in the Disney commercial and went back to bed and said, "I am too excited to sleep." So we talked and just thought about how soon we will be a family of four and how strange and crazy it is because at one point we weren't even certain we wanted children and now we might even want three.
An important realization hit. Our son is going to be a big brother. That is what we call him now. We immediately referred to him when he woke up as the little big brother.
I went to the store and purchased a shirt that says Big Brother. We went to my best friend's house to surprise her. She had just woken up and was startled and so excited.
She is the one person in my life I can count on to be as excited as I am about something that happens in my life. She is an amazing woman and I am grateful every day for our friendship.
We basked in the glow of the news together and watched my son play in his Big Brother shirt. It was fantastic. I told another friend via text with a picture of him in the shirt and next my parents will be coming by and they will see him in the shirt as well.
It is very exciting since they are in town visiting and last time we had to tell them by phone. I know they will be so pleased since they knew we are trying for our second. And now "she" is on the way. We are calling the new baby "she" because we have a girls name picked out already, but of course will be thrilled either way.
Her estimated due date is April 15th. Tax day! I think it is a great day to have a baby. And April has the best birthstone ever...a diamond! Here's to our diamond baby!!!
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