The Day We Found Out

We had assumed that we may be pregnant. I had the soreness, the back and headaches, but the worst of them all was the extreme motion sickness. We work in Downtown Phoenix, but live in Southeast Chandler. It is a good 45 minutes to get to and from work, not including the horrible Phoenix drivers. The drives were horrible. I dreaded going to work and coming home from work. It was still too early to tell though. So I'd take tests frequently, but always too early so they'd say no. Finally, there was a little bit of a chance that we could get a positive test. They say to take them first thing in the morning, so, at 4:45 am, before my run, before I even brushed my teeth, I took the best test ever. We got our positive result really early in the morning on May 9th. Eric wasn't up yet, but I couldn't stop myself. I probably could have done something cute, but I just ran in and scared him. He thought there was an emergency. Luckily, his gun wasn't in the drawer this time. My husband is not a morning person. He actually takes about three hours to really wake up. He was thrilled though. I skipped my workout and we just sat and talked about how amazing this is. 

Here are our first photos after finding out. I am make up less, blotchy (I cried. Duh), and was all ready to work out. He was sleeping and thought he had more than an hour to stay asleep. 

Our baby would be my parents' sixth grandchild and his parents' first. We had to tell them in a cute way. Unfortunately, I didn't take many photos. We made these little canvas sacks:

We put little gifts in them: a frame (it says "Grandma, Grandpa, & Baby Fitz"), the book "I Love You Forever", and a bib that says "I Love My Grandparents." We tied balloons to it, put them in a box, and brought it over on Mother's Day. They opened the box, balloons flew out, and they opened the sacks. Time for tears! They were over the moon excited. 

*Side note: I KEPT THE SECRET FOR FOUR DAYS. I DID NOT TELL MY MOM OR SISTER AT ALL. I DIDN'T BLOW IT. If you know me, that is the hardest thing in the world. I have a big mouth, especially when I am excited. This is the biggest news I ever had. 


Just so you know, I am a crazy person. Here are just four of the dozens of tests (no exaggeration, ask Eric).

Then my sister Amy and Mom did the nicest thing for me ever! Just so you know, I am the one that does this stuff for my family. I don't get surprises from my siblings. This was the nicest thing any of them have ever done for me. Amy and my Mom came over and decorated our kitchen while we were at work and left us so many gifts... gender neutral, of course. It was so fun to come home to!