oh baby, baby!

So the last seven days have been rather insane to say the least. It will be a long time (if ever) before I forget the phone call I had with the nurse last Wednesday. I had called the doctor to get some medicine, but they didn't want to order it until I had a pregnancy test done. When I called the doctor back on Wednesday, I was shocked to find out I was pregnant. The nurse's first question, were you trying to get pregnant? Uh no...why would we be trying to get pregnant...we are adopting a baby in September. I went through probably a hundred thousand dollars of infertility tests and procedures...why would I think that I could get pregnant now with no interventions? The nurse just chuckled and scheduled by first ob appointment for last Friday morning.

Below is a picture from the ultrasound. It was hearing that heartbeat and seeing it on the screen that made me finally realize this is real.



I went back to Peoria this weekend and gave the news to my family. I also had the chance to attend a wedding reception for a distant cousin who got married. I would have attended the wedding, but I opted to stay home with my nephew who was sound to sleep. It was nice having 3 hours in the car each way to sort through all the emotions and also gave me time to call a lot of people who hadn't heard the news yet. By Sunday night, it had finally sunk in and was moving into the excitement phase.

I have started working on the second nursery and will post some pictures when it's complete. I finally feel like I getting a handle on this crazy, but good new life that is coming my way.