Keeping a secret...

For those that know me, you know how hard it has been (even though it's only been 3 days since we've known) to NOT be able to tell anyone about this pregnancy! It's like torture! I had to go back to work today, with the biggest smile on my face, and pretend that I was just in a great mood...on a Monday??!!

What a great day it was! I had encouraging emails from my sister all day long! She is just so excited to be an Aunt! Being Joshua's Aunt is my most favorite job in the world, and I can't wait to give Aunt Meggie a niece or nephew to love as much as I love "MY FAVORITE MAN!"

Before Vicki got to school this morning, I wrote a note on a sticky-note and put it on her desk to "see me as soon as she got in!" She came running over, already knowing what I was going to say! God lover her, she listened to my WHOLE story, all while knowing what was coming! What a great friend she is! She must have hugged me 10 times while the kids just waited and watched in the hallway through the door...

I think the coolest part of the day was learning that another teacher friend of mine and his wife are also expecting a baby around the same time that Baby Wray should arrive! They were trying almost as long as we were and found out at the end of last week that they were successful! He is an old baseball buddy of Zig's from high school, so maybe we'll have a big reunion on the Labor and Delivery floor of the hospital this fall! Wouldn't that be crazy??!!

I was so excited to get to school this morning to share my news with Vicki, but I also couldn't wait to call Dr. Grill's office and announce my 3 POSITIVE TESTS from the weekend! Dr. Grill is an absolute godsend! He made the process of the miscarriage, surgery, and recovery a much easier situation than it could have been. He was supportive, sensitive, and encouraging for our future of wanting a family. My instructions as we started "trying" again, were to call him when I was 1 week late OR got a positive test, whichever came first. The tests happened this weekend, and I was on the horn at 8:00 on the button this morning!

I ended up having to go for blood work this morning over my plan/lunch period, and I have to do it again in 48 hours. So on Wednesday, I'll go again. They'll be checking my hormone levels to make sure that they are rising! Growing levels mean a growing baby, so here's to hoping for sky-high hormones! I'll be sure to update the site after we hear from the doctor and get an official due date and first appointment!

Our evening in review...
Grammy Kathy came to town today and took us out for supper before heading back to Carlisle. She is just so excited, and I'm excited for her! TWO grandbabies in the course of one month would be enough to make me insane, but she is loving every second of it!
She brought us some sentimental gifts tonight too...for me, she had one of Zig's clay "candle holders" that he must have made in elementary school, and a wooden paper holder from middle school industrial arts! She has TONS of things from Zig and his childhood in his "Memory Box," and I love that she has shared so much of that box with me! She is the best Mother-in-Law! Stephanie and I are so lucky to have her... For Zig, she brought a very old silver lighter that had been his grandfather's. It is inscribed with the Burnham Firefighter emblem and Pap's initials, C.E.H. He loved it! She is just so thoughtful!

After we got home, Zig helped me with some house work before heading down to the firehouse. I sat in the back room of our house, which is slowly turning into the nursery, and read the most precious book I've ever read. It's called "God Thinks You're Wonderful," by Max Lucado. Baby Max got this book for Christmas and Manda shared it with me as soon as she heard our news. I was overcome with emotion as I read it out loud, almost as if I was reading it to my belly... The words to the book are spoken to a child to express how much God loves them. I feel so lucky to know that I'm pregnant, and I hope to share the love of God with my precious child. I want them to know that they were planned, very much on purpose, and created by God and its loving Mommy and Daddy! If I can make that clear to a child, my role as a Mother will be a success!

As I sit and write now, I should be correcting a whole basket full of papers from quizzes that my 6th graders took today, but it's quite obvious that I am so encompassed by this precious life in my belly and all that is to come!

I'll be sure to update the site when I have some news from the doctor!