A lot has been going on around here!
Let’s rewind the clock a bit…
December 4, 2011 (Day One):
I’m pregnant. I just peed on a stick and I think, I think, I see the faintest line. Or is it a line? Jesus, they shouldn’t choose lines for this; lines are too easy to draw in your mind and pretend you see. When you pee on a stick and you’re pregnant, the test should light up, play a song, and spit out confetti. There should be no room for interpretational error.
I call my husband up from downstairs. I need a second opinion. I’ve played out the scene of telling my husband that we’re going to have a baby in my head many times. I had envisioned hiding a message in a fortune cookie, or perhaps sticking a note around our dog’s collar. Never did I dream about calling him upstairs to handle my pee stick and tell me whether or not I’m hallucinating. But in this moment I realize that there is no time for my cutesy shenanigans. This is not a movie scene. I must know if I’m pregnant NOW and if I am, I must tell him immediately.
We agree there is a very faint line. Excitement. Doubt. I decide to take another test, but I’m out of pee. He runs the faucet and sings songs about rain until I can calm down enough to work my magic again.
This time it’s clear.
Holy crap. It worked. We’re creating a human.
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Reflection: I took that test at 4 weeks, 4 days pregnant. It was my seventh test that week, and the first, err, second one, to turn positive!
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Congratulations, that is so exciting!
Thanks Stacy!
Congratulations!!!! What exciting, wonderful news!
Thank you, Emily!
🙂 Congratss!!
Thanks Sana!
Awwwwwww, congratulations that is so exciting!
Thank you!
dragon baby! <3 congrats lara!
Yesss! Haha thanks Sue.
congratulations!!!
Thanks Brandi!
Congrats!!!!! So exciting!
Thank you very much!
So, so happy for you guys! A real baby to add to your furry ones!
Hehe…indeed! We haven’t broken the news to them yet 😉
Ah!! Lara! SO HAPPY for you two! Hope you are feeling well!!
Thanks Leah! I’m starting to feel better (finally) for the most part, thank goodness!
I’m so excited for you guys!
When I was pregnant with the kid, we (hubby & the “then teenager”) weren’t sure if there was a line either. To have a “control,” hubby made the teenager pee on a stick! The conclusion drawn was that the teenager wasn’t pregnant, but I was! 🙂 Yes, we are weird… But I guess desperate times call for desperate measures… 😉
Haha! Well that seems more sensible than taking a million tests like I did to confirm it 😉 Pretty funny though!
Yay! So happy for you mama!!!!!
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You too mama! <3
Lara, you look gorgeous and SO happy! CONGRATS!! What amazing news — I look forward to reading more! XOOX and welcome to the world of mamahood!
Awww thanks Lissa!
Congratulations! Wonderful news! 🙂
Thank you so much!
Yay!!!! I’ve been waiting for this post! Hope you’re starting to feel better, Mama 🙂
I am, thank goodness. Thank you Andrea!
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! im so so excited for you guys!! hooray! gah. no words will do.
Thanks Elise 🙂 Let’s just hope s/he likes hummus, right? 😉
absolutely!
Ahhhh!!! Congrats on adding a little human to your family! I am so happy for you guys. My Instagram feed is going to get so much better with the addition 😉
LOL. I’ll try not to flood Instagram too much. We’re not sure how the fur babies will take the news 😉
Lara,
You know I couldn’t be more happy for you and Matthew. 🙂
P.S. Hate the lines and only buy the digital tests now. My lines were always questionable, and I love the “yes” or “no” of the digital tests. Much easier!
Heabie, I should have broken down and bought the digital tests, but I’m cheap 😉 I suppose I took so many of the regular tests that it would have been more economical to invest in the digital test, in retrospect!
Thank you for all of your love and support <3
Congrats Lara!! What an exciting way to bring in 2012 🙂
It is indeed! Thank you!
EEEEEEEEE!
Oh I’m SO EXCITED for you Lara! Ha, and my last comment was about how my eating changed so much during pregnancy – you did good not spilling the beans! I took a test at 11 days post-ovulation and told everyone a day later. I suck at keeping secrets.
I can’t wait to travel this journey with you. If you ever have anything you want to ask or talk about I’m an open book.
Congrats to you and your growing family!
Thank you Jessie! Haha yeah, your last comment made me laugh, because being pregnant has obviously changed my relationship with food drastically!
I’m been trolling through all of your old pregnancy/baby posts for advice and tips 😉 I may take you up on your offer for talking at some point…I have so many questions! 🙂
Congrats! Maybe you’ll have a future DG on your hands 😉
Thanks Katharine! I hope so 🙂
Many congratulations! How exciting 🙂
Thanks Rose 🙂
YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! Congratulations to you and Matthew!
Thanks friend! We’re super excited 🙂
OMG Congrats Lara!!!!! So so happy and excited for you!! We’ve actually been trying to I’m super excited to follow you along this journey 🙂 A couple other bloggers just announced their pregnancies so it looks like 2012 will be a big year blog land! 😉
Oooh really? I need to catch up on my blog reading! Good luck with TTC, and thank you for the well wishes!
Congrats, congrats, congrats!!!!
Thanks Mags!
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! AND YAY I CAN FINALLY TALK ABOUT IT!!!
AHHHHH SO EXCITED SO EXCITED SO EXCITED SO EXCTIED!
😀 That’s exactly how I feel! 😉
yayayyayay! you’re wear pregnancy so well! congratulations!
That is very kind, thank you Betty!
Ummm OMG.
This just made my morning!!!
I am so excited for you girl!!! 🙂 <3333
Thanks Floey!
Congratulations!!!! So exciting!!!
Thanks mama!
Congrats Lara!!! I’m so excited for you and your hubby!!!! Yay!!!
Thank you, Melissa! It’s so nice feel the love 🙂
Wow, congratulations Lara! You and your man must be so excited. You re-cap of the events had me in stitches, especially when you likened telling your husband you were pregnant to popping the marriage question (at least that’s what it had me thinking of!). And how polite of him to run the faucet.
LOL. It’s funny you noticed that, because I’ve often noticed that women treat this situation similarly to how men treat proposing marriage! Alas, it was not nearly that dramatic 😉
WOW!!! Awesome! So much fun! What an incredible writer you are-that would be a great first page to a book….. I loved keeping a calendar/journal with all the crazy details when I was pregnant.
Enjoy! It’s a special time in your life.
Aww thank you, Susie! Hope you are well 🙂
Congrats to you and Matthew! So exciting – I know you’ll be the best Momma. Hugs!!
Thanks for the vote of confidence, Biz…it means a lot 🙂
Congratulations!!!
Thanks Andy!
Ahh that’s wonderful news! Congrats, Lara!! 😀
Thank you, Tiffany!
Congrats, Laura! I’m 14 weeks pregnant today, looks like we’ll be due right around the same time. You’ll be such a great mom!! 🙂
Congratulations, Cortney! Yay for August babies 🙂 And thank you for the kind words.
congrats!!!! so happy for you guys!!! YAY
hugs
L&M
Thanks girls!
YEEEESSSSS!! WWEEEEEEE best post to date from every single one of your blogs lovely lady bug!!! 🙂
mucho congrats!
Laural
aka bhealthy
aka being healthier
Thank you, friend! <3
AWESOME!!!! Congratulations girl, you’re well on your way on an awesome adventure. YAYYYYY! When’s the due date?s
Thanks Ruby! Due August 8 🙂
Congrats. Enjoy every minute of the wonderful things ahead of you!
Thank you Leslie!
CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks Ashley!
So, so happy for you, Lara!
Thank you Marisa! It’s so nice to have everyone’s well wishes 🙂
Congrats!!!
Thanks MamaHTP!
Congrats – how wonderfully exciting!!
Thank you Rachel!
whoa! congrats! i can’t even get a period lol.
Thank you for the congrats!
Congratulations!
Thanks Lori!
Hee hee hilarious how you tell the story. May have been less romantic than a fortune cookie/dog collar note, but it made for a hilarious story!
Hugs, congrats & we both can’t wait to see you!
Hehe, thanks Auntie Deb 😉 We can’t wait to see you guys, too!
SO EXCITING! Congrats 😀 I totes will be “peeing on a stick” many times before I think it could actually be right- it’s fun to think about but the reality of it must be a huge adrenaline rush!!!
It certainly is! Thank you!
Yayyyyy! So fabulous
🙂 Thanks!
YAY! So excited, and wishing you the best.
Thank you Katy!
say whaaaaa! congrats!!!! sure am glad i never mark all your posts as read, even after mexico trips 🙂 SO excited for you!
Awww that makes me smile 🙂 Thanks JBean.
Oh Lara! I still don’t know what to say except congratulations 🙂
LOVE this post. So simple and it’s lovely to hear what happened that day.
And CONGRATS! Congrats congrats congrats!
Thank you for this sweet comment, Rachel!
Congratulations Lara!
What a great story you told in your post. It’s simple yet I can sense the joy, happiness and excitement on that moment you found out.
You will be a great Mama.
Thanks Lea <3
This would be the exact way Adam would find out. I’ve taken dozens of ovulation and pregnancy tests… those damn lines definitely play tricks on you.
Congrats again!!!!
I’m glad I’m not the only one who thinks so! Thanks Elina 🙂
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