Josh and I found out in February that we were going to have a baby. I woke Josh up around 2am to tell him. He was in a deep sleep so it took a few minutes to register what I had said to him, when it did he sat bolt up right "Holy ...." Needless to say neither of us really went back to sleep that night. A few hours later as we were still awake we had this "WHAT NOW?" moment of panic, I've been told there will be many more of those to come.
It worked out that we were able to tell both sets of parents in person. Lola really did the telling. She sported a homemade shirt saying "I'm going to be a BIG sister." We're not really dog clothes type of people but it was pretty funny.
For those of you wondering, I have battled mild morning sickness usually culminating in a Saturday morning throw up. Lola is intensely curious about this whole thing and follows me into the bathroom. The first time she got her face right up next to mine as I got a little splash back and shouted for Josh to get the dog and bring me a towel. The next time it happened Brieanne and Brandon were over visiting. Josh had just finished painting our front door and as I ran upstairs I heard Josh calling after me (he had no idea what was going on) "How does the door look? Jen, what do you think of the door?" To which my sister responded, "I don't think she really cares about the door right now."
One of my favorite reactions to the news was my sister. Here is an abbreviated version of our email conversation. * Note: she is the first person we told.
Me: "can you keep a secret?"
B: "Yes."
Me: "I'm pregnant."
B: "Shut up, are you kidding?"
B: "Hello, write me back. Are you joking?"
* I'm furiously typing a response but I guess I can't keep up with bullet finger Brieanne.
B: "Well, if you are check out (insert list of like three or four baby websites here)."
Me, finally: "I'm completely serious but you can't tell anybody yet."
B: "When are you telling?"
Me: "April."
B: "APRIL?"
B: "is it April yet?" * note, this was back in February.
B: "When are you due?"
Me: "October."
B: "if the baby is born on mine and Brandon's anniversary might I suggest Brandianne or Brieandon as the name."
B: "is it April yet?"
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
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I have had the privilege of knowing 'first' about some sibling pregnancies and boy was it hard to keep it quiet...mainly these events came about because I was the out-of-town sibling and they were planning on telling everyone else together. Sometimes I had to wait a month to tell...sometimes only a week. BUT, waiting to tell everyone else usually lasted a couple months - not easy when one is bursting with joy.
I'm super excited to follow your progress on here! :-)
is it october yet?
JT!! woohoo! congratulations! We are very excited for you and Josh. exciting times. We too have a blog: landslide79@blogspot.com.
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