So it begins...

Ta-Da! Yup, it's true...Darrell and I are expecting our first baby! How exciting, huh? A baby is the ultimate gift of love between 2 people...here's the story...

On January 27th, I went to the store and bought a pregnancy test. I missed my period in January, and began experiencing breast tenderness, facial breakouts, and cramping. I knew something was up...my body felt a bit different. I took the test and it was positive within 2 seconds. I was so excited, and with my luck Darrell was out at sea that whole week and was due back Friday! I really didn't want to tell him over email, so I bit my tongue for 2 very LONG days. I ended up back at the store and bought a 3-pack of pregnancy tests, just in case LOL. I took 1 more later that same Wednesday, POSITIVE. Took a second test the day Darrell was due back, POSITIVE. I have thought about this day before and thought about how I would tell Darrell...so I skipped to Target and bought a baby bib that said "I Love Daddy" and wrapped it up with all 3 pregnancy tests. I had dinner (yummy BBQ ribs) ready on the table when he got home from his long 5-day journey, and had the present waiting for him on the table. He was pretty anxious and had no clue, after all this was very unplanned...so I let him open it first thing, plus I couldn't hold it in any longer. He saw the bib first and there was a huge smile planted on his face, his eyes glowed with excitement and teared for joy. We hugged eachother, laughing with happiness, for about 10 minutes. The moment was perfect, and will never be forgotten, which is exactly what I wanted to accomplish. We spent the rest of the night talking about our future bundle of joy.

So we've known about the pregnancy for 3 weeks now. I had my first visit with my general doctor, who confirmed my pregnanacy and is mailing me a referral to finally see an obgyn...Triwest doctors are pretty slow, unfortunately. So that's our next step! In the meantime, we have told the majority of our families and our best friends, we've been reading parenting books, and I've been doing prenatal yoga 3-4 times a week because it's great for your body during pregnancy and also, the whole labor process :)

I'm going to be blogging day-to-day about my pregnancy for other new mommies out there. I'm a very private person...and not the type to be blowing up facebook/myspace with all of my signs and symptoms because not everyone wants to hear that stuff (especially guy buddies), so if you want to know what's going on and really want to know everything about my pregnancy then you can come here and read all about it!

I'll also be sharing tips and things like coupons with other future mommies out there, so reading this blog might be a benefit for you! :)

xoxo Dez