And Baby Makes Three
I'm pregnant!!! I'm the momma-to-be to a little man! I'm gonna let that sink in... Oh my goodness! What an amazing blessing from the Lord!!
So this story starts a few months ago... I'm sitting down at our close friends wedding in my beautiful bridesmaids dress crying... I was so happy that they served garlic mashed potatoes it brought me to tears. Chris is sitting next to me and asks, "Babe, I know you cry at weddings but crying over the food they serve is a new level. Wait... do you think you might be...?" "No! there's no way we're already pregnant. Don't even go there." We had BARELY started trying, most wouldn't even call it trying. But we decided we were ready for a baby. The next morning I'm sitting in our bathroom watching the clock and waiting for the pregnancy test to develop. The test line showed up bright and dark red right away, but slowly and surely a faint second line began to appear. But it was so faint and nowhere as dark as the test line, I sighed a breath of relief and threw the test away. With in a few hours of taking the test I was feeling kinda sick, like motion sickness but without being in motion. I chalked it up to my fast approaching business trip to Australia which was 3 days away. I had never been that far away from home and I would be traveling without Chris which I didn't like the idea of. But I tried to reassure myself that he would be just 3 days behind me and we'll be together really quick. So the next morning I got up and got ready for work, and was feeling even worse. I took another pregnancy test just to put the matter to rest, two will definitely prove I wasn't expecting. But again a faint but slightly darker second line appeared... CRAP! Okay, I'll pick up a digital pregnancy test on my way to work. I get to work and make a beeline for the restrooms. I open one of the 4 boxes of tests I bought, took it, and waited for it to develop. Within 1 minute into the test I sneak a peek to see if it's still calculating, nope! In bold little letters my future was decided: PREGNANT No, no, no wait. I've heard such a thing as a false positive in these pharmacy pregnancy tests. I'm going to take a few of them to make sure...
6 tests later I couldn't deny the consistent results: I was PREGNANT
Years ago I had decided that the cutest and most personal way to tell Chris he was going to be a Daddy was by getting a onesie made that had the words written across it: "My Daddy is a Ghostbuster" with a Ghostbuster logo in the middle. I ordered it the month before we started trying and it was delivered the week before I found out I was pregnant.
After work I went straight home and wrapped the onesie in a box and waited for Chris to come home. But... I was already feeling most of my pregnancy symptoms and I ended up falling asleep hours before he got home. I woke up at 4:00am to find Chris home and fast asleep. I laid there trying to will the sun to rise but when I checked back at the clock it was only 4:03am. So I did what any woman with a HUGE secret does... "Honey..." Chris rolls over and sighs "hmmm mm" "Do you love me?" Realizing this wasn't going to be a short conversation he sits up and starts rubbing his eyes, "of course, are you nervous about your flight tonight?" "Not really, I just needed to talk to you about something." "Sure, just give me a second to wake up." We sit there in the dark as he rubs his eyes and reached for the light. "I made you something and I just wanted to give it to you because I can't wait any longer." Okay.... I hand him the box... he opens the top and pushes passed the tissue paper. He stops and looks at me, then back at the box. "Cassie, are you... pregnant?" He's so excited to say the word! When he looks back at me, my hands are to my face and I'm crying. "Yes!" He throws the box across the bed and hugs me. He wipes the tears from my eyes and asks if I'm okay? I yell, "NO! I've known for almost a day! And I couldn't keep it in! You're gonna be a daddy!" We held each other and cried, and then I tell him I already scheduled an appointment with my OB and we have an ultrasound scheduled for a week after we get back from our trip. My unofficial due date was March 23, 2015. After the excitement started to die down we fell asleep together giving the other one little squeezes of excitement... Now there's three of us.
Within two days of arriving in Melbourne, Australia my symptoms were in full swing: I was tired all the time, constant waves of nausea would hit out of no where, headaches, and emotions. There was no denying it, a baby is baking! I got threw the trip with very few issues, everyone on my team just assumed I wasn't dealing with the travel or time change well, but my spirits were threw the roof! One of my team members, Rachel, said for a girl who's not feeling well you've got a huge smile on your face! I did! With every symptom I experience I knew my baby was healthy and growing. Whatever sacrifices I needed to make, I was happy to do so. When we got back home we went to our first ultrasound and got to meet our baby. He was so tiny! But his heartbeat was strong! after we got our ultrasound photos and a green light from my OB that my pregnancy was perfectly healthy and progressing well, I was considered very low risk of any issues, we told our families! So much love and support surrounded us! Now our family gatherings are full of baby chats, belly rubs, well wishes, and talking about future scenarios of baby boy Tomlinson!
Hurry up little man! We can't wait to meet you!
