February 9th was the day we found out. Cody had been golfing (shocking I know) and I just had this crazy feeling that I was pregnant. Without getting into too much detail, it was still a little early to be sure in other ways, but I thought I'll go get a test and see what happens. I wanted to do it before Cody was home, but he pulled up in the driveway right after I did. I hid the bag in my purse and waited a while. He was checking his email at the computer, so I hurried into the bathroom to take the test. Within seconds it came up "Pregnant." I must have stared at that thing forever before really comprehending it. Then a HUGE smile came across my face and I ran into the computer room. Now, in my plans I had always thought I would have some kind of #1 dad hat or card or something cheesey like that to give to Cody when I found out I was pregnant, but when the actual moment came I completely ruined all those plans. I ran into the office and put my arms around his neck and had the test less than a foot from his eyes. All he could do was say, "What? What?" and then, "Are you serious?"
We hugged and I cried and then we hugged some more. I told him I just had to go to Barnes and Noble so off we went in search of a pregnancy book. I must have read the back covers and part of every pregnancy book in the store until I finally decided on the one I wanted. We got back in the car and said that we weren't going to tell anyone until we knew everything was alright. So of course I kept that for all of 10 more mintues and I called Kelly (my best friend at work) and told her. I justified it by saying someone at work had to know in case anything happened, but of course I was just too excited to keep it to myself. The next morning we went to church and Cody's praise team was singing. He came up to me right before the first service and told me he had slipped and told his friend Kris. All I could do was smile because I knew he was just as excited as I was. I ended up calling my best friends from college later that night and Cody called a few friends as well. We were going to wait on family though, which seems a bit backwards, but we had our reasons. My mom's birthday was coming up and I thought that would be a great time to do it. Cody's brother and sister-in-law are pregnant too and we wanted to give them a little time to celebrate before we shared our news as well.
How We Told His Parents
We went up to his mother's office where his parents and brother were. Earlier in the day Cody had made this shirt (and when I say made, I mean white t-shirt with magic marker) that said #1 Dad (soon). We had been talking normally the entire time and then Cody told them we had some news - he lifted up his shirt and revealed the white #1 Dad (soon) shirt and his parents were literally in shock. It was so funny! Then there was lots of hugging and excitement and even more shock. Cody then went in the hallway and called his little brother and told him the news.
How We Told My Parents
Like I said earlier, my mother's birthday was coming up - February 16th. Now, let me tell you, it was beyond hard to talk to her on the phone and even plan a shower with her and some of her friends and keep it a secret! But I knew her birthday would be a perfect time so I did my best and I actually kept the secret! For her present I bought her a Grandma's brag book, a book called Grandma and Me, and two bibs - one that said, "What Happens At Grandma's Stays and Grandma's" and I honestly can't remember the other one right now - but it was grandmaish too. :) So on her birthday Cody and I went over there and we talked for a while and then handed her the present. As she was opening it she got this really confused look on her face and then started saying, "What? What is this?" My dad looked over and then looked at me and said, "Are you pregnant?" Even before I could answer yes he was already picking up the phone to call my grandmother. It was so my dad! :)
Needless to say, both of our families were shocked, but very excited. Our little baby is going to have two amazing sets of grandparents!!!
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