Hello friends... Emily and I have decided to start a blog to give our friends and family updates on what is going on in our lives since we found out our big news. Some of you might be wondering why I am writing the first post...seems a little weird that a guy would be doing the blogging. Well Emily and I have always done things a little different than most married couples. For example... There are many days I come home from work to find her working around the house on things that the husband generally does. Like blowing off the deck or painting something around the house. And as I write this blog I am also cooking us dinner. She loves to be a busy body fixing things and I love to cook and post pictures of our dog, Houston, on Facebook.
So that is why I have been nominated to keep our friends and loved ones up to date on what is going on with the family.
If you have made it this far in reading our blog, I guess I can go ahead and tell you the story of how we found out that our lives were going to change forever. We made the trip out to California for my brother's wedding on September 17th, where just about my whole family was staying at my parents house that was made into a compound to accommodate all the people that were in town for the wedding. I enjoy and want to stay married so I planned a trip to Vegas to give Emily a break from the craziness, that is my family, in the middle of our trip. So the next day Emily and I got in the car and made the 5 hour trip to Vegas for a couple nights of fun by ourselves. The first time I had a thought that Emily might be pregnant was while I was driving to Las Vegas and she slept the entire way. Our first night in Vegas we went to see the Cirque Beetles show but first ate at a really expensive Sushi restaurant where I jokingly made a comment when the bill came that she needed to hurry up and get pregnant cause sushi was too expensive. After the show we hit the blackjack tables where I couldn't lose a hand and she wanted to go back to the room cause she was tired. I seriously think I could have won enough to pay for our child's college that night...lol.
After Vegas, we set off for our 2.5 hour trip to Lake Havasu but not before one last stop at In-N-Out for the 3rd time. Emily usually will only let me have it once or twice on a trip but when she agreed for the third time it was my guess that the baby was making her eating decisions.
When we got to Lake Havasu we went out for a sunset cruise.
The next morning we went out for breakfast and that's when I decided to see if my intuition was correct. So after breakfast my parents had to run a quick errand so I decided to pull into a CVS Pharmancy. Emily looked at me and asked what I was doing? I turned to her and said, "you are pregant and I am going to show you before we go have drinks on the boat all day." So I went in and bought two tests and we headed to my parents house hoping to beat them back. I remember looking at her on the way back to the house and asking her if she realized that our lives were going to change forever, she again shrugged me off and said she wasn't. So when we got back I went outside on the patio and she took the test. A few minutes later she appeared from the door with the biggest look of shock on her face. I can't explain the feeling that I was feeling all at once...excitement, nervousness, happiness, so many emotions that I guess you only feel in that moment. Then my mom and Garry walked in so Emily walked over to my mom and showed her the test. I had taken a picture of the test on my iphone so I walked over to Garry and showed him the picture at the same time. Seconds later you hear the biggest scream coming from my mom's room. It was a moment that I will never forget.
From there the phone calls to our families began, I got on the phone and made an appointment with Dr. Williams for the following Monday, just 4 days from that time. The rest of the trip was amazing and here is our first picture together since we found out that our lives were going to change forever. Had she not taken the test that morning I would be willing to bet there would be something else besides water in that cup :)
On Monday we made our way to New Albany for our appointment. Dr. Williams is many of our friends doctors and I took pictures at his daughters wedding, we really like him! Here is the first picture of our baby from the 5 and a half week mark.
It was a little too early to hear the heartbeat so we went back the next week (6 and a half weeks) to hear the heartbeat. That for me was the coolest thing I have ever done.
The hardest part I have had is not screaming to the world that I am going to be a dad so Emily wanted me to wait until our next doctors appointment to make sure everything was alright
Dr. Williams wanted us to come back the following week and here is the picture from that visit. I was blown away on how much the baby had grown in just two weeks. This is the baby at 8 and a half weeks.
All in all Emily has been doing great. She is almost in her 10th week and has just had some nausea and lots of food aversions and is tired all of the time. Her due date is May 24th so we still have a ways to go. Thanks for reading our blog and check back with us soon.
Love,
Emily, Scott and Houston
