DINK - dual income no kids. Maybe it's just term that Mormons use. Since its kinda rare a married couple in the church doesn't have kids. We Mormons, we make babies. It's just part of what we do!
It was early Feb and I had a fever so I stayed home from work. I slept in late bc I felt like poo. I knew I was a couple days late but that had happened before so I didn't have my hopes up. I'd promised myself I'd wait one more day to take a test. Oh forget it! I crawled out of bed and took a pregnancy test. I'd taken several pregnancy tests before hoping for positive results. When they came back negative I'd convince myself that enough time hadn't passed for it to show positive. I'd wait a few mins and come back to look at that little stick only to find the same negative result. But this time was different. Whoa that says pregnant! It only took a few seconds for clear- blue- easy to make a decision this time. Holy crap! No way?! I'm pregnant?!? Next I did what every woman does. I ran to the store to buy another test. I bought the digital one that actually says "pregnant". That way there would be no mistaking. Whoa that one says pregnant too! OMG! It was only around lunch time and Rem wouldn't be home till after 5. That meant I had to keep my mouth shut all day...
We had been shopping for a kitchen table. When Rem got home I told him I'd found a table on Craig's list I wanted him to look at. But on my computer I had pulled up a crib. "Ummm???" was his initial response. Then I showed him the test. We'll just say Rem wasn't as excited as I was. Oh well! It was too late! Haha. This was ironic bc when we first got married, Rem was ready to start a family and I had NO interest- I mean literally none- only paranoia that I would get pregnant. Funny how we had traded places 3 years later.
Oh and my fever- turns out I had some unknown virus. Bc of it, my doc recommended a level 2 ultrasound for my 20 week ultrasound. The level 2 is a more detailed scan so we could make sure my virus hadn't effected the baby. And sure enough our little girl was fine! Plus I was elated to be having
a little girl I could dress in pink everyday!
We waited to tell our families until I was almost 12 weeks. I was so scared of telling everyone and then coming back and saying "actually I'm not pregnant..." Thankfully this didn't happen. We knew my parents would come to visit for my birthday at the end of March. That same weekend was the Bentonville half marathon, which meant all of Rem's siblings but one would be in town.
I racked my brain for weeks trying to think of a cute way to make the grand announcement. Finally, (with a suggestion from my friend Cindy) I decided to make Izzy the vehicle for the announcement. When people would ask if we had children, I'd respond by saying "Yes- she just has 4 legs!"
On that Friday night my parents got into town and Rem and I went to dinner with them. By this point, I was constantly sick. This particular evening, I was feeling pretty bad. So bad, I got sick in the restroom of the place we were eating. I was so afraid mom would notice I wasn't feeling well and figure me out. I couldn't stand keeping the exciting news from mom and dad so I talked Rem into letting me tell mom and dad that night. I showed them a pic on my phone of Izzy with her shirt on. Mom instantly squealed and burst into tears. Dad was a little slow. Lol but they were excited. Mom immediately began calling family members. It was her first grand baby so she had to tell the world pronto! The next afternoon we hosted all our family for lunch. And I put Izzy's shirt on an let her wander around as usual. It only took a few minutes for my BIL Kurt to spot Izzy's shirt. He and my SIL Abigail figured out the good news instantly. Then Izzy wandered over to my FIL, who just like my father, was a little slow. But everyone was excited!
When I was 4 months pregnant, I got 2 callings at church. One to teach in RS once a month- no sweat bc I'd done this before and love teaching. The other- girls camp director- but I only had 4 weeks to throw everything together! Yikes! But I did it! Camp was a success. Getting to know the girls was fun and I had great help from my assistant. Honestly my assistant was better with teenage girls and their attitudes! We had a blast though! My favorite part- building a fire and making s'mores. Those 2 things have always been in my favorite when it comes to camping.
In May we had a little roadtrip to Branson with a few other couples. We spent our time playing games, riding in paddle boats, hanging out by the pool and napping! Here's 4 of us getting some shut eye in hammocks! We also went to Utah for my cousin Becky's wedding. I was 17 weeks at the time. Which was about the time I got over being sick. Thank - good-ness! June was Girls Camp. Then in July Rem and I took one last kid free vacation - a baby moon! We went to St. Pete's beach just outside Tampa. We had a blast! Rem told me it was my vacation and we could do whatever I wanted. Meaning we would do nothing but sleep in late and lay on the beach. You see, Rem likes agendas for any trip/vacation. Typically my type A personality would appreciate this. But vacation means R and R to this girl! Our trip to St. Pete's was perfect. We relaxed and had a blast. We loved just hanging out in the waves. Or should I say my back?! Floating felt like such a relief to take the pressure off my lower back. One day as we were chilling in the ocean, a storm was starting. It wasn't raining so we didn't scramble into our room like everyone else did. We couldn't tell for sure whether it was raining down the beach or not. Well finally we got our answer! Oh crap the electronics! We had several in the beach bag. We booked it out of the water and ran to our room. I remember saying "I can only see out of one eye!" as I was frantically trying to dig the room key out of our bag. That day was so fun.
At the end of August I took a trip to Branson with a handful of sorority
sisters. We get together a few times a year at different places and we
always have a blast! Last year Megan announced she was pregnant. The
year before Alli announced she was pregnant. This year, Sara and I were
32 weeks pregnant! There was no missing our bellies by this point. We
shopped till we dropped (didn't take me long), had a nice dinner
(complete with leaving Cathy's number for our cute waiter- without her
permission! Hehe) and took a ton of fun pics! Who knew a group of
mid/late 20 something's could make Branson so fun?! When I got home, I
found a super sweet surprise from Rem. he had finished painting the crib
and dresser for the babies room that I had been working on slowly for a
couple months. Oh how I love this boy!
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| Enjoying a nap in hammocks in Branson with Nate and Laurel. Photo compliments of our buddy Aimee :) |
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| From L to R: Lauren, Sara, Lacey, Cathy, Alli and me |
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| Sara and I after opening our gifts. Our lovely bows on our heads came on one of our presents. :) |
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| Ta da! Lyla's room! |
By September by bladder wasn't a very good road tripper so that meant Rem and I had to stay close to home. But no worries we had plenty to keep us busy. I was lucky to have 2 showers and receive lots of gifts from friends!
Come October, I was really ready to have this baby! I wasn't officially due till the 18th, but once I hit 37 weeks, I was ready for her to come anytime! At 39 weeks, doc said I was at a 3. Ok that was progress but I still didn't have my hopes up of the baby coming early- even though I REALLY wanted her to. On the 9th, Rem bought a new car! We'd been looking for a few weeks and Rem found one he instantly fell in love with. But first he had to convince me. We do the good cop bad cop thing. But me being the bad cop is so hard bc Rem is so nice and ready to make the purchase. I was on the way home from Hobby Lobby and Rem calls and blurts out "Don't be mad!" "um I'm only gonna be mad if you didn't talk them down that $500." Thankfully he'd talked the dealer down the $500 I had said was too much. Rem is now a proud new owner of a 2010 Kia Forte. And he doesn't have to listen to me constantly complain about his car. It wasn't until 2 months after we bought the car that I actually saw the inside and rode in it.
Also that evening, I called mom on my way home from work. "I'm not saying this baby is coming tomorrow but I need you to have a bag packed. Then when she does, all you'll have to do is grab it and get on the road." Ha!
That night as we were getting into bed I had a contraction. But it was different. It actually hurt. Still I knew I had 9 more days till my due date. Having her early still didn't seem like it could happen...
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