First Family Christmas Card

         Eventually I will get around to posting about Dax's birth story but for now I thought I would share our first family Christmas card! I'm so excited to celebrate with our little dude!

Telling the Fam/Boy or Girl?

Telling your family you're going to have a baby is so much fun! Especially when it's the first one on one side! We told my family by coming home on a Sunday and giving my parents these mugs I made:

                                       

They were so excited and we immediately told everyone else in the family. My mom has been waiting for this forever so this baby will definitely be spoiled! 

Sam's family is planning a big Christmas celebration so we made an RSVP and added a plus 1.

A few weeks went by and then we made the announcement public. We went to our first Dr.s appointment, got to hear the heartbeat which was awesome! A lot more weeks went by with prepping what we could and a few Dr.s app. 

    

Finally we were able to see the gender! We could have waited till 20 weeks and it would have been free but I couldn't wait much to my husbands dismay. We paid the extra fee at 16 weeks and went in. I read a million things about what you could do so the baby would be moving so we for sure could see what gender it was. I drake orange juice for breakfast, and a coke throughout the day. Basically anything thing that had sugar! We were able to tell pretty quickly that it was a HE! My brothers were going to be excited because they wanted a nefew! We told our familys with this crossword puzzle.

We are so excited for our little guy and mommy is so excited to start shopping for you!

When Two Becomes Three!

   We have the most exciting news!

                                      

Sam and I had started talking about starting our family but, we had decided to wait until he would be done with his undergrad at UVU. Well, one thing led to another and we knew there was a chance that I would become pregnant earlier. For half of January and February we debated on wether or not I was pregnant. The only difference I felt was being hungry all the time but told myself it was all in my brain. 

February 13th rolled around and I had, had enough waiting. I decided to go get a test thinking that if it turned out positive I would wait until the next day (Valentines Day) and tell Sam. I ran over to Target and picked two up. Let me just tell you it's not very fun buying the tests. You feel like everyone in the whole store knows what you just picked up! 

Home I go to gloriously urinate on a stick. This is where I start freaking out and suddenly I can't go! Finally a little makes an appearance, I start to worry it's not enough but there's nothing I can do. I make up my mind to set a timer and not sit there and stare at it. Never has time gone by more slowly! The time is up and I'm afraid to look at it. Finally, I do and I see it, I'm pregnant! No way, it's probably wrong, so I google if it can be. Nope can't really get a false positive so I am indeed pregnant. 

I had made up my mind to tell Sam tomorrow but I suddenly can't wait. I have to tell someone! I run over to his work and he is of course surprised to see me. I tell him we need to talk so we go somewhere a little quieter. First thing I say is you were right (I would always tease him that I wasn't going to tell him when I was pregnant, and he always told me I wouldn't be able to wait) he's confused at this point and I'm somehow able to tell him. He's shocked, happy and amazed. Then we go over all the details like when it will be born and how excited we are. Eventually he feeds me (something he will be doing a lot of) and then I go to work.

After I got over the initial shock that I was pregnant, I started to worry. I don't think there's anyway you can't. Even though we weren't expecting it this soon I was already attached and it's so hard to just wait and see if everything will work out. Plus, it's so hard to just go living life not telling anyone! 

We are so excited and will now start dreaming of everything that needs to get done. Also just a tip, don't google anything about pregnancy, it will just freak you out!