John and I were married July 17, 2010. Even during the 5 months that we dated and 5 months we were engaged (yes, when you know, you know!) we had several conversations about children. We both wanted a large family but some of the conversations were difficult since I didn't know if I could have children. I had been told by two doctors that it might be difficult because of my endometriosis. I had dealt with pain for over a decade, had surgery in 2008 and even went through 6 months of Lupron (medically induced menopause), to try to keep it at bay. After my surgery, my doctor said, "Let's put you on a 3 year medication (stick implanted in the arm). Then, hopefully in three years you'll have met your husband and we can immediately start you on infertility treatments." While that matter of fact statement about my future worried me, I tried to have faith that we serve a much bigger God who does not listen to doctors advice. I had to believe I would be a mommy someday.
So, fast forward back to the conversations with John. He was always compassionate and never seemed to doubt that we wouldn't have kids. It was more difficult for me in wondering what the future held and having thoughts of, "Should he really be marrying me?? Does he know how difficult this could be?" Neither of us knew that God would grant our request even earlier than we expected!
We were hoping to start trying to have a baby after being married for a year. In mid-March, I went to Lynchburg for the weekend (first weekend away from John). My close friend, Misty had just had her 4th baby, Emory, and I immediately went there to do a newborn photoshoot for her. I had been tracking my cycles and taking my temperature, but while I was in Lynchburg I completely forgot. When I returned home, of course I couldn't wait to see my handsome hubby again ;o) We laughed the next morning as my temperature spiked, saying, "Wouldn't it be funny if the one weekend where I forget to take my temperature, I get pregnant!" Well, God definitely has a sense of humor and that's exactly what happened! My temperatures stayed high. I really wanted to find out for sure and surprise John. On April 2nd, I went to Clyde's in Ashburn to celebrate with friends and honor Sandie, with a baby brunch for soon to arrive baby Taylor. On the way, I couldn't contain my own excitement and I stopped by a drug store to grab a test. Since I arrived at Clyde's early and we were waiting on several other ladies, I just simply couldn't wait. The test was positive and I was in shock! I returned to the table, beaming and wiping away tears, trying to contain my excitement. And of course, I ended up sitting in between Laura and Dia, both who were pregnant with sweet Savannah and Adelaide, which made it even more difficult to keep quiet.
On the way home, I talked to my Mama and it was SO HARD not to blurt out the news. For the next week, I tried to avoid talking to her much cause it was so difficult. But we were going home for my dad's birthday the following weekend so I knew we'd want to tell them in person.
Before arriving home, I stopped by a cupcake shop and asked them to write "Dad" on a cupcake. It was a little awkward explaining my idea to the teenage boy behind the counter but the girls in the back were super excited and squealed as they decorated the cupcake. The icing and the box they gave me, just happened to be pink. :o)
I got home and handed John the box and he opened it up, not saying much. He just kinda looked at the cupcake with a confused look and I said, "Do you see what it says?" And he asked if it was a leftover from Sandie's shower (which would make sense, I totally hadn't thought of that). I told him, no, that it was for him. He then got a stunned look on his face and kept saying, "Really?!? You're pregnant?!" We were both ecstatic and hugged for a long time. We went out that same day to buy pregnancy books :o)
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