We're Pregnant!!!

JULY 3rd

We are camping in Eastern Washington at Seven Bays. This camping trip is an annual event, and all of Jordan's extended family attends every year. When I was packing for the trip I decided to take only one pregnancy test with me, and not test until the very last day. If I tested on the last day of our trip (July 3rd) my period would be two days late. The directions say that you should test first thing in the morning. Unfortunately I woke up at FOUR AM!!! I was SO tired, and I didn't want to take the test that early. If the test was negative I would be sad, and not be able to sleep. If the test was positive, I would be too excited to sleep. So I tried to fall back asleep...

4:30 Am - I woke up again, and I HAVE to go to the bathroom NOW! So I head there and take the test. 3 minutes seems like an ETERNITY when you are waiting, so I was just looking at myself in the mirror and trying to not think about the test. THEN I looked down... it said PREGNANT! I was SHOCKED!!!!!!!! I had to look again, and I just stared at it. I couldn't believe it. I only had one or two pregnancy symptoms, and I had the mindset that I was NOT pregnant. So when I saw the test I was in shock. I remember saying, "Oh my goodness, oh my goodness" OVER AND OVER. I then sat on the toilet with my hands on my head, and prayed thanking God for this miracle!!!! After I pulled myself together, it was time to return to the tent and try to hide everything I was feeling from Jordan. Well, it wasn't too hard he was FAST asleep and nothing was waking him up. I just laid in bed and was thanking God.

LATER THAT DAY

When we woke up I pretended like nothing happened. ALL of Jordan's family was there and it was so funny the things they were saying. I was holding Noah, our second cousin who is seven months old, and his Grandma said to me, "Carrie you better not hold Noah too long, babies are contagious" Little did she know i was already pregnant lol! Then Jordan's Aunt Mary was making a baby blanket, and I comment on how much I liked it. She asked me, "If I save this blanket for you, how long will I have to wait to give it to you?" I was thinking 9 months LOL, but I told her, "I don't know". The reason I didn't tell everyone right away was that I wanted to tell Jordan in a private and very special way!

It was time to go home, and I BEGGED Jordan to take the way home that goes through Cashmere and Leavenworth. Little did he know what was about to come. I wasn't sure where or how I was going to tell him. The entire drive I was looking for somewhere beautiful and special where we could pull off the road and take a picture. So after a few hours we entered Cashmere. The sun was shining BRIGHT, and we saw a BEAUTIFUL river that had a bridge across it. Jordan and I both commented on how beautiful it was, so I asked him if we could go stand in the middle of the bridge and take some pictures. LUCKILY he pulled over and we got out of the car. I WAS NERVOUS! I knew he wanted a baby and we had been trying, but I wanted it to be a perfect moment. So we get to the middle of the bridge and take a few pictures. After we are done with pictures he ask to head back to the car (he had a REALLY BAD BLISTERY sunburn). So I said sure, but I think you have my debit card in your pocket. (I slipped the test into his pocket when we were on the bridge and he didn't notice!) So he began searching his pockets and then he found it! He was so excited, he didn't believe me. He started crying and saying, "Oh honey, your kidding me LOL, your kidding me right?!?" He didn't think it was real.. it was CUTE!

After a few minutes together, we headed back to the car and we decided to stop in Leavenworth. I had never been there before! It was SO beautiful, and we are going to plan a trip there again sometime soon! At first I wanted to wait to tell everyone, but Jordan COULD NOT WAIT! He didn't want to tell anyone by phone so he said he wanted to go to my parents house THAT NIGHT and tell them. We were trying to think of a cool way to tell them. Then I found shirts that said, "This is what a real cool Grandma/Grandpa looks like." We decided to buy them, and we would have them open them at the same time, and see if they got it lol. Before heading over there we ran to our house and I took another pregnancy test, and it said PREGNANT again! So we headed over to my parents. We gave them their gifts and my mom looked confused. She was like, "Is this for the future?" It was SO funny! She said she knew how organized I was and I always plan out everything in advance so she thought it was for the future. We didn't tell anyone we were trying, because we didn't want the added pressure! They were excited!

Earlier in the day Jordan and I had decided we would tell his parents on Sunday night when they came home from camping. He didn't want to call and tell them, BUT he couldn't wait any longer. As soon as he woke up he said, " I thought about it, and I want to call my mom now." I said ok and I listened as he told her. Every year when we go to Seven Bays we trace our hands write our name, age, and height on the building walls. Well Jordan called in the morning on Jason's cell phone. He woke Jason up and told him he really needed to talk to mom, so Jason went and woke Debbi up. When she answered the phone he said, "Mom I need you to do me a favor. Can you please go draw a stick figure next to Carrie's hand and write that she was pregnant this year." Debbi said, " Ahh, are you serious!!" She was so excited, then she shouted out Carrie's Pregnant! lol Kaiti and Jason heard and we could hear Kaiti in the background! Then we told Jessi and Aunt Mary on the phone. Later in the day they shared the news with Jordan's entire extended family. I really wish we could have been there and told them in person, but it was still very exciting and special!

JULY 4TH

We woke up and headed to Babies R Us just to take a look. Then we will be going to my Aunt Angie and Uncle Robbie's house. We go there every year for the fourth of July. We really wanted to wait a while to tell everyone, but we were just too excited. We decided that we would have faith in God and we want to share every minute of this new experience with our family and friends, if anything were to happen, then we would have a big support group. So we decided to tell all of my family at the party. We had my mom and dad wear their new shirts, and they walked into the house. It was SO funny, everyone was staring at my mom's shirt, but no one said anything. Then Stacy asked about it, this was my Aunt Ange's expression, she was so excited she teared up:

It was so much fun telling everyone. The next people to come in the door was my Aunt Corkie and my cousin Cori. She was reading my mom's shirt and she didn't get it at first, but when she did she FREAKED out lol. Here is a picture of her and my cousin:

All night long we continued to tell everyone, it was so excited and so funny watching everyone's expression. This last picture is of my cousin Alyssa, I told her I wanted to take a picture of her and my cousin Stephanie, and I said on the count of three repeat after me.... "Carrie's Pregnant" It was SOoooooooooooo FUNNY! Here is the picture:

It has been a great two days. It seems like it has been two weeks, but it was great having so much support from our family and friends. We know this baby is going to be loved! We are so excited!