An unexpected yet, expected surprise!

Baby Barinaga

Due May 2012

As everyone knows, we have been trying for the last year or so to get pregnant. Honestly I was starting to think that I was broken in some way and that I was failing my husband. In reality, it was all about God's plan, not ours and certainly not about other's expectations. Word to the wise and this is a general statement that is not directed to anyone in particular--don't ever pressure a couple about babies and why they don't have any yet, yada yada...that makes for some serious pressure that really isn't your call to make or demand.

On to the beginnings of this new adventure...

I had been feeling a little off for at least two weeks before I finally put two and two together. Obvious symptoms such as random nasea (no sickness, just felt naseous a lot-Thanks, mom...lol), no weird cravings necessarily, but the cravings were just at odd times along with cramping and other obvious female signs. I knew that I was pregnant before I did the home pregnancy test, which was on September 13th. Totally undeniable. And boy you couldn't get a more positive result...twice. I sat there in the bathroom staring at this blatently positive test and just couldn't wrap my mind around it without calling in Vince to check it, as well. Let's just say that big grin hasn't really disappeared from his face :-)

Headed to work later that morning and immediately contacted a highly recommended obstetrician and was able to get in the very next day to do the first exam, ultra sound, blood tests, etc, etc (Sept. 14th). Which by the way, all those tests are in the clear! It was so amazing to see a live image of this little life with such a strong heart beat, growing inside of me. Probably the most amazing moments in my life. As a little girl I always imagined being a mommy, but having it actually happen to you? Wow.

Afterwards (the time didn't even seem to pass during that appointment. In fact, it could've gone on a lot longer and I wouldn't have noticed), I ran to work while Vince drove out to his parent's place to show them the ultra sound photo. We will be having the first "Barinaga" grandchild to be born since Vince was born, 29 years ago. Needless to say, Mary and Joe are super excited.

It was so hard to hold back this exciting news from folks, especially my parents! We already had plans to visit them that Sunday to have a family day and hang with my brother and his fiancee so we just kept our mouths shut! 

Meanwhile, I was struggling with finding a creative way to share the news with them when I found some really cute t-shirts on a great website (http://www.cafepress.com/) that I just couldn't pass up. I had them overnighted to get here in time for Sunday's events and man was that a great investment!

 I passed the shirts off as a belated birthday gift for my dad since we didn't really get to celebrate with him. After we finished a fantastic meal and made sure mom and dad were sitting next to each other, we all settled in the living room to watch dad pull the shirts out of the gift bag. They both opened the shirts to read them and we all got to see their mouths just drop in surprise. Hehehehe!