Staying cool was not an option

First of all, thank you everyone for all the kind comments on the last post. I really love comments and each one makes me smile! I thought I'd share how "un-cool" I was when I found out I was pregnant. This was in NO WAY the way I wanted to tell GK he was going to be a Dad. Maybe I can plan it better with the next kid when I'm not so surprised! Written on September 9th, 2009...

Wow! I am still in shock right now it's crazy. Labor day was like any other. GK and I woke up in a haze from the beer we consumed the night (don't judge, I had no clue I was with child) before and proceeded to lay around the house, went to the the driving range, had lunch, you get the gist. I had this weird feeling in my stomach that things were not as they seemed, so I took a home test. Before I could even flush the toilet two tiny pink lines showed up. I'd like to say I said something sweet like "Oh my goodness, this is wonderful" instead I think I said something like "HOLY SH*T" (sorry Mom for the language). I always thought I'd tell GK that we were having a baby in a really cute way too. You know, make a cute little shirt that says "future Kelley" or a shirt for Grace that says "I'm going to be a big sister". That is the way I WANTED to do it. That was not the plan.



Two days before, we had gone to Costco and I told Greg I should pick up some bulk home pregnancy tests. He looked at me like I was crazy. It was no joke, those things are really expensive at the drug stores, so why not buy them in bulk if I planned on using them? Fast forward to Monday afternoon when I was sitting in the bathroom staring at the two small pink lines. I proceed to run out of the bathroom waving the test above my head like a mad women, shoving it in GK's face.


LK: can you please read this...

GK: What is it...oh wow

LK: Is that right? Can it be? (in a very high pitched voice at this point)

GK: Well, it looks pretty obvious to me

LK: Damn Costco tests, I think it's faulty. We need to walk up to Walgreen's right now to get one of those tests that says it straight up. Pregnant or Not Pregnant. In words, not lines. No one can trust the bulk Costco test 100%. Little did I know that most faulty results say negative not positive.

Yes, I made my husband walk up to Walgreen's at that very moment to get more tests even though I had three more at home. On the five block walk I rambled on about anything and everything I could think of. To this day I'm not really sure what I was talking about and GK was cool as a cucumber the ENTIRE TIME. So we get home and I take the new test and it says to wait three minutes. I take the test and within thirty seconds "Pregnant" shows up.

GK: staring at the test not saying anything


LK: Wow, that wasn't even a minute. I guess we have our answer.


Turns out the bulk pack came in handy. I took all six tests that I had on hand from that day until my doctors appointment two weeks later. They were just sitting there so why not right??? I found out at the doctors that I almost got the record too, but some girl took seven tests to beat me.

So anyway, this post is more for our records than anything, but I thought I'd share how our new life began! I'm still not sure why I was so surprised since this baby was very much a part of our plan. I guess it happened so fast I was just in shock. We're so excited now and I'll be sure to post some ultrasound pics soon!