First comes love, then comes marriage...

I wrote this post in late July so I could remember the details of the day I found out we were going to be parents.  Enjoy :-) Or stop reading now!!

First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes... YES, a baby Miller!!

Two days before I left for Canada, I woke up feeling a bit off (and by off, I do not mean sick; just off). So naturally, I took a pregnancy test (isn't that what you do when you feel "off"?) The cheapo kind from the dollar store (literally, a $1 test.). I'd taken 2 a few weeks earlier and then both almost immediately showed up negative, but this one was taking awhile longer. All of the sudden, I see two lines appear. I literally could not believe my eyes.

Grant had always joked (but I think he was serious) that if I ever got pregnant, he wanted me to tell him in a special way, since he had to do so when we got engaged. I always hoped I would be able to keep it a secret from him, but when you are about to leave the country for 3 1/2 weeks in TWO DAYS, you are definitely emotional. And very short on time.

So he is lacing up his running shoes downstairs and I run down with the test in hand, and was like "Look at this." He responds, "What does that mean?" I showed him the explanation on the box and well, I still didn't believe it was true.

I was supposed to meet one of my best friends for coffee followed by lunch at 10, so I was heading to a 7am jazzercise class. I went to class and worked out as hard as ever. After class, I ran to Meijer and bought a more expensive test- the kind where the word "pregnant" shows up on the screen. Still in disbelief, I drove home. Took the test... and the word "pregnant" appeared. Took another one... the word "pregnant" appeared again.

I immediately called my family practitioner who let me come in at 10 to talk to the nurse practitioner... she says, "Congrats." And I go "ummm no I'm not pregnant. I do not feel pregnant." And she asks, "HOW many tests did you take?" I said 3. She said, "Yeah, you are pregnant, congrats mama!" Riiight.

I had a great coffee and lunch date with my friend Emily, and then on the way home, stopped at Target and bought a few things I still needed for my trip and yet another brand of test.

What do you know... the final test of the day also said pregnant...

Don't laugh.  I know I'm not the only one who took 3 different brands of tests...  And a total of 8 of them before I went to my first OBGYN appointment at 9 weeks :-)