Finding out...

So... I haven't really jumped into the blogging world yet- this is my 1st post. Quite honestly, I have been avoiding it for some time now- as I really am not a fan of adding one more thing to occupy my time. But- I must admit it is pretty effective in keeping good friends- both near and far- connected. So, I suppose I will give in and finally join the blogger world.

A fun little story to share... how it all began. I had just finished school and started a new job when Josh & I decided to go off birth control and see what happened. We weren't really trying to get pregnant- but we weren't preventing either. It was November 3, 2006. Josh and I had been driving around looking at houses (just for fun) and I kept thinking- I don't know why I feel so car sick. I have never been one to get motion sickness. After getting to the point of obvious nausea- I finally said something to Josh. His first response was "don't try to talk yourself into thinking you're pregnant". I actually was pretty shocked he said that. That had not even crossed my mind!

After I got home- I couldn't stop thinking about his comment. He left to go get a haircut- so I started looking at the calendar and suddenly realized - I was 5 days late. I had one test left from a previous freak out episode in which I thought I might be pregnant. I thought - let's just see what happens. I took the test to find a very quick positive. I was shocked! I started running around the house like a little girl on Christmas day. And then I started questioning the results. Surely it had to be a bad test. Or maybe I was reading it wrong. Of course, I rushed over to the drug store and bought another test or 2. You know - the digital kind that reads "PREGNANT" or "NOT PREGNANT". I figured Josh wouldn't believe it any other way.

He pulled in the driveway right behind me and began questioning my sudden trip to the drug store. Despite my best efforts to keep my testing materials under raps- he busted me! I finally had to confess to him what had just happened- when he said "what are you waiting for... hurry!". Once again, the test came out a quick positive. We just smiled and stared at each other in blissful shock. Praise the Lord... we are going to have a baby!

It was actually Debbie's birthday, and we just couldn't keep our excitement to ourselves! I quickly went out and bought a "Happy Birthday" bib and I love Grandma picture frame. We wrapped it up and presented it as the last gift at the family get together. How fun!

I can't believe the little one we have been dreaming about since that day will be here so soon!

Arrival Predictions

Family and friends have been talking for a long time about predictions for when the baby will make his entrance...so we decided to have a little contest. Below is the current tally. Feel free to write in your guess in the comments section. We will be awarding a prize to the person who picks the correct date and to the person who picks the correct weight. Guess away! BTW...due date is July 9th.


Name Date Weight
Bobbi 26-Jun 6lbs 3oz
Jen Block 30-Jun 7lbs 10 oz
Amber Babcock 1-Jul 7lbs 2oz
Brooke Morris - 2-Jul 8lbs 8 oz
Randy Lewter 4-Jul 6lbs 0oz
Brad Batson 4-Jul 8lbs 8oz
Matt Morris 4-Jul 22lbs!
Nathan Babcock 4-Jul 7lbs 15oz
Jenna Daniel 5-Jul 7lbs 2oz
Jason 6-Jul 9 lbs
Lisa 7-Jul 7lbs 7oz
Jenna 8-Jul 7lbs 14 oz
Greg 9-Jul 8lbs 7oz
Connie Lewter 10-Jul 7lbs 8oz
Josh 11-Jul 8lbs 1oz
Debbie 13-Jul 8lbs 2oz
Marcy Verduin 14-Jul 6lbs 10 oz

Let the Count Down begin...

So... Here we are. Just 16 days shy of our due date- and we can't believe it is already here. It seems like yesterday we found out our little family was expanding... and so was Lisa's tummy!

We are officially up to bat! In the line up of the 18 pregnant friends that we have, we are the next to go. A little anxious and a lot excited, we could really go any day now! Little B3 was the last one in front of us and he made his grand entrance today. Congrats Banks family! We can't wait to get the little guys together.

So we'll try to keep everybody updated with our progress here as well as catch you up on what has happened along the way.