It's about time...

We'll it's about time we shared our exciting news with the blogging world. Most of our blog readers (which, there aren't a lot of you...) know the news anyways! :)

It's also about time Dan and I enter the world of parenting...as we've been married for nearly 5.5 years and together for almost 8 years (time flies!). We are blessed to have made it this far together and even more blessed to have our little one on the way. Although waiting 5 years, (nearly 6 by the time the babe is born!), has seemed like an eternity, I am confident that this is exactly the right time to finally begin our family. We've had a significant amount of time to enjoy being together, getting to know each other and ourselves, traveling, starting our careers and preparing for how we'd like to raise our children.

Despite knowing that this is exactly the right time for us to start a family, it's still incredibly scary and surreal most days. But that's okay. :)

The day we found out. Of course, no baby bump yet! :)

The most surreal moment was actually finding out we were pregnant. I took a test on a Sunday night and the line was so incredibly faint that I didn't really believe it. So I quickly and quietly went to bed, so I wouldn't prematurely blab it to Dan and decided to test again in the morning. Again, there was a line, but it was completely faint. Still not believing that this was actually happening, I stopped at the store on my way home to get a digital test. Words are easier to read than faint, nondescript lines, right? The words PREGNANT popped up so quickly, I couldn't believe it. I ran downstairs to tell Dan. I always thought I would want to have some creative way of telling him, but in the moment I was too amazed to think of anything clever. When I told him he said, "Well, that's what we were hoping would happen....right?" Wow. Nothing surprises him. Of course, Dan being the logical one, also immediately wanted to talk finances and "our plan" etc. 

I thought by now that I would have lots of pictures of my baby bump, etc and would want to tell the whole world. I've actually been a whole lot more private about my pregnancy than I thought. For some reason I assumed that I would be the type of post weekly updates on my pregnancy and put up lots of belly shots, etc., but I've just been too exhausted to even attempt it. Also, up until lately I've really been nervous about something going wrong. But I've been blessed so far, so I've got to stop worrying about things.

Anyways, I do want to document life's happenings and how incredibly excited Dan and I are to bring a little one into our family. So I am going to try and be a more diligent blogger, plus, I've got plans for quilts, baby blankets, crocheted hats, the nursery, etc that I need to share! :) 

So ya'll....expect to see thousands of pictures of our beautiful little child this summer, instead of vegetables! YAHOO!!!!! I knew you'd be excited... :)