Let's start at the beginning...

You may or may not (you most likely do though) know that when Cody and I got married we were dead set on not having kids for a loooooong time. Cody even always said that he never wanted kids. This is mainly because we got married pretty young - he was 19 and I was 20 and we were still burried deep into our college years. The question of "when are you and Cody going to have a baby?" often popped up...basically from the day of the wedding, then of course everytime we went home to visit the family and would go to church, after my middle sister had her first child, after I graduated college and got a "real" job, once we bought a house, etc...I think you pretty much get my point. So I'll say about a year ago or so (maybe not quite a whole year) Cody starting making comments and gestures about kids (in a good way) and instead of rolling our eyes at a loud kid in a restuarant we found ourselves smiling and silently thinking...that's not so bad. After having two older sisters with kids of their own...I obviously have a different thought process I go through now when I see kids misbehaving in a public place. I most certainly still have a strong opinion about it...but I'm more patient with it, I guess you could say. We had several conversations about this subject and it was usually him bringing it up or showing me a baby when we went places. It was hard to believe that we were slowly getting to the point of even just thinking about having kids. So - in knowing anyone of us girls in my family...we are major "planners" and always have a plan and when it doesn't go our way it's not pretty. Cody and I had a plan (from day 1) that we would have a career that we liked and enjoyed and obviously "financially stable" (if that really even exists) before we decided to make a family. Our hold-up was Cody's job. He was often frustrated with work and never felt challenged. So in December 2008 he decided to change careers. We went through the winter and spring with lots of questions and not knowing what the future had in store (which drives me crazy!). I 100% supported his decision to change careers because I just wanted him to be happy when he came home everyday. Here is where things happen pretty fast: In May 2009 he took his business certification test to become a teacher and we found out a few weeks later that he passed. From there he submitted application after application to different schools around Fort Worth and beyond. At the time...it seemed like forever and that no good news was possible. Obviously with this economy...most schools are downsizing and cutting budgets and not many openings were available. We went on vacation to Creede, Colorado to hang with my parents for about 10 days at the very end of June. It was a much needed break for both of us and we basically knew in our hearts that by then, he would not have a teaching job for the fall and he would just keep at his current job until next year. BUT...once we got back there was an opening for a teaching/coaching position at a high school and Cody ended up getting the offer!! Our lives pretty much turned upside down, in a good/great way, and the ball definitely started rolling for him. He loves his new job by the way and he coaches freshman football. So I'm officially a coaches wife and find myself traveling every Thursday to watch two games and sometimes on Friday's to watch varsity play. I LOVE football so this is awesome for me!! But back to the point - with the news of Cody getting a job that (we hoped) he loved and things lining up for us...we made the decision to start trying to have a baby. We both also made the decision not to tell anyone this news just because of the pressures that often come with this situation. At this point - it's the middle of July, my sister is a little over a month away from having her second little girl and I have another great friend due around the same time. I also had two co-workers pregnant and two best friends who just had babies too. So I most certainly had baby fever and found myself looking at ovulation calendars online and possible baby names! I even shocked myself!! I made an appointment with my gyno (July 31st to be exact) just to see what he had to say and to have some tests run just for precautions. WELL...two weeks and two days later I had a hunch and decided to run to the store to take a home pregnancy test. And here was my result...

Ahh!! Two lines...I'm pregnant!!! I ran to show this to Cody and the rest is history!