A little big news

Haven't posted in a while because I suppose I was waiting to post this: We're pregnant! (Yesterday, I conceded that Hasan should be able to say that "we" are pregnant since he has to experience the joys - and not so much joy - of my being pregnant. As I say, we are both pregnant - he just experiences it differently!)

So yes, there you go...the due date is April 2nd. The doctor actually gave me a choice between April 1st or 2nd, and I jumped on the 2nd because I didn't want to walk around for 9 months with people talking about April Fool's Day. This all makes me in the middle of my 4th month - or about 14.5 weeks.

It was a bit of a surprise and not. (We all know about the birds and the bees.) The day before our 1st wedding anniversary, I wondered if I was pregnant...but put that out of my head and went out with Hasan to have a great dinner and night out. I woke up in the middle of the night - something that would happen to me a lot the first trimester - and thought to myself that I actually had no idea what the symptoms of pregnancy are, so I looked at my handy-dandy bedside iPhone and Googled "symptoms of pregnancy". Lo and behold...um...there seemed to be a match.

So that morning, I told Hasan that I was going to go to the drugstore. I'm not sure he paid too much attention (you'll see why later), although I ran into him while I was walking there and he gave me a ride the rest of the way. I came home, took the test, and there were the 2 lines. Bright, bold, pink. No mistaking that. WHAT!? So I called Hasan, who didn't answer. Never mind...I went back to work. He eventually called back, and here was the conversation:

Me: Hi.

Hasan: So what's up?

Me: So, I took the test and it came back positive.

Hasan: Positive fuh what? (complete New York accent)

Me: Um...for being pregnant (like HELLO??? didn't you just take me to Rite Aid, mister!?)

Hasan: Get out. Get OUT. GET OUT.

Me: Stop saying "get out".

Hasan: Whaaaat?

And the rest is history. He came home. Joy. Surprise. Took another test (you know I bought a pack of 3). Most unexpected first wedding anniversary lunch ever. Took the 3rd test the next morning. And we've been going about our business ever since. Not sure it's totally sunk in, but super excited!

And I must give Hasan a "shout-out" (as my mother-in-law would say) because he has gone to every single appointment and participated in all the doctor-provided article reading. :)

So, I suppose this blog will take a new turn in the coming months (and years!). In the meantime, here's a picture of this Andrews-to-be from our first ultrasound a couple of weeks ago. Can I just say that this baby was going NUTS moving around during the ultrasound. Like it was literally listening to it's own dance music - it's like I've got a rave going on in there. No sitting still with this one. I just couldn't stop giggling. In response to the news that the baby wouldn't stop moving, my mom said "like mother, like child". Uh-oh....