Hiccups

Hey guys,

As some of you may know, I am four months pregnant. At this point we don't know the gender, but I am definitely starting to show, and baby loves to kick. Especially when I eat spicy food.

This first blog, I am going to go back to the first month of pregnancy. My husband and I planned this baby. However, we didn't think it would happen as quickly as it did. To be honest, I had been praying for this baby since I was 13, More than anything, I have always wanted to be a mother. Thankfully, God answers prayers.

The first month of pregnancy was like any other, except one day I got a little nauseous. I called work because I thought I had the stomach flu. We were short staffed, so I went in any way. As soon as I walked in the door, my boss at the time told me I was pregnant. I told him he was crazy because if I was, at that time I would have only been about a week along.

Later that day, I had a customer give me a tip (which is odd for Little Caesar's). I told him I couldn't take it and he replied, "You need it for that little boy."

I was so confused, but shrugged it off. As the month continued, I started having hiccups. Weird hiccups. Ever since I was a kid, my hiccups were ones that would last forever. Now, though, I only got one hiccup at a time and it was only when I would eat or drink. Believe it or not, this was when I started to believe I was pregnant.

Then, I lost hope. When I would get my period, I would always break out the week before. So, consequently when I saw a pimple on my forehead, I began to cry to my husband.

I am certain he felt like laughing, but he reassured me that if I was not pregnant, then it wasn't the
right time.

Well, the day of my period came and I decided not to take a test. I was afraid to read the word negative. I ate my breakfast and prepared for work. Then, this nagging feeling wouldn't leave. I needed to take the test.

Nervously, I took the test and waited the silly 2 minutes. I was preparing to be let down. But, when the test was over, the best possible word popped up, Pregnant.

I was so excited and wanted to tell my husband, but he works nights and gets home at 5 am. Staring at the clock, it was only 7:30 in the morning. It wasn't fair to wake him up after so little sleep. So I went to Wal-Mart and picked up announcement presents for him.

I wanted a Darth Vader card (he loves Star Wars) so I could write in it, "You are the father." I had discussed this with him before and he thought it was cute. Wal-Mart, though, didn't have any Darth Vader cards. So I bought a book of Star Wars mini stories, a video game expansion and a Darth Vader present bag. After my purchase, I went to work.

I worked for about an hour, then realized I hadn't take my vitamins that morning. I asked my boss if I could run home and take them (yes, I also really wanted to tell Ethan). Luckily, my boss said yes and I ran home.

I went straight to the bedroom and woke Ethan up and gave him his present. He opened it and was beyond confused. When he pulled out the expansion pack, I said, "I figured you could use this expansion because our family is expanding.'

Keep in mind he was barely awake, and he is one who needs about an hour to wake up and comprehend what is going on. So he responded, "You're pregnant?"

I nodded and he said, "Good."

I had sort of planned on one of those reactions you see on Facebook, but he was still basically sleeping.

We are so lucky to be blessed with this baby and that God has provided for us in ways we could never imagine.