Is this real??

Rewind a minute back to August 14th. Last Tuesday, 7am to be exact. Daniel had just left for an overnight business trip with his dad and wouldn't be back until the following evening.

I had been feeling a bit wonky the past few days, something was off. I knew in my mind that pregnancy was a possibility, but knew it would probably be too soon to tell. Horseback riding had been on my mind for quite some time and I was planning on calling and making reservations for the coming weekend. I know you're not really supposed to go horseback riding when you're pregnant, so I was kind of entertaining the idea of testing anyways just to see if I should call the stables or not. After a wave of nausea, I broke down and decided to test.

I peed in a cup, dipped the test, set it flat on top of a napkin and went to the kitchen to start coffee. I walked back into the bathroom about 5 minutes later, looked down at the test and lo and behold..... two pink lines. Faint, but there. (I had to throw out my fresh coffee...)

I looked in the mirror, slapped both hands over my cheeks Home Alone style and said out loud, "Holy crap". A million things were going through my mind. "This is a cheap test, it's probably wrong.".... "It's probably just an evaporation line."....."I'm seeing things."

I took out another test, dipped it again, waited the longest 5 minutes of my life and there it was again, another faint line. By this time I was already running late for work. I showered quick, ran to work and proceeded to sit at my desk for what felt like the longest work day of my professional life. I couldn't tell anyone. Daniel had to be the first to know, but there was no way I was going to tell him over the phone.

When work was finally over I booked it to Target to get more reliable tests, they had to be name brands and I didn't care how much I had to spend. I got a box of Clearblue Digitals and a box of First Response Early Results (they were on sale, yay Target!).... and then raced home.

They say use first morning urine, but I couldn't wait till the next morning. I peed in a cup again, dipped a FRER test and waited. This is what I saw:

Holy crap again. I ran around the house screaming. I literally could not believe it. It didn't feel real at all!

The next morning I couldn't wait to wake up and take more! Peeing in a cup had become an overnight obsession. I was excited to use the digital to actually see the words "Pregnant", maybe then it would feel more real. This is what I saw the next morning:

I then took 3 more cheap tests to see if the line got darker (it did) and one more FRER! All positives. It was officially the happiest day. I couldn't wait for Daniel to come home so I could share the news!

I took a few pictures of my beaming face holding the pee stick:

So after another GRUELING day at work (turning purple and eyes crossed from not saying anything) I came home, cooked dinner and anxiously waited Daniel's return home.

When his car came pulling in the driveway I jumped up from the couch and threw my hands in the air and yelled, "He's here!!!!!". My cat gave me side eye.

He came in the door, I eagerly kissed him hello and told him I had surprise in the kitchen waiting for him. He walked into the kitchen and looked around. I go, "Look in the oven." He opened the oven and saw this:

He looked and me and smiled instantly and goes, "What? No way!". Then I proceeded to show him the 7 tests I took. He hugged and kissed me and we ate dinner together with huge smiles on our faces!

After I was finally able to call my parents and my sister and tell them the news. I sent my sister a picture of Daniel and I that said "You're going to be a Tia!" and then called her immediately afterwards. She was ecstatic! I sent my parents the picture of the bun in the oven, my mom cried and my dad was pretty excited. We told Daniel's parents with a bottle of Prego:

They are just as excited, they also have another grand child on the way! My brother and sister in law who live in CT are due Feb 4th. So very exciting! Babies everywhere!