How we found out we were pregnant

How we found out…

We found out we were pregnant on Friday, July 25th. It is pretty funny {to us, at least LOL} the way things unfolded. We found out on the morning of July 25th that we were officially under contract on a house. I can still remember how excited and anxious we were. This was the 4th house we had put an offer in on. The house hunting process was taking its toll on us. We were so happy yet still unsure of how the appraisal and inspection would go. We didn’t want to get our hopes too high. We decided not to say too much about the house until further along in the process. At this point we had shown one family member or another the other houses we had put offers in on. What’s the point of gushing over a house if it doesn't go anywhere? We were over at Brian’s mom’s house, helping his brother and sister-in-law pack up the U-Haul for their move to D.C. My sister-in-law, Lilia is pregnant and due with a baby girl this week!! {So exciting!} Of course, we had told family that we had an offer in on a house but not that it had been accepted. I had seen Lilia the night before for dinner and we had talked about the house. So of course, I let it slip that we were officially under contract but asked her not to say anything. Fast forward a couple hours and my brother-in-law says “I heard you put in an offer on a house.” To which I replied “We’re under contract.” Twist my arm, right? At which point, we were standing in the kitchen and Brian just looks at me from the dining room like 'really, you couldn’t even make it 24 hours?!' {Love you, hubby!}

Here’s where it starts to get ironic…as we are walking to the car to leave Bri’s mom’s I said to him, “I don’t know how people wait until they are in the second trimester to tell people they are pregnant. I couldn’t even make it 24 hours on the house contract. I don’t know how I’ll make it through 30 days till the closing. Hmm.

So to set the scene…we are almost home and I start talking about how I am wondering when I am going to get my period. {TMI alert! LOL} I always get my period but it might be a 31 day cycle one month and 37 days the next. I am all over the place in more ways than one ;) Funny enough, I had a bridal shower at a wine place the next day so I just randomly said, “Do you think I should take a pregnancy test just in case?” I don’t even know why I thought about it. Again TMI, I had been having light cramping/pressure on and off for about 5 days thinking it was just my body preparing for its usual routine. FYI - I had no idea cramping/pressure was a sign of early pregnancy until my SIL, Lilia had said something when she first found out. I swear I learn new things every time a friend gets pregnant. I am glad I learned that though because I think I would have freaked out and thought something was horribly wrong if I didn’t know it could happen. {Passing that tidbit along, you're welcome!}

Back to that ironic conversation in the car…We decided to play it safe and get a test. I believe I said something like “Wouldn’t it be crazy if we found out we are pregnant and have a house contract on the same day?!” Yep. Crazy.

Freaking insane!

We get home, Bri laid down on the couch and almost immediately fell asleep since he'd been up for work since 6:30 and it was now after 10pm. I was doing a couple things and went to take the first test. Yes, the first one. The plus sign for pregnant showed up in about 30 seconds even though the test said it could take 3 minutes. Obviously, the test was quite confident I was pregnant. I on the other hand, was not. I knew I wanted to do something special to tell my hubby. I knew I wanted to do something with the chalkboard he built me for our wedding. At this point, Bri woke up. Since I wanted more time to complete the chalkboard I suggested he go upstairs. I don't know how I kept my cool. He ended up falling back asleep on the couch. I quietly brought the chalkboard from the living room where he was sleeping into our spare bedroom. I started to write “We’re PREGNANT” and then I started thinking, what if it was a false positive? I went and took the second test. Again, immediately it had the plus sign. Pregnant. Now more convinced, I went back and designed the chalkboard. I am pretty impressed that in my 11pm, on the spot, “Holy shit I’m pregnant” fog I was able to get this made.

I tried to video tape it but it really didn’t work out. He was standing outside of the shot. I was a little bit worried about if Bri would even be able to process what the chalkboard said because at this point, he had been sleeping for about an hour. Funny enough, right before I was about to wake him up, he wakes up on his own. Now I was awkwardly standing across the room trying to get the camera set before he noticed. The result was me saying “Don’t get up. I need a minute!” and him saying something like “Huh? What’s going on? I am going up to bed.” Smooth, Ash. I tell him, “I made a new chalkboard, I want to show it to you now.” Bri quickly went from dazed and confused to a big smile and hugging me. It was really sweet and makes me smile just thinking back on it now.

The next day, after the bridal shower, I picked up two more brands of pregnancy tests, ya know, in case those two other 99% accurate tests were wrong. On Friday night, I had just bought the cheapest test because I really didn’t think I was pregnant. So much for my womanly intuition.

On Sunday, we were driving in the car still in complete shock. I was talking about how I saw Fruity Pebbles in Publix and wanted cereal. At nearly the same time, me and Bri both said “Olives!” Over the past 2 or 3 weeks before we found out, I have been nearly obsessed with the Olive Bars at The Fresh Market and Publix. Random, I know. A week or 2 before we found out, Bri actually said to me, “Are you having pregnancy cravings?!” because I was so fixated on getting some olives. I don’t even know if you can have food cravings at 4 weeks but it was definitely ironic.

So that is the incredibly surreal story of how we found out we were buying a house and having a baby on the same day.

The whole point of this blog is to capture the adventures and memories me and my hubby are making together. While I absolutely love sharing what is going on in the Kozell household, I am totally doing this for myself and Bri. Just cautioning you that there may be TMI moments because I want to remember every detail to look back on when we are sending our kids off to college or kindergarten ;) I also want to keep details for future pregnancies. I know, I am getting ahead of myself. Always the planner!

I am working on my first bump update or "bumpdate" ;) Look out for that tomorrow!

xo

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