Getting the biggest surprise of our life

Thank you for all the love and support we received from our announcement yesterday!  It feels good to let the cat out of the bag and share the news!

To say we were shocked is an understatement!  But I think it all makes sense... I was a surprise.  Ryan was a surprise.  And it only makes sense that we have a little surprise of our own.

If you don't want too many details, then don't keep reading but don't say I didn't warn you.

I stopped pumping when Colin turned 6 months old.  Less than 2 weeks later, I got a period.  I was back to normal and felt like myself for the first time in over a year!  I felt great!  I anticipated that my body was back to normal and when I missed my period by 5 days we thought it might be smart to take a test.  It came back negative and we figured that was normal.  Getting back to a normal cycle can take a while after having a baby so we went about life after the negative test.

We went on as normal for three more weeks!  I enjoyed some delicious glasses of wine, yummy turkey sandwiches, and slept on my back in total comfort.  THEN... on Saturday May 17th, I popped a good bottle of wine for dinner.  I took a sip and told Ryan how delicious it was.  He prepped the grill for a steak dinner.  I took Colin upstairs to change his diaper and out of no where I decided that I should probably take another pregnancy test.  I really hadn't thought about this at all.  We hadn't even talked about it.  But I say it was Mother's intuition and I took a test.  It INSTANTLY read PREGNANT and had a nice +3 on it too.  +3 indicates you are +3 weeks along so really I was 7+ weeks along.  OH MY WORD.  I could hardly process this.

I went downstairs and told Ryan I could not drink the wine.  He asked why as I had just told him how delicious it is was.  I said "I'm pregnant."  Ryan immediately thought I was lying and told me that was a bad joke.  I ran to show him the test and he was in disbelief.  He had me take another test which again instantly read pregnant.  We ate our dinner basically with our jaws on the ground- totally shocked.

I cannot believe we will have two little ones 15 months apart but it will be amazing!  God planned it this way and His plans are perfect!  We will be incredibly busy.  Ryan and I may never sleep again but life will be full and wonderful.

I'm looking forward to sharing this journey with those that want to read my blog.  Stay tuned for weekly bumpdates and our crazy lives as we get ready to become a family of 4 + Dupree!