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WARNING: This entry is pretty long. Just thought I'd write a little update about recent events and life nowadays. Let's start with Friday, May 20.. That morning started out normal. I had trouble sleeping the night before because I was feeling super anxious. I was super excited about the ultrasound appointment we had scheduled for that morning. I got up a little earlier than I planned, showered and got ready. Since it felt like it was going to be a good day, I decided to run out and get some donuts for breakfast. Once Reece got home from work, we headed out for our appointment. Our ultrasound itself went pretty well. The ultrasound tech said that the baby looked normal and he didn't notice anything out of the ordinary. He did notice something peculiar about me though. He took an extra measurement of my cervix because he thought that it looked a little short. After he took the second measurement and saw it was short, we had to wait in the waiting room while he called the

Why haven't I blogged about this yet?!

I can't believe I haven't put this up on here yet. Well... February 4, 2016-we found out that we are going to be adding to our family! I decided to take a home pregnancy test just to see. I ended up taking two tests at home (both positive) before calling the base hospital to get a blood test done. I felt pretty surprised. It just didn't feel real. Reece had come home that day pretty upset from work but once he saw the test, his mood did a complete 180. February 5, 2016- went to the hospital on base to get some blood drawn to get a confirmation of being pregnant. It took a couple hours but eventually, a nurse called to congratulate me and told me what my next steps were. Told Reece right after and he was getting pretty excited. The next day we went to Women's Health to start my chart and get some more labs done. My next appointment wasn't for another month or so. The most exciting part was the first ultrasound. I didn't cry like I thought I would. When we g